The annual team tournament has started in Germany. The Chess Bundesliga, the German championship for teams, takes place October 22, 2022 – April 30, 2023. The format is a round-robin among 16 teams that play with eight boards each round. The tournament was marked by the return to live chess of Vasyl Ivanchuk, who had…
Yesterday on lichess.org a large online tournament took place, in which two first prize winners were selected for the Monster Mystery Bash Tournament. As a result of the three-hour struggle, Daniil Dubov (nickname SVODMEVKO) took the first place, and Olexandr Bortnyk (nickname Night-King96) came second to the finish. The main tournament will be held on…
The first quarterfinal matches of the World Championship contenders tournament begin in Monaco tomorrow. Anna Muzychuk will play against Humpy Koneru, and Mariya Muzychuk will fight Lei Tingjie. The matches will consist of four games, in case of an equal score, the winner will be determined by a tie-break. Official page
The Fischer World Chess Championship starts tomorrow in Reykjavik. Eight chess players are participating: Magnus Carlsen, Wesley So, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Vladimir Fedoseev, Nodirbek Abdusattarov, Hikaru Nakamura, Matthias Bluebaum and Hjorvar Steinn Gretarsson. Tournament format: players will be divided into two groups and they will play in two round-robin matches. Then, after the weekend, the semifinals…
On October 20, the 2022 World Amateur Championship began in Malta. The competition is held in three rating groups: up to 1700, up to 2000 and up to 2300. A total of 197 chess players from 51 countries take part in the tournament. Technical results
An annual chess festival has started in Thailand. After 2 rounds, 26 people scored 2 points each. Technical results
A chess tournament has ended in Romania. The winner was the Ukrainian grandmaster V. Bernadskiy, who scored 7.5 points out of 9. M. Iskandarov took silver – 7.5 points. The same number of points in the asset of M. Parligras, but he lagged behind in additional indicators. Technical results
A chess festival has come to an end in the Netherlands. In the final match, R. Hovhannisyan was stronger than N. Zwirs 2.5 – 0.5. In the match for the 3rd place S. Bharath defeated E. Romanov with a score of 2.5 to 0.5. Technical results
A rapid chess tournament has ended in Santiago de Compostela. The first place was taken by E. Iturrizaga, who scored 8 points out of 9. The silver medalist was J. Van Foreest, who overtook K. Grigoryan in additional indicators, both have 7.5 points. Technical results
In the open tournament, five people scored 8 points out of 11 possible. According to additional indicators, the gold went to A. Gadimbayli, the second place went to A. Kozak. N. Kacharava became the bronze medalist. G. Beydullayeva and A. Serikbay scored 8.5 points each in the girls tournament. As a result of the victory…