The games of the sixth round were played in St. Louis. Dariusz Swiercz defeated Levon Aronian with black, Fabiano Caruana beat Elshan Moradiabadi with black and Ray Robson also won against Hans Niemann. W. So – L. Dominguez Perez, A. Lenderman – S. Shankland, S. Sevian – J. Xiong, A. Liang – C. Yoo played…
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The tournament continues in Mersa Matruh, Egypt. After the 7th round, Hesham Abdelrahman is in the lead with 6.5 points. Four participants are half a point behind. Technical results
The World Junior Championships begin tomorrow in Sardinia, Italy. 124 chess players are registered in the open tournament, including 13 grandmasters. 69 chess players were registered in the tournament among girls. Starting list
On October 13-14, the second online championship among prisoners will be held within the framework of the “Chess for Freedom” project.The start of the tournament is timed to coincide with the International Day of Education in Prisons.The online championship, organized by FIDE and the Cook County Sheriff’s Office (Chicago), will be held on the platform…
The 12th world chess champion considers such a decision a manifestation of FIDE’s weakness. I perceive the whole situation as a weakness of FIDE. They had no grounds other than a soft recommendation from the IOC. I am sure that Arkady Dvorkovich should have solved this issue right at the election congress, after the elections,…
The Russian Rapid Grand Prix stage continues in Sochi. After the eighth round, grandmaster Pavel Ponkratov is in the lead with 7 points. 7 participants are one point behind. Technical results
The games of the third round were played at the tournament in La Nucia, Spain. Radoslav Dimitrov, Andrea Stella, Karen Grigoryan, Aramis Alvarez Pedraza and Raunak Sadhwani scored 3 points each. 10 participants are half a point behind. Official page
The chess festival continues in Fagernes, Norway. After three rounds, Narayanan S L, Abhimanyu Puranik and Elham Abdulrauf scored three points each. Seven participants are half a point behind. Official page
The chess festival continues in the Armenian capital. After two rounds, 18 chess players scored 2 points each. Technical results
The 14th world chess champion Vladimir Kramnik considers Russian grandmaster Ian Nepomniachtchi the favorite in the match for the world title against the Chinese Ding Liren. Ian is some favorite. As a percentage, I would rate it as 55 to 45. Not a very big difference. The Chinese is a very serious opponent. Both have…