FIDE Grand Prix Women

The first stage of the FIDE Women’s Grand Prix has ended in Astana. In the eleventh round, D. Wagner defeated P. Shuvalova, and Z. Abdumalik was stronger than A. Kashlinskaya. A. Kosteniuk – E. Lagno, Zhu Jiner – B. Assaubayeva, E. Paehtz – Tan Zhongyi, A. Goryachkina – R. Vaishali finished their games in a…

The FIDE Women’s Grand Prix continues

In the tenth round of the first stage of the FIDE Grand Prix in Astana, Tan Zhongyi defeated Wagner, Zhu Jiner – Kashlinskaya, Paehtz – Assaubayeva, Goryachkina – Kosteniuk, Shuvalova – Vaishali, Lagno – Abdumalik played a draw. Tournament standings before the final round: 1. Lagno – 7.5, 2. Goryachkina – 7, 3. Zhu Jiner…

Open tournament ended in India

Winners of the Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Trophy International Grand Master Chess Tournament have been determined in Indian Raipur. A confident victory was won by Levan Pantsulaia (Georgia), who scored 8.5 out of 10. Boris Savchenko (Russia) and Michail Krasenkow (Poland) are one point behind. Technical results

Filatov reacted to the disqualification of Karjakin

Andrey Filatov, President of the Russian Chess Federation (RSF), commented on the news that the Norwegian Chess Federation (NSF) has suspended Sergey Karjakin and other players supporting the special operation in Ukraine from rating tournaments on its territory and called on organizers in other countries to follow its example. The Norwegian Chess Federation’s call to…

Norwegian Chess Federation suspends Karjakin

The Norwegian Chess Federation (NSF) has suspended Sergey Karjakin and other players supporting the special operation in Ukraine from rating tournaments on its territory and called on organizers in other countries to follow its example. “The Norwegian Chess Federation does not want Sergey Karjakin or other chess players who support the war in Ukraine to…

Chess festival in Italy

In open A at the Isola del Sole festival in Grado, after 5 rounds, Oleg Korneev (Spain) and Anto Cristiano Manish (India) are leading with 4.5 points each. 7 pursuers are one point behind. Technical results

Nakamura’s Golden Double

The traditional “Titled Tuesday” tournaments on Chess.com for holders of international chess titles continue. The “early” tournament was won by Hikaru Nakamura, who scored 9.5 out of 11. Olexandr Bortnyk and Manuel Petrosyan scored the same number of points. In the “late” Title Tuesday, Nakamura also won with a similar result. He was half a…

Tournament in Poikovsky – First Round

In the first round of the tournament named after Anatoly Karpov in Poikovsky, Suleymanli – Martirosyan, Malakhov – Iljushenok, Tomashevsky – Sjugirov and Yakubboev – Chigaev played in a draw. Najer was resting. Tournament standings: 1-8. Suleymanli, Martirosyan, Malakhov, Iljushenok, Tomashevsky, Sjugirov, Yakubboev, Chigaev – 0.5, 9. Najer – 0.