Chess Stars

The international tournament “Chess Stars – 2022” continues in Moscow. Played games of 6 rounds. Tournament standings: 1. Sadhwani – 4.5, 2-4. Artemiev, Kramnik, Radjabov – 4, 5. Karjakin – 3.5, 6. Inarkiev – 3, 7-8. Vallejo, Lagno – 2.5, 9. Goryachkina – 1.5, 10. Morozevich – 0.5.

Championships of Russia among veterans continue

Before the final round, Vladimir Ponfilenok leads the men’s tournament with 6 out of 8. Yuri Balashov is half a point behind, Sergey Ionov and Valery Loginov are one point behind. The women are ahead of Galina Strutinskaia, Tatiana Bogumil, Irina Mikhaylova and Tatiana Ivanova, who scored 5.5 points each. Technical results

The tournament in Poikovsky continues

In the fifth round at the tournament named after Anatoly Karpov, Sjugirov won against Iljushenok, Tomashevsky against Suleymanli, Yakubboev – Najer, Chigaev – Martirosyan played a draw. Standings after 5 rounds: 1. Tomashevsky – 3.5 (5), 2-3. Yakubboev, Martirosyan – 3 (5), 4. Sjugirov – 2.5 (4), 5. Chigaev – 2 (4), 6-8. Najer, Suleymanli,…

Radjabov: high-level tournaments motivate children

The Azerbaijani grandmaster, in an interview with a TASS correspondent, shared his impressions of the Chess Stars 2022 tournament. From the tournament, I expect interesting games with everyone, the composition here is, of course, very stellar. The best chess players in the world play here, it will be very interesting. I haven’t played with Vladimir…

Lagno: it’s harder to play with men

After winning the Grand Prix among women in Astana, Kateryna Lagno went to Moscow to participate in the international tournament “Chess Stars – 2022”, where she spoke with a RIA News correspondent. We just arrived from Astana this morning on the same flight as Sasha Goryachkina. Of course we are very tired. But I decided…

Tournament in India

Today in the Indian city of Bikaner, a grandmaster open tournament starts. 82 participants entered the main tournament A, including 11 grandmasters. Starting rank

Smirin suspended for sexist remarks

The completed FIDE Women’s Grand Prix turned into a scandal. Commentator Ilia Smirin was suspended from work by the International Federation because of his sexist statements while commenting on parties. When asked by the viewer whether one of the participants (WGM Zhu Jin’er) will be able to get a grandmaster score in a tournament where…

Kramnik: chess will survive anyway

Before the start of the Chess Stars 2022 tournament, Vladimir Kramnik gave an interview to Izvestia, where he shared his expectations from the tournament and discussed the problem of cheating. I don’t play at a professional level, so I rarely see many guys. Many have not seen each other for two or three years. Besides,…

Rapid tournament in Slovakia

After three rounds at SLOVAKIA OPEN 2022, 7 participants are leading with a 100% result, among which the rating favorite of the tournament is Anton Korobov (Ukraine). Technical results

Festival Isola del Sole

The chess festival continues in Grado, Italy. In the main tournament before the last round, Oleg Korneev (Spain) and Erik Thorn (Sweden) are leading with 6 out of 8 each. Three pursuers are half a point behind. Technical results