The standings of the participants in the men’s tournament after 5 rounds (double scoring): Mamedyarov – 10, Vidit – 9, Maghsoodloo – 6, Durarbayli, Radjabov, Kasimdzhanov – 5, Wang Hao – 4, Mamedov, 3, Yilmaz – 2, Guseinov – 1. The position of the participants in the women’s tournament: Dzagnidze – 9, Efroimski, Zavadska, Ozturk…
In the quarter-final matches, Carlsen beat Aronian 3-1, Erigaisi beat Yoo 3.5-2.5, Le Quang Liem beat Niemann 2.5-1.5, Keymer beat Praggnanandhaa 3-1. Carlsen – Keymer and Le Quang Liem – Erigaisi will play in the semi-finals.
Winners were determined at the tournament in the Dominican Republic. The first place was taken by Yasser Quesada Perez (Cuba), who scored 8 out of 9. Alejandro Ramirez (USA) is 1.5 points behind, Fernando Peralta (Argentina) is 2 points behind. Final standings
As part of the additional program, a representative blitz tournament was held in Batumi during the children’s world championship. The victory was won by Mikhail Kobalia, who competes under the FIDE flag. He scored 7 out of 9. Vladislav Kovalev, also playing under the flag of FIDE and Georgian David Maghalashvili, stood on a par…
In the final round of the Superfinals in the men’s tournament, Dubov defeated Iljushenok, Murzin defeated Najer. Syugirov – Esipenko, Nesterov – Tomashevsky, Matlakov – Artemiev and Chigaev – Rakhmanov met in a draw. Dubov was stronger in the tie-break for the first place. Final standings: 1. Daniil Dubov, 2. Sanan Sjugirov – 7 points…
In the fifth round of the first stage of the FIDE Grand Prix in Astana, Zhu Jiner won against Abdumalik, Kashlinskaya against Shuvalova, Kosteniuk against Paehtz, Goryachkina against Tan Zhongyi, Assaubaeva – Lagno, Wagner – Vaishali tied. Tournament standings: Goryachkina, Zhu Jiner – 4, Assaubaeva, Kashlinskaya, Lagno – 3, Kosteniuk 2.5, Abdumalik, Wagner, Vaishali, Paehtz…
The first three 1/16 matches took place. The participants play a match of four games with 15+2 control, in case of a draw, the opponents play armageddon. The prize fund is $1,000,000. Match results: Fabiano Caruana – Jose Martinez 2.5 – 1.5 Dmitry Andreikin – Gata Kamsky 3 – 2 (according to the results of…
Round-robin grandmaster tournaments in rapid (2 points for a victory) and blitz (two circles) in Shusha have begun in Azerbaijan, in which ten participants play. The composition of the men’s tournament: Sh. Mamedyarov, T. Radjabov, G. Guseinov, R. Mamedov, V. Durarbayli (all – Azerbaijan), Wang Hao (China), P. Maghsoodloo (Iran), S. Vidit (India), R. Kasimdzhanov…
After the fifth round, N. Delgado and J. Cubas (both from Paraguay) are in the lead at the tournament in Matinhos, having scored 4.5 points each. K. Mekhitaryan and Y. Santiago (both Brazil) are half a point behind. Technical results
A chess festival is coming to an end in Slovenia. A round before the finish in Nova Gorica ahead of A. Manish (India), J. Marn (Slovenia), V. Stefansson (Iceland), M.Wadsworth (England) and S. Drazic (Serbia), who scored 6 out of 8. Seven participants are 0.5 points behind. Technical results