In Baku (Azerbaijan) The Azerbaijani Men’s Championship has started. After the 1st round, 6 players, including V. Durarbayli, A. Suleymanli, M. Muradli, have one point each. Rating favorites: N. Abasov, V. Durarbayli, E. SafarliDates: from January 12 to 22Prize fund: 25,000 AZN (1st place – 10,000)System: Swiss, 9 roundsLine-up: 20 participants, 8 grandmasters Official website…
The national Chess championship, which was held in a round-robin system, ended in Tbilisi (Georgia). 10 players and 6 grandmasters took part in the competition. Grandmaster Mikhail Mchedlishvili won. Giga Quparadze is in second place. On the third – Tornik Sanikidze. Technical results:1. M. Mchedlishvili – 7 out of 9;2. G. Quparadze – 6;3-5. T….
The 13th memorial of A. Margaryan continues in Yerevan (Armenia). B. Daneshvar is in the lead — 5. S. Lobanov and B. Pur Agha are half a point behind. On a point – K. Sychev. Participants: K. Sychev, S. Lobanov, Z. Sturua, A. Davtyan, B. Daneshvar, B. Pur Agha, D. Shahinyan, E. Ohanyan, M. Mkrtchyan,…
The traditional Tata Steel Challengers chess tournament starts tomorrow in Wijk aan Zee. Participants: A. Tabatabaei, J. Sindarov, D. Pechac, A. Donchenko, E. L’ami, M. Warmerdam, B. Adhiban, M. Yilmaz, L. Supi, V. Ivic, A. Mishra, T. Beerdsen, R. Vaishali, E. RoebersDates: from January 13 to January 29System: round robin, 13 rounds. In case of…
The traditional Tata Steel Masters chess super tournament starts tomorrow in Wijk aan Zee (Netherlands). Participants: M. Carlsen (Norway), Ding Liren (China), F. Caruana (USA), A. Giri (Netherlands), W. So (USA), R. Rapport (Romania), L. Aronian (USA), D. Gukesh, A. Erigaisi (both India), P. Maghsoodloo (Iran), N. Abdusattorov (Uzbekistan), V. Keymer (Germany), R. Praggnanandhaa (India),…
Tomorrow in Yekaterinburg (Russian Federation) the D. S. Shcherbin Memorial — the Rapid Grand Prix of Russia stage starts. Rating-favorites: P. Ponkratov, M. Chigaev, A. TimofeevDates: from January 14 to January 15System: Swiss, 11 roundsPrize fund: 523,000 rubles (1st place – 80,000 rubles)Line-up: 222 participants, 21 grandmasters Official website Starting list
The national chess championship continues in Minsk (Belarus). D. Lazavik, M. Nikitenko are in the lead — 3.5 Participants: D. Lazavik, M. Nikitenko, A. Alexandrov, A. Gorovets, V. Zarubitsky, M. Tsaruk, A. Sinyavsky, Y. Naumovich, S. Vashchilov, A. Alishevich.Dates: from January 9 to January 17System: round robin, 9 rounds Line-up: 10 participants, 4 grandmasters Official sitePosition after round 4
In Baku (Azerbaijan) started the men’s championship of Azerbaijan. Rating favorites : Abasov N, Durarbeyli V, Safarli E dates : from 12 to 27 January prize fund : 25,000 AZN (1st place – 10,000) System : Swiss, 9 rounds start list
The national chess championship has started in Tbilisi (Georgia). M. Mchedlishvili is the leader – 6.5 points; G. Quparadze – 5.5 Composition: M. Gagunashvili, M. Mchedlishvili, N. Kacharava, L. Paichadze, G. Quparadze, D. Magalashvili, T. Sanikidze, N. Petriashvili, N. Tutisani, G. NigalidzeDates: from January 4 to 13System: round robin, 9 roundsComposition: 10 participants, 6 grandmasters Position after round 8
Tomorrow in Seville (Spain) starts the 48th International Open. Rating favorites: Basso P.L, Stremavičius T Dates : from 13 to 21 January prize pool : 1st place 1500$ System : Swiss, 9 rounds official site start list