On October 14, the next online tournament of the Champions Chess Tour series begins. Participants: Magnus Carlsen (Norway), Anish Giri (Netherlands), Richard Rapport (Romania), Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan), Dommaraju Gukesh (India), Jan-Krzysztof Duda (Poland), Arjun Erigaisi (India), Pentala Harikrishna (India), Nodirbek Abdusattorov (Uzbekistan), Vidit Gujrathi (India), Vincent Keymer (Germany), David Anton (Spain), Nils Grandelius (Sweden), Daniel…
Four rounds of the Russian Rapid Chess Grand Prix were played in Sochi. After four rounds, Vadim Moiseenko, Pavel Ponkratov and Ruslan Kavyev are in the lead, having scored 4 points each. Ivan Rozum and David Zakaryan are half a point behind. Technical results
The tournament continues in Mersa Matruh, Egypt. After the sixth round, the leaders are Kandil Adham, Hesham Abdelrahman and Ezat Mohamed, who scored 5.5 points each. Eight participants are half a point behind. Technical results
The open tournament begins today in Laprida, Argentina (Swiss system, 9 rounds). 182 participants have registered, among them 20 grandmasters. Starting list
The Junior Olympiad has ended in Azerbaijan. A confident victory was won by the Turkiye-red, which scored 18 points (they won all nine matches!). Silver went to Uzbekistan-1, which has 15 points. The Azerbaijan-1 team finished third with 13 points. Technical results
The second round was played at the tournament in La Nucia, Spain. 16 chess players scored 2 points each. Official page
The games of the second round were played at the tournament in the Norwegian Fagernes. 11 chess players have two points each. Official page
The first round was played at the open tournament in Spain. All favorites won. Official page
The first round was played at the tournament in Norway. Not all rating favorites won. Official page
After four rounds at the tournament in Mersa Matruh (Egypt), M.Ameir, A.Kandil, A.Hesham and M.Ezat (all from Egypt) are ahead with 4 points each. Technical results