37th European Chess Club Cup 2022

The European Chess Club Cup continues in the Austrian Mayrhofen. The Czech team Novy Bor Chess club is in the lead with 8 points. Six teams are one point behind. The women’s tournament is led by ASVOe Pamhagen (Austria) and CSU ACE Superbet (Romania), who scored 7 points. BGK KS Gwiazda Bydgoszcz (Poland) and Wood…

2nd ChessMood Open

The chess festival continues in the Armenian Tsaghkadzor. After the seventh round, Pour Agha Bala Amirreza and Petrosyan Manuel are in the lead with 6.5 points. Mchedlishvili Mikheil is one point behind. Technical results

Niemann: Not Going to Back Down

Hans Niemann gave an interview after his victory in the first round of the US Championship. I think that this game is a message to everyone and, you know, this entire thing started with me saying that chess speaks for itself, and I think this game spoke for itself and showed the chess player that I…

21. A.Karpov Intl Tournament finished

In the last round of the international tournament in Poikovsky, Suleimanli defeated Iljushenok. Chigaev – Tomashevsky, Sjugirov – Malakhov and Martirosyan – Najer played in a draw. Final standings: 1. Sjugirov – 5 (8), 2-4. Martirosyan, Tomashevsky, Yakubboev – 4.5, 5-7. Malakhov, Suleymanli, Najer – 4, 8. Chigaev – 3.5, 9. Iljushenok – 2.

Artemiev: I am not surprised by the victory

In an interview with RIA News, Vladislav Artemiev shared his impressions of the “Chess Stars” tournament. You know, I now first of all experience positive emotions, because the tournament was really very strong in terms of the composition of the participants. After all, Vladimir Kramnik came to Moscow, Sergey Karjakin and other serious guys spoke….

Svidler: no doubt about cheating Niemann online

In an interview with championat.com, Peter Svidler shared his opinion about Hans Niemann. Chess.com’s investigation looks convincing. I am satisfied with everything that is collected in their analysis. As for Niemann’s cheating, there are no doubts about cheating online – the intrigue remained only in the question of his play over the board. Unfortunately, the…

Chess.com Global Chess Championship

Round 1/8 of the chess.com Global Championship continues. Participants play a match of four games with a control of 15+2, in case of a draw, the opponents play Armageddon. The prize fund is 1.000.000$. Match results: Jan-Krzysztof Duda – Alexey Sarana 2,5-0,5 Anish Giri – Pavel Ponkratov 3-1