Month: January 2016

It’s getting down to crunch time in the Tata Steel Chess Tournament of 2016, with round-eleven of thirteen taking place on Friday January 29th. It would indicate that the tournament is Magnus Carlsen’s for the taking, and that Fabiano Caruana is the only player still with a remote chance of […check it out!]

Round 10 of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2016, took place at the Spoorweg (railway) Museum in the city of Utrecht. According to the Director of the Tournament, Jeroen Van Den Berg, over three-thousand spectators turned out for the second (and final) ‘chess on tour’ round of the tournament. The […check it out!]

In round nine of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament, Michael Adams’ lack-lustre campaign took a nosedive, when he lost with the Black pieces to Magnus Carlsen. Not that losing to Magnus Carlsen is anything of a disgrace, but Adams had seemed to be holding things together quite nicely. Once again, […check it out!]

The 8th round of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament, for 2016, took place on Sunday the 24th of January. It was opened by Joel Veltman, who is the captain of the Ajax football team. It would prove an eventful round for some, and a rather quiet affair for others. David […check it out!]

Round 7 of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2016, was held on Saturday the 23rd of January, in Wijk aan Zee. The round was opened by chess legend, Judit Polgar, and perhaps she proved an inspiration as the chess public were treated to a bloody round of chess. Magnus Carlsen, […check it out!]

Round 6 of the 78th Tata Steel Chess Tournament, took place on Friday the 23rd of January, in Wijk aan Zee, Holland. Magnus Carlsen won his second game on the spin, defeating Evgeny Tomashevsky as White in a London System. Black was actually doing perfectly fine, balancing White’s nice knight […check it out!]

After enjoyin a free day on Wednesday, the players in the Masters group of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2016, returned to action for their 5th round on Thursday the 21st of January. As part of the event’s ‘chess on tour’ feature, the round would be played away from the […check it out!]

Round 4 of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament, 2016, would mark the end of part 1 for the Masters, as the next day would be rest day #1. One never quite knows what to expect at such times, sometimes the players come out with their sleeves rolled up, and others […check it out!]

Round 3 of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament, 2016, took place on Monday the 18th of January. The round would turn out very nicely for some and not so nicely for others. For example, to say that Shakhryar Mamedyarov had a nightmare of a game, would be a monsterous understatement. The […check it out!]