In the 2022 season of the Chinese Chess League, Division A was won by the team “Hangzhou Bank”, which scored 18 team points out of 22. Team members: Ma Qun, Bai Jinshi, Xu Zhihang, Xiang Zeyu, Hou Yifan, Zhai Mo, Yan Tianqi. Team “Shanghai” is one point behind (Ni Hua, Zhang Zhong, Xu Yi, Lou…
In Chelyabinsk, the games of the eighth round were played at the Panchenko memorial. In the open tournament, Vladimir Zakhartsov and Vladislav Nozdrachev are leading with 6.5 each. Mikhail Nikitenko and Denis Lazavik are half a point behind. In the women’s tournament, Baira Kovanova is ahead with 7 points. Ekaterina Borisova and Daria Voit are…
In the men’s tournament, Sjugirov beat Matlakov with white, Tomashevsky – Chigaev. The games Murzin – Rakhmanov, Esipenko – Najer, Artemiev – Dubov and Iljushenok – Nesterov ended in a draw. Standings after the 8th round: 1. Sanan Sjugirov – 5, 2-4. Daniil Dubov, Evgeny Tomashevsky, Vladislav Artemiev – 4.5, 5-9. Evgeny Najer, Maxim Chigaev,…
The games of the first eight rounds of the Julius Baer Generation Cup online tournament have been played. Standings (3 points for a win, 1 for a draw): Erigaisi 17 (24), Praggnanandhaa, Carlsen – 15, Ivanchuk, Niemann, Duda – 13, Wojtaszek, Le Quang Liem – 12, Keymer, Aronian – 11, Giri – 10, Saric –…
On the second game day of the Julius Baer Generation Cup, world champion Magnus Carlsen resigned on his second move against Hans Niemann. The American grandmaster, who played with white, went d4. Carlsen answered Nf6 and after Niemann’s answer he resigned. According to the rules of the tournament, it was technically impossible to give up…
Among men Andre Sousa became the champion with 6 out of 9, followed by Francisco Veiga (5.5) and Pedro Rego (4.5) third. Among women Mariana Silva won with 3.5 points out of 5. She was tied by Sarah Monteiro and Victoria Simbron, who fell behind in additional indicators and won silver and bronze, respectively.
In the second round of the first stage of the FIDE Grand Prix in Astana, Zhu Jiner won against Wagner, Shuvalova against Paehtz, Assaubayeva against Kosteniuk, Kashlinskaya against Vaishali, Goryachkina – Lagno and Abdumalik – Tan Zhongyi tied. Tournament standings: Bibisara Assaubayeva, Aleksandra Goryachkina, Alina Kashlinskaya, Zhu Jiner – 1.5, Zhansaya Abdumalik, Kateryna Lagno, Elizabeth…
After six rounds in tournament A at Primorsko open 2022, Stamatis Kourkoulos-Arditis is ahead with 5.5 points. Dimitrios Ladopoulos (both Greece), Radoslav Dimitrov and Martin Petrov (both Bulgaria) are half a point behind. Technical results
Ukrainian grandmaster Sergey Fedorchuk became the winner of the round-robin tournament in Paris. He scored 6.5 points out of 9. France’s Pierre Laurent-Paoli and England’s Brandon Clarke were one point behind, winning silver and bronze, respectively.
In Antwerp, Belgium, the world championships among students have ended. Iran’s Arash Daghli won the junior tournament with 7 out of 9 points. Silver went to Igor Janik from Poland (6.5), bronze went to another Iranian Mahdi Gholami Orimi (6.5). Among the girls, German Fiona Sieber was the strongest with 6.5 points. Silver goes to…