Russian grandmaster Alexander Grischuk could not choose a favorite in the match for the world championship, which will be held in Kazakhstan from April 7 to 30. “I think the odds are very close to 50/50. If someone is the favorite, then by a very small margin – a maximum of 55/45. And it’s very…
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
A universal rating has appeared (taking into account the performances of chess players in classical chess, rapid chess and blitz) for January 2023. Top 10 of the world:1. M. Carlsen (Norway) – 2849;2. H. Nakamura (USA) – 2802;3. Ding Liren (China) – 2798;4. A. Firouzja (France) – 2795;5. I. Nepomniachtchi (Russia) – 2789;6. F. Caruana…
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…
The Speed Chess Championship continues on the platform Chess.com , the playoff stage of the online tournament. In the second match of the 1/2 final, Magnus Carlsen defeated Maxime Vachier-Lagrave with a score of 17-9. The final between Magnus Carlsen and Hikaru Nakamura will take place on December 18 at 22:00 Moscow time. Dates: from November…
The Speed Chess Championship continues on the Chess.com platform, the playoff stage of an online tournament. In the first match of the 1/2 finals, Hikaru Nakamura defeated Nihal Sarin with a score of 14.5-10.5 The second match of the 1/2 finals of the Speed Chess Championship, in which Magnus Carlsen and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave will meet, will…
The Speed Chess Championship continues on the Chess.com platform, the playoff stage of an online tournament. In the 1/4 match, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave defeated Wesley So with a score of 16.5 -12.5 The first match of the 1/2 finals of the Speed Chess Championship, in which Hikaru Nakamura and Nihal Sarin will meet, will begin today at…
The 13th traditional rapid chess tournament ended today. After 7 rounds, Anish Giri won, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave took second place, and Bu Xiangzhi came third. Technical results: 1. Anish Giri – 4.5 2.Maxim Vachier-Lagrave -4.5 3.Bu Xiangzhi – 4.5 4-6. Richard Rapport, Ding Liren, Arjun Erigaisi – 3.5 each 7. Andreikin Dmitry – 3 8. Ju…
The Speed Chess Championship continues on the Chess.com platform, the playoff stage of an online tournament. In the 1/4 match, Magnus Carlsen defeated Fabiano Caruana with a score of 22-4 The next match between Wesley So and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave will take place on December 14 at 21:00 Moscow time. Dates: from November 21 to December 16System: two participants…
The traditional rapid chess tournament started in Danzhou yesterday. Standings:1-3. Bu Xiangzhi, M. Vachier-Lagrave, A. Giri – 2.5;4-6. D. Andreikin, D. Liren, R. Rapport – 2 each;7. A. Erigaisi – 1.5;8. J. Wenjun – 1. Dates: from 12 to 14 DecemberSystem: round robin, 7 roundsLine-up: 8 participants, 8 grandmasters Standings after the 4th round
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:…