The second game day at the Aimchess Rapid stage of the 2022 Meltwater Champion Chess Tour has ended (victory – 3 points, draw – 1). Standings after the 8th round: 1. N. Abdusattorov – 17 (24), 2-3. S. Mamedyarov, M. Carlsen – 16, 4-5. J-K Duda, A. Erigaisi -15, 6-8. D. Gukesh, V. Keymer, A….
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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 first four rounds of the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour stage took place (victory – 3 points, draw – 1 point). Standings after the 4th round: 1. N. Abdusattorov – 10 (12), 2-6. S. Mamedyarov, M. Carlsen, J-K Duda, V. Keymer, R. Rapport – 7, 7. D. Gukesh – 6, 8-10. G. Vidit, A. Erigaisi,…
The UR (universal rating, taking into account performances in all competitions – classic, rapid and blitz) for October 2022 has been published. World Ten: Carlsen (Norway) 2846, Nakamura (USA) 2805, Firouzja (France) 2801, Ding Liren (China) 2800, Nepomniachtchi (Russia) 2789, So 2784, Caruana (both US) 2780, Vachier-Lagrave (France) 2775, Duda (Poland) 2766, Aronian (USA) 2764….
Azerbaijani grandmaster Rauf Mamedov has denied reports that he was banned from the most popular online chess platform. Such information appeared after the traditional tournament “Titled Tuesday”. During the 10th round game, 1.e4 g5 was played between Mamedov and Carlsen, after which the result was 0-1 in favor of Magnus. Mamedov did not finish the…
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…
On October 14, the next online tournament of the Champions Chess Tour series begins. Participants: Magnus Carlsen (Norway), Anish Giri (Netherlands), Richard Rapport (Romania), Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan), Dommaraju Gukesh (India), Jan-Krzysztof Duda (Poland), Arjun Erigaisi (India), Pentala Harikrishna (India), Nodirbek Abdusattorov (Uzbekistan), Vidit Gujrathi (India), Vincent Keymer (Germany), David Anton (Spain), Nils Grandelius (Sweden), Daniel…
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…
IM Joachim Birger Nilsen resigned as the president of the Norwegian Chess Federation, a day after admitting to cheating on Chess.com during one match in the 2016-2017 season of the PRO Chess League. Nilsen was part of the Norway Gnomes team, as was GM Magnus Carlsen at the time. Nilsen admitted to cheating after three different sources…
Garry Kasparov, in a short interview given to Carl Fredrik Johansson from the Uppsala Chess Academy + in Sweden, commented on the situation between Magnus Carlsen and Hans Niemann. I understand his frustration and his anger after losing the game and finding other reasons than his own poor play in his game to blame for…