Judit Polgar International Chess Festival took place in Budapest. The event included the Women in Chess – Women in Science conference, simultaneous sessions by Anish Giri and Judit Polgar, as well as a hand and brain tournament with the participation of the Dracarys (Sofia Polgar, Yona Kosashvili), The Knight Watch (Sopico Guramishvili, Anish Giri), Azdana…
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In the US Chess championships, the games of the forth round were played. Caruana won against Niemann, Lenderman was stronger than Yoo, So defeated Shankland. Aronian – Robson, Moradiabadi – Xiong, Swiercz – Dominguez and Sevian – Liang drew. Standings after the 4th round: 1. Caruana – 3, 2. Sevian – 2,5, 3-11. So, Aronian,…
15 young players compete in the Magnus Academy Challenge blitz tournament (3 points for a win, 1 for a draw). After eight rounds, three representatives of India (Pranav, Ilamparthi and Bharath) and Ukrainian Samunenkov are leading with 19 points each.
After three rounds of the tournament in Egypt, 13 players are leading with 3 points each. Technical results
At the stage of the Russian Grand Prix in Krasnoyarsk, 7 rounds were played. Sergey Volkov is in the lead with 6.5 points. Half a point behind a group of seven pursuers. Technical results
In Sochi, the winners of the stage of the Russian Cup “Zhemchuzhina” were determined. Ivan Rozum won with 7.5 out of 9. Danila Sutormin and Savva Vetokhin were half a point behind. Final standings
The Zonal Tournament for Zone 2.4 has ended in Brazil. Alexandr Fier won with 7 out of 9. Barbosa Evandro Amorim and Matsuura Everaldo were half a point behind. Technical results
Before the final round at the Open Cup of European Clubs in Mayrhofen (Austria), Novy Bor Chess club (Czech Republic) is ahead with 12 points. Clichy-Echecs-92, Asnieres Le Grand Echiquier (both France), Vugar Gashimov (Azerbaijan) and Offerspill Chess Club (Norway) are two points behind. ASVOe Pamhagen (Austria) leads the Women’s Cup with 11 points. CSU…
Seventh round games played at the Junior Chess Olympiad in Nakhchivan. Team Turkiye-Red is in the lead, having won all their matches. Uzbekistan-1 remains by 3 points, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan-2 by 4. Technical results
The chess festival has ended in Armenia. The winner of the main tournament was grandmaster Petrosyan Manuel, who scored 7.5 points. The same number of points was scored by Pour Agha Bala Amirreza, who finished second. Mikheil Mchedlishvili was third with 7 points. Final results