Month: January 2017

The penultimate round of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2017, was held in Wijk aan Zee, the Netherlands, on Saturday 28th January. With the tournament in its final throws, there were only a few possible outcomes when it came to the winners of the two main groups and the chess […check it out!]

Round eleven of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2017, was played on January 27th. It saw American Grandmaster, Wesley So, maintain his lead following a draw with Russian Grandmaster Dmitry Andreikin. It was a very comfortable game for both players and was mostly theory in a Berlin Defence. Basically, Andreikin, who was White, just didn’t want […check it out!]

Wesley So is leading the Tata Steel Chess Tournament Masters group at the last rest day of the competition. So beat Radoslaw Wojtaszek in round ten, to extend his lead to a whole point over his nearest rivals — Aronian, Carlsen, Karjakin, Eljanov and Wei. Other victories in round ten went […check it out!]

Round 9 of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament, played on Tuesday 25th January, saw Magnus Carlsen defeat Dutch Grandmaster Loek van Wely in the only decisive game of the round. After a couple of very tough rounds, the World Champion did exactly what he needed to, (if he wanted to […check it out!]

As if the previous round was not dramatic enough with its blunders and misses, this round of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament would stun spectators and players alike. It would see World Champion, Magnus Carlsen, defeated by Richard Rapport in their first ever game. With no disrespect to Rapport, this […check it out!]

When watching top events, such as Wijk aan Zee, we chess fans are so accustomed to seeing top quality chess, full of finesses and brilliancies, that when we see the opposite, it can be quite the shock to the system. However, in round seven of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament, […check it out!]

After the ‘Chess on Tour’ day, for round 5 in Rotterdam, it was business as usual when the Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2017 returned to Wijk aan Zee for round 6 on Friday 20th January. There was a new leader, Wesley So, who had taken over from Pavel Eljanov following the […check it out!]

The Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2017, headed to Rotterdam for round five and the first of two ‘Chess On Tour’ dates. The venue was ‘de Kuip’, which is the stadium of Dutch football team, Feyenoord. And the change of location would produce a change of leader as it turned out. […check it out!]

Round 4 of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2017, on January 17th, would be the final round before the first rest day. One never really knows what to expect in such instances, it is possible that the players will make extra effort to score due to having a day off […check it out!]