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,…
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The Fischer World Chess Championship, held from October 25 to October 30 with a prize fund of 400,000$ (1st place — 150,000$), ended in Reykjavik (Iceland). In the final, Hikaru Nakamura beat Ian Nepomniachtchi. The match of the 4th games ended in a draw, but White in Armageddon success was on the side of the…
The semi-final of the Fischer World Chess Championship has ended in Reykjavik (Iceland). In the first match Hikaru Nakamura beat Nodirbek Abdusattorov with a score of 3:0 In the second confrontation, Jan Nepomnyashchy defeated Magnus Carlsen with a score of 3:1 On the final game day of the competition, the final between Nepomniachtchi and Nakamura…
The organizers of Tata Steel Chess announced the name of the third participant of the annual super tournament in the Netherlands. It will be the American grandmaster Wesley So.Earlier it became known that the Indians Arjun Erigaisi and Dommaraju Gukesh will take part in the competition. Official page
4th matchSo 1 : 1 GretarssonAbdusattorov 2 : 0 NepomniachtchiNakamura 1,5 : 0,5 BluebaumCarlsen 1,5 : 0,5 Fedoseev 5th matchNepomniachtchi 2 : 0 GretarssonSo 1.5 : 0,5 AbdusattorovFedoseev 1 : 1 BluebaumCarlsen 1 : 1 Nakamura The final standings of the participants in the groups (for a victory in a match of two games –…
A curious incident happened yesterday at the Fischer World Chess Championship in Reykjavik. In one of the games against Ian Nepomniachtchi, the American grandmaster Wesley So, the king was under the check. He decided to castling anyway, although according to the rules of chess, castling is impossible in such a situation. The judges explained this…
3rd matchAbdusattorov 2:0 GretarssonNepomniachtchi 1 : 1 SoCarlsen 2 : 0 BluebaumNakamura 1 : 1 Fedoseev 4th matchAbdusattorov 2:0 GretarssonNepomniachtchi 2 : 0 SoCarlsen 1,5 : 0,5 BluebaumNakamura 1 : 1 Fedoseev The composition of group “A”: Wesley So (USA), Nodirbek Abdusattorov (Uzbekistan), Ian Nepomniachchi (Russia), Hjervar Stein Gretarsson (Iceland) The composition of group “B”:…
1st roundAbdusattorov 2:0 NepomniachchiCarlsen 1.5:0.5 FedoseevBluembaum 0.5:1.5 NakamuraGretarsson 0.5:1.5 Co Round 2Nepomnyashchy 2 : 0 GretarssonCo 0.5 : 1.5 AbdusattarovFedoseev1.5 : 0.5 BluembaumCarlsen 0.5 : 1.5 Nakamura The composition of group “A”: Wesley So (USA), Nodirbek Abdusattorov (Uzbekistan), Jan Nepomniachchi (Russia), Hjervar Stein Gretarsson (Iceland) The composition of group “B”: Magnus Carlsen (Norway), Hikaru Nakamura…
Final standing: 1.Caruana – 8,5 ; 2. Robson – 8 ; 3. Dominguez, Liang – 7,5 ; 5-9. So, Niemann, Xiong, Sevian,Shankland -7; 10. Aronian – 6 ; 11-13. Swierch, Yoo, Lenderman – 5,5; 14. Moradiabadi – 2. In the women’s championship, a playoff will be held today between Krush and J.Yu – 9 out…
The U.S. Chess Championships continue in St. Louis. Current position : 1. Caruana — 8; 2. Robson — 7.5; 3-4. Dominguez, Liang -7, 5-9. So, Niemann, Xiong, Sevian,Shankland — 6,5 ; 10-11. Swierch, Aronian — 5.5; 12-13. Lenderman, Yoo — 4.5; 14. Moradiabadi — 2. Women. 1. Krush Yu — 8,5; 2-3. Yu , Cervantes…