Four of the eight games of the 1/2 final were played today in Toronto (Canada) Chess.com Global Championship. Technical results:H. Nakamura 2-2 W. So;A. Giri 2-2 N. Sarin. Format: 8 games in a match with 15+2 time control. The player who scored 4.5 points first wins. In case of a draw, the opponents play armageddon.Prize…
The 20th Capechecs 2022 Grand-Prix International Open tournament continues in Cap d’Agde (France). The leaders are Y. Gozzoli, S. Fedorchuk, M. Lagarde, P. Laurent-Paoli and A. Droin — 6,5 each. Dates: from October 29 to November 5System: Swiss, 9 roundsPrize fund: 12050 €Composition: 191 participants, 19 grandmasters Standings after the 8th round Official page
The European Team Championships in the 50+ and 65+ categories, which took place from October 26 to November 4, ended in Dresden (Germany). In the 50+ group, the victory was won by the England-1 team, which scored 17 points. Berlin-1 is in second place with 14 points, the same number of points for the bronze…
In Monaco, the 1/2 finals of the tournament of contenders for the world championship in Group A continues .Anna Muzychuk 0.5 — 0.5 Lei Tingjie. Match score:Anna Muzychuk 1.5 — 1.5 Lei Tingjie Dates: from October 24 — November 6Prize fund: 70,000€ Live broadcast of parties Official page
On November 3, the Austrian Bundesliga started, which will last until April 15, 2023. Such grandmasters as Richard Rapport, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Parham Maghsoodloo, Vladimir Fedoseev, Andrey Esipenko, Kirill Alekseenko, Rustam Kasimdzhanov, Etienne Bacrot and many others will take part in the team competition. Results of the 1st round Official page
Chess.com presented the list of participants of the upcoming Speed Chess Championship. The tournament will be attended by:Magnus Carlsen, Hikaru Nakamura, Fabiano Caruana, Wesley So, Dmitry Andreikin, Arjun Erigaisi, Ding Liren, Ian Nepomniachtchi , Nihal Sarin, Anish Giri, Levon Aronian, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Nodirbek Abdusattorov, Dommaraju Gukesh.The names of two more participants will be announced after the…
The names of six participants of the Wijk aan Zee super tournament, which takes place annually in January, have become known. The competition will be attended by:Dommaraju Gukesh;Arjun Erigaisi;Wesley So;Nodirbek Abdusattorov;Anish Giri;Jorden Van Foreest. The Wijk aan Zee Super tournament will be held from January 13 to 29, 2023. Official page
The 5th stage of the Romanian Rapid Grand Prix starts tomorrow in Braile (Romania). Rating-favorites: J. Van Foreest, D. Navara, K. GeorgievDates: from 5 to 6 NovemberSystem: Swiss, 10 roundsPrize fund: 110000 Ron (1st place – 25000 Ron)Composition: 143 participants, 29 grandmasters Starting rank Official page
The 25th Bavarian Open Championship on Lake Tegernsee starts tomorrow in Gmund (Germany). Rating-favorites: G. Sargissian, A. Korobov, A. Demchenko.Dates: from 5 to 13 NovemberSystem: Swiss, 9 roundsPrize fund: about €15,000 (1st place €2,500)Composition: 527 participants, 19 grandmasters Starting rank Official page
In St. Louis (USA), two round—robin tournaments are continuing – 10 grandmasters each. Results of the 2nd round in group “A”:G. Oparin 0.5 – 0.5 Nguyen Thai Dai Van, N. Abasov 0.5 – 0.5 Yu Yangyi, H. Niemann 0.5 – 0.5 A. Hakobyan, G. Vidit 1 – 0 N. Theodorou, I. Nyzhnyk 1-0 S. Ganguly….