Vice-President of the Moscow Chess Federation Sergey Smagin noted that the tournament ended with a confident victory of the Russian chess player Ekaterina Lagno. Recall that Lagno scored 8 points out of 11, another representative of Russia, Alexandra Goryachkina, was half a point behind. A little short of the bronze medal was the former world…
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The President of the Russian Chess Federation noted the excellent performance of Ekaterina Lagno at the first stage of the FIDE Women’s Grand Prix, which ended in Astana. The grandmaster scored 8 points out of 11 possible and became the winner of the tournament. “Congratulations to Ekaterina Lagno with a confident victory in such a…
In the global championship chess.com the last match of round 1/16 of the final was played. Participants play a match of four games with 15+2 control, in case of a draw, the opponents play armageddon. The prize fund is $1,000,000. In the only match of the day, Teimour Radjabov defeated Arjun Erigaisi 3-2.
The games of the sixth round were played in the Highers Leagues of the Russian Championships among veterans in St. Petersburg. In the men’s tournament, V. Ponfilenok is in the lead, having scored 4.5 points. Four participants are half a point behind. The women’s tournament is led by G. Strutinskaia, T. Bogumil and I. Mikhaylova,…
The games of the third round were held in Poikovsky. Yakubboev defeated Iljiushenok, Malakhov – Najer, Tomashevsky – Martirosyan and Chigaev – Najer drew. Standings after the 3rd round: 1-2. H. Martirosyan, N. Yakubboev – 2 (3), 3-4. S. Sjugirov, E. Tomashevsky – 1.5 (3), 5-7. E. Najer, A. Suleymanli, M. Chigaev – 1 (2),…
A rapid chess tournament starts tomorrow in Bratislava, 9 rounds. 79 chess players showed up, including six grandmasters. Start list
The open tournament starts tomorrow in Armenian Tsaghkadzor (Swiss system, 9 rounds). 85 chess players showed up, including 16 grandmasters. Start list
The international tournament “Chess starts” tomorrow in Moscow, in which ten grandmasters will play. On September 30, October 1 and 2, rapid chess will be played, and on October 4 and 5, a two circles blitz is played. Participants: Vladimir Kramnik (Russia), Teimour Radjabov (Azerbaijan), Sergey Karjakin, Vladislav Artemiev (both from Russia), Francisco Vallejo Pons (Spain),…
The Slovak Men’s Classical Chess Championship continues in Kezhmark. After six rounds, Jergus Pechak is in the lead with 5 points. M. Pacher is a point behind and R. Turcan. Technical results
Six rounds were played at the tournament in Italian Grado. The Spanish grandmaster Oleg Korneev is confidently in the lead, having scored 5 points. Ten chess players are one point behind. Technical results