Nana Dzagnidze

Bibisara Assaubayeva won the World Blitz Championship

The Women’s World Blitz Championship has ended in Almaty (Kazakhstan). 99 players participated in competitions with a prize pool of $ 150,000. The victory, for the second year in a row, was won by Kazakhstan international master Bibisara Assaubayeva. In second place is Hampi Koneru. On the third – Polina Shuvalova. Technical results:1. B. Assaubayeva…

Rameshbabu Vaishali won “TATA STEEL CHESS INDIA BLITZ 2022 (WOMEN)”

The international round-robin blitz tournament “TATA STEEL CHESS INDIA BLITZ 2022 (WOMEN)”, held from December 3 to 4 in Kolkata (India), has ended. 10 chess players, including 6 grandmasters, took part in the tournament with a prize fund of $ 17,500. According to the results of eighteen rounds, the Indian international master Rameshbabu Vaishali won….

Anna Ushenina won “TATA STEEL CHESS INDIA RAPID 2022 (WOMEN)”

The international round-robin rapid chess tournament “TATA STEEL CHESS INDIA RAPID 2022 (WOMEN)”, held from November 29 to December 1 in Calcutta (India), has ended. 10 chess players, including 6 grandmasters, took part in the tournament with a prize fund of $ 24,000. Following the results of nine rounds, Ukrainian grandmaster Anna Ushenina won, who…

TATA STEEL INDIA RAPID 2022

TATA STEEL INDIA RAPID 2022 started in Calcat, after 3 rounds, N. is leading in the women’s rapid championship. Dzagnidze — 3; K.Hampi, M. Muzychuk, A. Ushenina, H.Dranovalli — 2 each; Rameshbabu B — 1.5; Muzychuk A, V. Agrawal — 1 each; Savitha Sri — 0Prize fund: $10,000 for 1st placeDates : from November 29 to December…

TATA STEEL CHESS INDIA RAPID 2022

TATA STEEL CHESS INDIA RAPID 2022 starts tomorrow in Kolkata (India) The tournament will be held in two formats — rapid and blitz participants H.Nakamura, Wesley So, Sh. Mammedyarov, D. Gukesh, G. Vidit, P. Magsoodloo, A. Erigaisi, N. Abdusattorov, R. Praggnanandha, Nihal Sarin, Women: X. Koneru, A. Muzychuk, M. Muzychuk, N. Dzagnidze, H.Dronavalli, V. Rameshbabu, A….

Magnus Carlsen and Hou Yifan are the leaders of the FIDE rating list

FIDE has published a rating of chess players on November 1, 2022. Men, top ten: 1. M. Carlsen (Norway) 2859, 2. Ding Liren (China) 2811, 3. I. Nepomniachtchi (Russia) 2793, 4. A. Firouzja (France) 2785, 5. H. Nakamura 2768, 6. F. Caruana (both – USA) 2766, 7. A. Giri (Netherlands) 2764, 8. W.So (USA) 2760,…

A large tournament has ended in Azerbaijan

A chess tournament has come to an end in Shusha. In the men’s tournament, the winner was Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, who scored 26 , Parham Maghsoodloo was one and a half points behind, Vidit Gujrathi came third (23.5). In the women’s tournament, Meri Arabidze scored 24, Nana Dzagnidze was half a point behind, on four- Kubra…

Rapid tournament completed in Shusha

The first stage of the competition with the participation of eminent grandmasters has ended in Azerbaijan. Final standings after rapid (double scoring): Mamedyarov – 15 out of 18, Vidit, Maghsoodloo – 13, Durarbayli – 10, Radjabov, Wang Hao – 9, Kasimdzhanov – 7, Mamedov – 6, Yilmaz – 5, Guseinov – 3. Among women, the…

The tournament in Shusha continues

The standings of the participants in the men’s tournament after 5 rounds (double scoring): Mamedyarov – 10, Vidit – 9, Maghsoodloo – 6, Durarbayli, Radjabov, Kasimdzhanov – 5, Wang Hao – 4, Mamedov, 3, Yilmaz – 2, Guseinov – 1. The position of the participants in the women’s tournament: Dzagnidze – 9, Efroimski, Zavadska, Ozturk…