U.S Chess Champs

The American Championships for men and women began in St. Louis. In the first round, Sevian defeated Moradiabadi, Niemann – Yoo. Lenderman – Aronian, Liang – So, Xiong – Swiercz, Shankland – Robson and Caruana – Dominguez played in a draw. Among women, Yu was stronger than Zatonskih, M. Lee – Wu, A. Lee –…

“Chess stars – 2022”

The international chess tournament “Chess Stars” has ended in Moscow. In the blitz tournament, the participants settled down as follows: 1-2. Karjakin, Artemiev – 12 (18), 3. Kramnik – 11, 4. Sadhwani – 10.5, 5. Radjabov – 10, 6. Morozevich – 9, 7. Vallejo – 8.5, 8-9. Lagno, Goryachkina – 6, 10. Inarkiev – 5….

Zonal 2.4 Absoluto 2022

Brazil hosts a zonal tournament for zone 2.4. In the men’s tournament, after 5 rounds, Alexander Fier, Diego Rafael Di Berardino, Quintiliano Pinto Renato and Molina Roberto Junio ​​Brito (all Brazil) are leading with 4 points each. Among women, Terao Juliana Sayumi and Librelato Kathie Goulart (both Brazil) are ahead with 4.5 points each. Technical…

37th European Chess Club Cup 2022

Open and Women’s European Club Cups continue in Mayrhofen, Austria. In the open section, after three rounds, 6 teams are in the lead, having won all their matches. Women are ahead of 2 clubs with 100% points. Technical results

2nd ChessMood Open

After six rounds, Manuel Petrosyan and Pour Agha Bala Amirreza are leading in the open tournament in Tsakhkadzor, Armenia, with 5.5 points each. 10 pursuers are one point behind. Technical results

21. A.Karpov Intl Tournament

In the eighth round of the international tournament in Poikovsky, Najer defeated Iljushenok, Suleymanli – Sjugirov, Tomashevsky – Yakubboev and Malakhov – Chigaev played a draw. Standings after 8th round: 1. Sjugirov – 4,5 (7), 2. Yakubboev – 4,5 (8), 3-4. Tomashevsky, Martirosyan  – 4 (7), 5-6. Malakhov, Najer – 3,5 (7), 7-8. Suleymanli, Chigaev…

Russian Veteran Blitz Championship completed

Among men, Valery Loginov was the strongest of all, who scored 8 out of 11. In second place was Andrei Shalygin (7.5), in third was Sergey Smagin (7.5). Among women, Nina Sirotkina won (9.5), Galina Strutinskaia won silver (8.5), Tatiana Bogumil (8) won bronze. Technical results