The Meltwater Champions Chess Tour in a hybrid format has ended in San Francisco (USA). 8 grandmasters took part in the tournament with a prize fund of 210,000 dollars Technical results: 1st place. Magnus Carlsen — 20; 2. Wesley So; 3. Le Quang Lem — 11; 4. Jan K. Duda — 10; 5. R. Praggnanandha…
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov
The Meltwater Champions Chess Tour in a hybrid format continues in San Francisco (USA). Duda — So 0-3Praggnanandha — Carlsen 0.5-2.5Le Quang Liem — Erigaisi 0.5-2.5Giri — Mamedyarov 0.5-2.5 Position after the 6th match (victory — 3 points, tie-break — 2, defeat on tie-break — 1):1. M. Carlsen – 17, 2. W. So – 12,…
The Meltwater Champions Chess Tour in a hybrid format continues in San Francisco (USA). Wesley So – Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 3-0Arjun Erigaisi- Anish Giri 2.5-0.5Magnus Carlsen – Le Quang Liem 4-3 (including tie-break)Jan-Krzysztof Duda – Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa 3.5-3.5 (draw in armageddon in favor of black) Position after the 5th match (victory — 3 points, tie-break —…
The Meltwater Champions Chess Tour in a hybrid format continues in San Francisco (USA). Pragnanandha — So 1.5-2.5Le Quang Liem — Duda 3-1Giri — Carlsen 0-3Mamedyarov — Erigaisi 1-3 Standings after the 3rd match (victory – 3 points, tie-break – 2, defeat in tie-break – 1): 1.M. Carlsen — 12; 2. Jan K.Duda — 9;…
The Meltwater Champions Chess Tour in a hybrid format continues in San Francisco (USA). Wesley So – Arjun Erigaisi 2,5:0,5Magnus Carlsen – Magnus Carlsen 3:0Jan-Krzysztof Duda – Anish Giri 2,5:0,5Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa – Le Quang Liem 3:0 Standings after the 3rd match (victory – 3 points, tie-break – 2, defeat in tie-break – 1):1-2. J-K. Duda,…
The Meltwater Champions Chess Tour in a hybrid format continues in San Francisco (USA). Le Quang Liem – Wesley So 2.5:0.5Anish Giri – Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa 3.5:2.5 (including tie-break)Jan-Krzysztof Duda – Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 2.5:1.5Magnus Carlsen – Arjun Erigaisi 2.5:0.5 Standings after the 2nd match (victory – 3 points, tie-break – 2, defeat in tie-break – 1):1-2….
The Meltwater Champions Chess Tour in a hybrid format has started in San Francisco. Magnus Carlsen – Wesley So 2.5:1.5Le Quang Liem – Anish Giri 2.5:3.5Rameshbabu Pragnanandha – Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 1.5:2.5Jan-Krzysztof Duda – Arjun Erigaisi 2.5:0.5 Dates: from November 14 to 20 System: circular, 7 rounds Time control: 15 minutes with the addition of 10…
The last tournament of this year Meltwater Champions Chess Tour starts in San Francisco. The tournament will be held in a unique hybrid format, four players will compete in San Francisco, and four will play online. composition of participants: M. Carlsen, Jan K. Duda, Wesley So, S. Mamedyarov, Praggnanadhaa R., Arjun Erigaisi, Anish Giri, Liem…
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 World Team Chess Championship will be held in Jerusalem (Israel) from November 19 to 26. 12 teams will compete in the tournament. The national teams will be represented by such strong players as R. Wojtaszek, V. Ivanchuk, A. Giri, J. Van Foreest, M. Vachier-Lagrave, G. Vidit, N. Sarin, H. Niemann, A. Shirov, T. Radjabov,…