The final fourth blitz tournament took place in Santiago de Compostela. J. Van Foreest became the winner of the tournament, scoring 7.5 points. Seven participants have 7 points each. According to additional indicators, M. Munoz takes the 2nd place, and K. Grigoryan takes the 3rd. Technical results
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The tournament continues in Romania. After the 7th round, the leader is Ukrainian grandmaster V. Bernadskiy, who scored 6 points. M. Parligras is half a point behind. 5 points have M. Iskandarov and U. Sadikhov. Technical results
In the open tournament after the 10th round, A. Kozak is in the lead, having scored 8 points. A. Gadimbayli is half a point behind. Nine chess players have 7 points each. G. Beydullayeva scored 8.5 in the girls’ tournament. 7.5 points has A. Serikbay. Seven participants have 7 points each. Technical results
In the second match of the final, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov defeated Jan-Krzysztof Duda with a score of 2.5 to 0.5 and tied the score 1-1. The Polish grandmaster turned out to be stronger in the tie-break, who became the winner of the stage Meltwater Champions Chess Tour 2022. Official page
A blitz tournament was held in St. Petersburg as part of the “Memorial of M.I. Chigorin”. The winner was D. Lazavik from Belarus, who scored 10 points out of 11. The second to finish was N. Afanasiev, who has 9 points. The bronze medalist D. Khismatullin has the same number of points. Technical results
Vice-President of the Moscow Chess Federation Sergey Smagin spoke about the situation between world champion Magnus Carlsen and American grandmaster Hans Niemann. Magnus accused his rival of cheating. After that, Niemann filed a lawsuit, demanding $ 100 million for damage to reputation. “It won’t affect the image of chess in general much. Perhaps, on the…
In the first final match of the online tournament, Jan-Krzysztof Duda defeated Shakhriyar Mamedyarov with a score of 3-1. The second match between the participants will take place today. Official page
The trial is beneficial to Hans Niemann, as it will become a worldwide advertisement for the American grandmaster “I do not know where Niemann’s confidence in the success of this case comes from, since there have already been many of his parties that are questionable. Many of them even proved that he cheated. But it…
According to the results of seven rounds at the open in Hogeven , semifinal pairs were formed: N.Zwirs (Netherlands) — S.Bharath (India) E. Romanov (Norway) — R. Hovhannisyan (Armenia). The rest will continue to play in the “Swiss”.In matches L.McShane — L.Van Foreest final score 2:4, D.Dardha — M.Warmerdam — 3:3 official source
Current position: Bernadsky is in the lead — 5.5 ; Parligras — 5; Iskandarov — 4.5. official source