International Master V. Pranav (India), who scored 38 out of 42, won the blitz tournament Magnus Academy Challenge (3 points for a win, 1 for a draw). In second place I. Samunenkov (Ukraine) 35, in third or fourth place S. Bharat (India) and E. Gurel (Turkey) – 28 each. Final standings
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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…
15 young players compete in the Magnus Academy Challenge blitz tournament (3 points for a win, 1 for a draw). After eight rounds, three representatives of India (Pranav, Ilamparthi and Bharath) and Ukrainian Samunenkov are leading with 19 points each.
Round 1/8 of the chess.com Global Championship continues. Participants play a match of four games with a control of 15+2, in case of a draw, the opponents play Armageddon. The prize fund is 1.000.000$. Match results: Jan-Krzysztof Duda – Alexey Sarana 2,5-0,5 Anish Giri – Pavel Ponkratov 3-1
Today, no chess player can defeat a machine. Even Magnus Carlsen on a good day would be powerless. However, this wasn’t always the case. There was a time when matches of a human vs computer in chess did not have an obvious leader. Humans kept demonstrating their superiority. Such encounters used to be incredibly fascinating…
The next round of 1/8 round matches have been played in the Chess.com Global Championship. Participants play a match of four games with a control of 15+2, in case of a draw, the opponents play Armageddon. The prize fund is 1.000.000$. Match results: Hikaru Nakamura – Lenier Dominguez 2,5 – 1,5 Dmitry Andreikin – Fabiano…
The next round of 1/8 round matches have been played in the Chess.com Global Championship. Participants play a match of four games with a control of 15+2, in case of a draw, the opponents play Armageddon. The prize fund is 1.000.000$. Match results: Levon Aronian – Samuel Sevian 2,5 – 0,5 Wesley So – Jeffery…
The monthly blitz tournament Blitz Titled Arena October’22 was held on the lichess.org portal. The victory was won by Sanan Sjugirov, who scored 141 points in 3 hours. In second place is Olexandr Bortnyk – 133, in third – Daniel Narodnitsky – 125.
In the global championship chess.com the last match of round 1/16 of the final was played. Participants play a match of four games with 15+2 control, in case of a draw, the opponents play armageddon. The prize fund is $1,000,000. In the only match of the day, Teimour Radjabov defeated Arjun Erigaisi 3-2.
The traditional “Titled Tuesday” tournaments on Chess.com for holders of international chess titles continue. The “early” tournament was won by Hikaru Nakamura, who scored 9.5 out of 11. Olexandr Bortnyk and Manuel Petrosyan scored the same number of points. In the “late” Title Tuesday, Nakamura also won with a similar result. He was half a…