The men’s national championship continues in Armenia. Standings after the 2nd round

The men’s National Championship continues in Yerevan (Armenia). M. Petrosyan is in the lead – 2. T. Petrosian, A. Hakobyan, R. Hovhannisyan are half a point behind. Participants: M. Petrosyan, A. Hakobyan, S. Ter-Sahakyan, R. Hovhannisyan, Z. Andriasian, T. Petrosian, T. Harutyunyan, M. Gharibyan, A. Barseghyan, S. SargsyanDates: from January 13 to 21System: round robin,…

The Belarusian Chess Championship continues. Standings after the 6th round

The national Chess championship continues in Minsk (Belarus). The leaders are D. Lazavik, M. Nikitenko — 5. A. Aleksandrov is half a point behind. Participants: D. Lazavik, M. Nikitenko, A. Aleksandrov, A. Gorovets, V. Zarubitski, M. Tsaruk, A. Siniauski, Y. Naumovich, S. Vashchilov, A. Alishevich.Dates: from January 9 to January 17System: round robin, 9 rounds Line-up: 10 participants, 4…

The “D. S. Shcherbin Memorial” Stage of the Rapid Grand Prix Of Russia continues in Yekaterinburg. Standings after the 6th round

In Yekaterinburg (Russia), the D. S. Shcherbin Memorial continues — The Rapid Grand Prix Of Russia Stage. P. Ponkratov is in the lead – 5.5. 11 players are half a point behind, including M. Chigaev, N. Afanasiev, I. Lysyj, A. Riazantsev, A. Nesterov. Rating-favorites: P. Ponkratov, M. Chigaev, A. TimofeevDates: from January 14 to January…

Ray Robson wins The 2023 Puzzles World Championship

On a chess platform Chess.com On January 12-13, The 2023 Puzzles World Championship took place, with a prize pool of $25,000. The tournament was held in 2 stages. On January 12, titled and invited players competed together. Everyone was given 30 minutes, only the best attempt to solve problems in 3 minutes was taken into…

The men’s national championship has started in Armenia. Standings after the 1st round

The men’s national championship has started in Yerevan (Armenia). M. Petrosyan, T. Petrosian and Z. Andriasian won their games. Participants: M. Petrosyan, A. Hakobyan, S. Ter-Sahakyan, R. Hovhannisyan, Z. Andriasian, T. Petrosian, T. Harutyunyan, M. Gharibyan, A. Barseghyan, S. SargsyanDates: from January 13 to 21System: round robin, 9 roundsLine-up: 10 participants, 7 grandmasters Official website…

In Spain, the “XLVIII Abierto Internacional”CIUDAD de SEVILLA” 2023 has begun. Standings after the 1st round

XLVIII Abierto Internacional “CIUDAD de SEVILLA” 2023 started in Seville (Spain). After the 1st round, 91 chess players, including T. Stremavicius, G.A. Stany and N.R. Vignesh, scored one point each. Rating favorites: T. Stremavicius, G.A. Stany, N.R. VigneshDates: from January 13 to January 21System: Swiss, 9 roundsPrize fund: $8000 (1st place – $ 1500)Line-up: 208…

The Belarusian Chess Championship continues. Standings after the 5th round

The national Chess championship continues in Minsk (Belarus). The leaders are D. Lazavik, M. Nikitenko — 4.5. A. Aleksandrov and M. Tsaruk are a point behind. Participants: D. Lazavik, M. Nikitenko, A. Aleksandrov, A. Gorovets, V. Zarubitski, M. Tsaruk, A. Siniauski, Y. Naumovich, S. Vashchilov, A. Alishevich.Dates: from January 9 to January 17System: round robin, 9 rounds Line-up: 10…