The traditional Tata Steel Masters chess super tournament starts tomorrow in Wijk aan Zee (Netherlands). Participants: M. Carlsen (Norway), Ding Liren (China), F. Caruana (USA), A. Giri (Netherlands), W. So (USA), R. Rapport (Romania), L. Aronian (USA), D. Gukesh, A. Erigaisi (both India), P. Maghsoodloo (Iran), N. Abdusattorov (Uzbekistan), V. Keymer (Germany), R. Praggnanandhaa (India),…
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Iranian grandmaster Parham Maghsoodloo will replace Jan-Krzysztof Duda at the Tata Steel Masters tournament, which starts on January 13 in Wijk aan Zee. Participants: M. Carlsen (Norway), Ding Liren (China), F. Caruana (USA), A. Giri (Netherlands), W. So (USA), R. Rapport (Romania), L. Aronian (USA), D. Gukesh, A. Erigaisi (both India), P. Maghsoodloo (Iran), N….
American grandmaster Levon Aronian became the hero of the “C-Squared Podcast” podcast, in which he spoke about changes in chess and his game. “My main problem as a player is that I’ve never understood how to use my time! I can play very fast, and I can get into time pressure. I never managed to…
The Speed Chess Championship continues on the platform Chess.com, the playoff stage of the online tournament. In the 1/4 match Hikaru Nakamura defeated Levon Aronian with a score of 15.5 – 8.5. The next match, in which Magnus Carlsen and Fabiano Caruana will fight, will take place on December 13 at 21:00 Moscow time. Dates: from…
The Speed Chess Championship continues on the Chess.com platform, the playoff stage of an online tournament. In the 1/4 match, Nihal Sarin defeated Ding Liren with a score of 17.0 – 9.0 The next match will take place on December 12, in which Hikaru Nakamura and Levon Aronian will fight. Dates: from November 21 to December 16System: two…
The Speed Chess Championship continues on the platform Chess.com , the playoff stage of an online tournament. Levon Aronian beat Dmitry Andreikin in a tie-break with a score of 15:14. The next match of the Speed Chess Championship, in which they will fight Magnus Carlsen — Dommaraju Gukesh will be held on December 6 at 19:00…
The Speed Chess Championship continues on the platform Chess.com , online tournament playoff stageAfter the 3rd match, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave beat Ian Nepomniachtchi with a score of 19.5-11.5The next Speed Chess Championship match, in which Levon Aronian and Dmitry Andreikin will compete, will be held tomorrow at 21:00 Moscow timeDates: from November 21 to December 16System:…
The composition of the annual Wake aan Zee super tournament (Netherlands), which will be held on January 13-29, 2023, has become known. Composition: Magnus Carlsen (Norway), Ding Liren (China), Fabiano Caruana (USA), Anish Giri (Netherlands), Wesley So (USA), Richard Rapport (Romania), Levon Aronian (USA), Jan-Krzysztof Duda (Poland), Dommarju Gukesh (India), Arjun Erigaisi (India), Nodirbek Abdusattorov…
Chess.com presented the list of participants of the upcoming Speed Chess Championship. The tournament will be attended by:Magnus Carlsen, Hikaru Nakamura, Fabiano Caruana, Wesley So, Dmitry Andreikin, Arjun Erigaisi, Ding Liren, Ian Nepomniachtchi , Nihal Sarin, Anish Giri, Levon Aronian, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Nodirbek Abdusattorov, Dommaraju Gukesh.The names of two more participants will be announced after the…
How does one identify the world’s top chess players according to FIDE ratings? To answer this quite reasonable question, an American physics professor Arpad Elo invented a special rating calculation system for a 2-player game. FIDE started using Elo’s ratings back in 1970. Since 2012, separate ratings were implemented for rapid and blitz chess. These…