International Master V. Pranav (India), who scored 38 out of 42, won the blitz tournament Magnus Academy Challenge (3 points for a win, 1 for a draw). In second place I. Samunenkov (Ukraine) 35, in third or fourth place S. Bharat (India) and E. Gurel (Turkey) – 28 each. Final standings
In the US Chess championships, the games of the fifth round were played. Liang won against Aronian, Shankland was stronger than Moradiabadi. Yoo – Sevian, Xiong – Lenderman, Caruana – So, Robson – Swiercz and Dominguez – Niemann drew. Standings after the 5th round: 1. Caruana – 3,5, 2-3. Sevian, Liang – 3, 4-11. So, Dominguez…
In Krasnoyarsk, the stage of the Rapid Grand Prix of Russia has ended. Zhamsaran Tsydypov won with 9 out of 11. Sergey Volkov and Roman Kezin were half a point behind. Technical results
In Sochi, competitions continue as part of the stage of the Russian Cup “Zhemchuzhina”. The blitz tournament was won by Pavel Ponkratov, who scored 10.5 out of 13. Oleg Vastrukhin and Evgeny Alekseev were one point behind. Technical results
Before the final round at the World Olympiad for 16-year-olds in Nakhichevan, Turkiye-red won ahead of schedule, gaining 16 points. Uzbekistan-1 is three points behind, India and Azerbaijan-1 are five points behind. Technical results
Novy Bor Chess club (Czech Republic), which scored 14 points out of 14, won the European Club Cup in Mayrhofen (Austria). Clichy-Echecs-92 (France) is two points behind, Schachclub Viernheim 1934e.V. (Germany) is three points behind. ASVOe Pamhagen (Austria) won the Women’s Cup – 12 points. CSU ASE Superbet (Romania) and Cercle d’Echecs de Monte-Carlо are…
The chess festival ended in Bikaner, India. The winner was Abhijeet Gupta (India), who scored 8.5 out of 10. Arash Tahbaz (Iran) was half a point behind, a group of seven participants was one and a half points behind, the best of which was Boris Savchenko (Russia). Technical results
Judit Polgar International Chess Festival took place in Budapest. The event included the Women in Chess – Women in Science conference, simultaneous sessions by Anish Giri and Judit Polgar, as well as a hand and brain tournament with the participation of the Dracarys (Sofia Polgar, Yona Kosashvili), The Knight Watch (Sopico Guramishvili, Anish Giri), Azdana…
In the US Chess championships, the games of the forth round were played. Caruana won against Niemann, Lenderman was stronger than Yoo, So defeated Shankland. Aronian – Robson, Moradiabadi – Xiong, Swiercz – Dominguez and Sevian – Liang drew. Standings after the 4th round: 1. Caruana – 3, 2. Sevian – 2,5, 3-11. So, Aronian,…
15 young players compete in the Magnus Academy Challenge blitz tournament (3 points for a win, 1 for a draw). After eight rounds, three representatives of India (Pranav, Ilamparthi and Bharath) and Ukrainian Samunenkov are leading with 19 points each.