The monthly blitz tournament Blitz Titled Arena October’22 was held on the lichess.org portal. The victory was won by Sanan Sjugirov, who scored 141 points in 3 hours. In second place is Olexandr Bortnyk – 133, in third – Daniel Narodnitsky – 125.
SLOVAKIA OPEN 2022 continues in Bratislava. After 7 rounds, Bartolomiej Heberla and Tomas Laurusas are in the lead with 6 points each. 3 participants are half a point behind. Technical results
The Isola del Sole Open festival has ended in Grado, Italy. In tournament A, Oleg Korneev (Spain) won with 7 out of 9. One point behind Shiyam Tavandiran (Canada) and Paul Velten (France). Technical results
In the Slovak city of Kežmark, the winners of the national championship were determined. Jergus Pechac won with 6.5 out of 9. Samir Sahidi and Milan Pacher were half a point behind. Technical results
The international tournament “Chess Stars – 2022” continues in Moscow. Played games of 6 rounds. Tournament standings: 1. Sadhwani – 4.5, 2-4. Artemiev, Kramnik, Radjabov – 4, 5. Karjakin – 3.5, 6. Inarkiev – 3, 7-8. Vallejo, Lagno – 2.5, 9. Goryachkina – 1.5, 10. Morozevich – 0.5.
Before the final round, Vladimir Ponfilenok leads the men’s tournament with 6 out of 8. Yuri Balashov is half a point behind, Sergey Ionov and Valery Loginov are one point behind. The women are ahead of Galina Strutinskaia, Tatiana Bogumil, Irina Mikhaylova and Tatiana Ivanova, who scored 5.5 points each. Technical results
In the fifth round at the tournament named after Anatoly Karpov, Sjugirov won against Iljushenok, Tomashevsky against Suleymanli, Yakubboev – Najer, Chigaev – Martirosyan played a draw. Standings after 5 rounds: 1. Tomashevsky – 3.5 (5), 2-3. Yakubboev, Martirosyan – 3 (5), 4. Sjugirov – 2.5 (4), 5. Chigaev – 2 (4), 6-8. Najer, Suleymanli,…
Today in the Indian city of Bikaner, a grandmaster open tournament starts. 82 participants entered the main tournament A, including 11 grandmasters. Starting rank
After three rounds at SLOVAKIA OPEN 2022, 7 participants are leading with a 100% result, among which the rating favorite of the tournament is Anton Korobov (Ukraine). Technical results
The chess festival continues in Grado, Italy. In the main tournament before the last round, Oleg Korneev (Spain) and Erik Thorn (Sweden) are leading with 6 out of 8 each. Three pursuers are half a point behind. Technical results