After four rounds at the tournament in Mersa Matruh (Egypt), M.Ameir, A.Kandil, A.Hesham and M.Ezat (all from Egypt) are ahead with 4 points each. Technical results
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International Master V. Pranav (India), who scored 38 out of 42, won the blitz tournament Magnus Academy Challenge (3 points for a win, 1 for a draw). In second place I. Samunenkov (Ukraine) 35, in third or fourth place S. Bharat (India) and E. Gurel (Turkey) – 28 each. Final standings
In the US Chess championships, the games of the fifth round were played. Liang won against Aronian, Shankland was stronger than Moradiabadi. Yoo – Sevian, Xiong – Lenderman, Caruana – So, Robson – Swiercz and Dominguez – Niemann drew. Standings after the 5th round: 1. Caruana – 3,5, 2-3. Sevian, Liang – 3, 4-11. So, Dominguez…
In Krasnoyarsk, the stage of the Rapid Grand Prix of Russia has ended. Zhamsaran Tsydypov won with 9 out of 11. Sergey Volkov and Roman Kezin were half a point behind. Technical results
In Sochi, competitions continue as part of the stage of the Russian Cup “Zhemchuzhina”. The blitz tournament was won by Pavel Ponkratov, who scored 10.5 out of 13. Oleg Vastrukhin and Evgeny Alekseev were one point behind. Technical results
Before the final round at the World Olympiad for 16-year-olds in Nakhichevan, Turkiye-red won ahead of schedule, gaining 16 points. Uzbekistan-1 is three points behind, India and Azerbaijan-1 are five points behind. Technical results
Novy Bor Chess club (Czech Republic), which scored 14 points out of 14, won the European Club Cup in Mayrhofen (Austria). Clichy-Echecs-92 (France) is two points behind, Schachclub Viernheim 1934e.V. (Germany) is three points behind. ASVOe Pamhagen (Austria) won the Women’s Cup – 12 points. CSU ASE Superbet (Romania) and Cercle d’Echecs de Monte-Carlо are…
Russian chess player Aleksandra Goryachkina gave a long interview to Sport-Express. In it, she spoke about her passion for football and figure skating, about her attitude to changing sports citizenship and more. I have been in chess since the age of six. I came home from table tennis with a broken head. For me, any…
The chess festival ended in Bikaner, India. The winner was Abhijeet Gupta (India), who scored 8.5 out of 10. Arash Tahbaz (Iran) was half a point behind, a group of seven participants was one and a half points behind, the best of which was Boris Savchenko (Russia). Technical results
IM Joachim Birger Nilsen resigned as the president of the Norwegian Chess Federation, a day after admitting to cheating on Chess.com during one match in the 2016-2017 season of the PRO Chess League. Nilsen was part of the Norway Gnomes team, as was GM Magnus Carlsen at the time. Nilsen admitted to cheating after three different sources…