The U.S. Chess Championships continue in St. Louis. In the men’s tournament H. Niemann beat E. Moradiabadi with black. L. Aronian – W. So, A. Lenderman – D. Swiercz, S. Sevian – R. Robson, A. Liang – L. Dominguez, C. Yoo – F. Caruana, J. Xiong – S. Shankland drew. Standings after 10th round: 1….
Hans Niemann
Maxim Dlugy, the coach of American grandmaster Hans Nieman, spoke about why he sued world champion Magnus Carlsen. “He hit my reputation because he wanted to embellish the facts. He’s grasping at straws because he has no proof. With his phrase, he clearly meant that I had taught Niemann to cheat well. Why am I…
The U.S. Chess Championships continue in St. Louis. In the 9th round, S. Shankland won against C. Yoo. J. Xiong – L. Aronian, F. Caruana – A. Liang, R. Robson – A. Lenderman, D. Swiercz – E. Moradiabadi, H. Niemann – W. So, L. Dominguez – S. Sevian drew. Standings after 9th round: 1. F….
In the eighth round, Robson beat Moradiabadi, Xiong was stronger than Yoo. Aronian – Niemann, So – Swiercz, Lenderman – Dominguez, Sevian – Caruana, Liang – Shankland played in a draw. Standings after the 8th round: 1. Caruana – 6, 2. Robson – 5.5, 3-7. Dominguez, Xiong, Sevian, Swiercz, Liang – 4.5, 8. Shankland –…
In the seventh round, Caruana beat Lenderman, Dominguez beat Moradiabadi, Robson was stronger than So, and Swiercz beat Niemann. Yoo – Aronian, Xiong – Liang, Shankland – Sevian played a draw. Standings after the 7th round: 1. Caruana – 5.5, 2. Robson – 4.5, 3-6. Dominguez, Sevian, Swiercz, Liang – 4, 7-9. Shankland, Xiong, Yoo…
The games of the sixth round were played in St. Louis. Dariusz Swiercz defeated Levon Aronian with black, Fabiano Caruana beat Elshan Moradiabadi with black and Ray Robson also won against Hans Niemann. W. So – L. Dominguez Perez, A. Lenderman – S. Shankland, S. Sevian – J. Xiong, A. Liang – C. Yoo played…
The 14th world chess champion Vladimir Kramnik considers Russian grandmaster Ian Nepomniachtchi the favorite in the match for the world title against the Chinese Ding Liren. Ian is some favorite. As a percentage, I would rate it as 55 to 45. Not a very big difference. The Chinese is a very serious opponent. Both have…
Champion of Russia Daniil Dubov gave a long interview to the correspondent of the RCF website Eteri Kublashvili. It is difficult to single out any particular party. There was no particular strategy, but it seemed to me that there were two scenarios. When I saw the draw and movement through the rounds, as an experienced…
In the US Chess championships, the games of the fifth round were played. Liang won against Aronian, Shankland was stronger than Moradiabadi. Yoo – Sevian, Xiong – Lenderman, Caruana – So, Robson – Swiercz and Dominguez – Niemann drew. Standings after the 5th round: 1. Caruana – 3,5, 2-3. Sevian, Liang – 3, 4-11. So, Dominguez…
In the US Chess championships, the games of the forth round were played. Caruana won against Niemann, Lenderman was stronger than Yoo, So defeated Shankland. Aronian – Robson, Moradiabadi – Xiong, Swiercz – Dominguez and Sevian – Liang drew. Standings after the 4th round: 1. Caruana – 3, 2. Sevian – 2,5, 3-11. So, Aronian,…