Before the final round in the Slovak Championship in Kežmarka, Jergus Pechac leads with 6 out of 8, Samir Sahidi is half a point behind, and Milan Pacher is one point behind. Technical results
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The first round ended at the chess festival in Tsaghkadzor. Many grandmasters have already lost points. Technical results
The tournament “Chess Stars” has started in Moscow. Three games of rapid chess were played today. Standings after the 3rd round: 1-2. Sadhwani, Karjakin – 2.5, 3. Artemiev – 2, 4-8. Vallejo Pons, Kramnik, Lagno, Radjabov, Inarkiev – 1.5, 9. Morozevich – 0.5, 10. Goryachkina – 0. Technical results
The Highers leagues of the Russian Championship among veterans continue. After the seventh round, V. Ponfilenok is in the lead in the men’s tournament, having scored 5 points. Four participants are half a point behind. In the women’s tournament, G. Strutinskaya, T. Bogumil and I. Mikhaylova are ahead, who scored 5 points. Technical results
The tournament continues in Poikovsky. In the fourth round, Tomashevsky defeated Najer with black. Iljiushenok – Chigaev, Martirosyan – Yakubboev, Suleymanli – Malakhov drew. Standings after the 4th round: 1-3. H. Martirosyan, E. Tomashevsky, N. Yakubboev – 2.5 (4), 4-6. A. Suleymanli, S. Sjugirov, M. Chigaev – 1.5 (3), 7-8. I. Iljiushenok, V. Malakhov –…
In Cala Gonone on the island of Sardinia in Italy, from October 12, the World Championships among juniors and girls under 20 will be held in 11 rounds according to the Swiss system. Rating-the favorite of the men’s tournament is Andrey Esipenko, and the women’s one is Nurgyul Salimova. Start list
The chess festival continues in the Italian Grado. Grandmaster Oleg Korneev is in the lead in the main tournament, scoring 5.5 points out of 7. Five participants are half a point behind. Technical results
The Slovak Men’s Classical Chess Championship continues in Kezhmark. After seven rounds, J. Pechac is in the lead, having scored 6 points, S. Sahidi and M. Jurchik are one and a half points behind. Technical results
Vladimir Kramnik said that Switzerland made a mistake by not giving former world chess champion Anatoly Karpov permission to enter the country. “I believe that every country has the right to decide what it wants. My approach to this has always been very simple: if you don’t want to, and you don’t have to, I…
The International Chess Federation (FIDE) has issued a statement on the launch of an investigation into the possible fraud of 19-year-old American chess player Hans Niemann in a game with Norwegian Magnus Carlsen. “Following the recent developments in the Carlsen—Niemann controversy, the FIDE Fair Play Commission (FPL) to act ex-officio and create an Investigatory Panel…