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
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Before the start of the Chess Stars 2022 tournament, Vladimir Kramnik gave an interview to Izvestia, where he shared his expectations from the tournament and discussed the problem of cheating. I don’t play at a professional level, so I rarely see many guys. Many have not seen each other for two or three years. Besides,…
The tournament “Chess Stars” has started in Moscow. Three games of rapid chess were played today. Standings after the 3rd round: 1-2. Sadhwani, Karjakin – 2.5, 3. Artemiev – 2, 4-8. Vallejo Pons, Kramnik, Lagno, Radjabov, Inarkiev – 1.5, 9. Morozevich – 0.5, 10. Goryachkina – 0. Technical results
The Highers leagues of the Russian Championship among veterans continue. After the seventh round, V. Ponfilenok is in the lead in the men’s tournament, having scored 5 points. Four participants are half a point behind. In the women’s tournament, G. Strutinskaya, T. Bogumil and I. Mikhaylova are ahead, who scored 5 points. Technical results
Vice-President of the Moscow Chess Federation Sergey Smagin noted that the tournament ended with a confident victory of the Russian chess player Ekaterina Lagno. Recall that Lagno scored 8 points out of 11, another representative of Russia, Alexandra Goryachkina, was half a point behind. A little short of the bronze medal was the former world…
The President of the Russian Chess Federation noted the excellent performance of Ekaterina Lagno at the first stage of the FIDE Women’s Grand Prix, which ended in Astana. The grandmaster scored 8 points out of 11 possible and became the winner of the tournament. “Congratulations to Ekaterina Lagno with a confident victory in such a…
The games of the sixth round were played in the Highers Leagues of the Russian Championships among veterans in St. Petersburg. In the men’s tournament, V. Ponfilenok is in the lead, having scored 4.5 points. Four participants are half a point behind. The women’s tournament is led by G. Strutinskaia, T. Bogumil and I. Mikhaylova,…
The games of the third round were held in Poikovsky. Yakubboev defeated Iljiushenok, Malakhov – Najer, Tomashevsky – Martirosyan and Chigaev – Najer drew. Standings after the 3rd round: 1-2. H. Martirosyan, N. Yakubboev – 2 (3), 3-4. S. Sjugirov, E. Tomashevsky – 1.5 (3), 5-7. E. Najer, A. Suleymanli, M. Chigaev – 1 (2),…
The international tournament “Chess starts” tomorrow in Moscow, in which ten grandmasters will play. On September 30, October 1 and 2, rapid chess will be played, and on October 4 and 5, a two circles blitz is played. Participants: Vladimir Kramnik (Russia), Teimour Radjabov (Azerbaijan), Sergey Karjakin, Vladislav Artemiev (both from Russia), Francisco Vallejo Pons (Spain),…
The rapid chess tournament as part of the Russian Rapid Grand Prix has ended in Sochi. The victory was won by Zhamsaran Tsydypov, who scored 8.5 out of 11. Miran Oganian has the same score. Bronze went to Alexey Grebnev, half a point behind. Technical results