The third round of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament, was played on Monday January 16th, in Wijk aan Zee, Holland. It was a chess fan’s delight as the players came out with their sleeves rolled up and we saw a full round of fighting chess. The Masters group would see […check it out!]
Round two of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2017, took place on Sunday 16th January, in Wijk aan Zee, the Netherlands. Things livened up following the rather quiet round one, and we saw three decisive games in the Masters Group. Magnus Carlsen got his winning tally started for this year’s […check it out!]
The Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2017, began with round 1 on Saturday 14th January, in its home of Wijk aan Zee, Holland. As expected, hundreds of spectators flocked to the ‘de Moriaan’ Community Centre, to see the players in action. The Masters group was headed by none other than World Chess Champion, […check it out!]
The Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2017, opened today in the Netherlands. The opening ceremony took place in the congress hall of the Dutch headquarters of Tata Steel, in a place called Velsen-Noord. This is just down the road from the tournament’s Wijk aan Zee home. I had the pleasure of attending the ceremony for […check it out!]
The draw for the ‘Challengers’ group of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2017, took place on Thursday 12th January. It resulted in the following playing schedule. Round 1 – Saturday the 14th Jones – Grandelius; Guramishvili – Lu; Smirin – Dobrov; Tari – Hansen; Bok – Tingjie; Ragger – Xiong; […check it out!]
Round one of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2017, begins in a couple of days time. To mark the occasion, I thought it would be rather nice to take a look back at last year’s tournament — you know, as if we needed any reminder of the kind of chess that […check it out!]
The Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2017, will be held from January 13th (opening — round 1, January 14th) to 29th in Wijk aan Zee, Holland. This blog is continuing on from part 1 of my preview, which gave some background information on the event. If you have not already read part […check it out!]
As one year rolls into another and January dawns, chess enthusiasts everywhere start to get a bit dreamy — Wijk aan Zee is just around the corner! That’s how it is for this chess enthusiast anyway. I have been making my annual trip to the small Dutch seaside village for the […check it out!]
The inaugural Chess PRO League kicks of tomorrow, Wednesday 11th January and will run until March. Formerly known as the US Chess League, which saw teams from the 50 states of America taking part, the event has now been expanded to include teams from 5 continents around the world. Teams […check it out!]
The 2016 edition of the London Chess Classic, has been won by American Grandmaster Wesley So. Having taken a grip on the tournament early on, he secured victory with a solid draw with Maxime Vachier-Lagrave in the final round. As for the round itself, Veselin Topalov was the winner of […check it out!]
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