After six rounds in the A tournament, M. Nikitenko (Belarus) is ahead, having scored 5.5 points. R. Makarian (Russia) is half a point behind, ten players are one point behind. In the women’s tournament B.Kovanova, E.Semenova and E.Solozhenkina (all — Russia) are in the lead, having scored 5 points each. Five participants are half a…
The first stage of the FIDE Women’s Grand Prix will be held in the capital of Kazakhstan from September 17 to 30. In total, 4 tournaments will be played in the series, in which 16 chess players will take part (each will play in 3 tournaments). The two best chess players of the Grand Prix…
In the men’s tournament, the first victory was won by Sanan Sjugirov, who beat Maksim Chigaev with white. Iljiushenok — Matlakov, Nesterov — Najer, Esipenko — Dubov, Tomashevsky — Rakhmanov and Artemiev — Murzin played a draw. Standings after the 6th round: 1-3. Sanan Sjugirov, Daniil Dubov, Vladislav Artemiev — 3,5, 4-11. Maxim Matlakov, Evgeniy…
The regular matches of the 1/32 finals were played on Friday. Recal, that the participants play a match of four games with a control of 15 + 2, in case of a draw, the opponents play armageddon. The prize fund is $1,000,000.Match results: Arjun Erigaisi — David Paravyan 2.5 — 0.5Teimour Radjabov — Hou Yifan…
Fabiano Caruana won three games on the final game day of the Fischer Chess tournament. In the tie-break with Alireza Firouzja, the rivals exchanged blows, but in Armageddon, the American grandmaster chose white with a commitment to win and eventually celebrated success. Final standings: 1. Fabiano Caruana – 6.5 points. 2. Alireza Firouzja – 6.5…
In Romania, the world championships in the age groups under 14, 16 and 18 have ended. Among the boys under 14, Ilamparti from India won with 9.5 points out of 11. The second place was taken by the Pole Seemann (9), the third was the Kazakh Ansat (8.5). Among girls under 14 Nurgaliyeva from Kazakhstan…
58 teams representing 32 countries have already registered for the second Intercontinental Online Chess Championship for Prisoners, scheduled for October 13-14, 2022, on the International Day of Education in Prison. The registration is open until September 21. The tournament is supported by FIDE.
In Antwerp, Belgium, 7 out of 9 rounds of the World Student Championship took place. Among men, Iranian Arash Daghli is leading with 6 points. Compatriot Mahdi Gholami Orimi and Greek Dimitris Alexakis are half a point behind. In the women’s section, 5 participants are ahead at once, who scored 5 points each: Poles Anna…
On September 24, another series of tournaments for students from all over the world will begin on chess.com. In order to take part, you need to fill out the registration form on the website, register your educational institution, and also join the page of the closed club. The deadline for applications is 21 September. Qualifying…
The next matches of the 1/32 finals were played on Thursday. Recall that the matches consist of four games with control 15 + 2, in case of equality of points Armageddon is played. The prize fund of the championship is $1.000.000. Anish Giri – Ju Wenjun 2.5-1.5 Veselin Topalov – Raunak Sadhwani 0.5-2.5 Viswanathan Anand…