Things can change very quickly in chess tournaments. After round one, 115 players had perfect scores, after round two, there were 37. At the end of round three, on Thursday 26th January, there were just nine players on 3/3. One of them, was English Grandmaster, Michael Adams. Adams got the […check it out!]
Round two of the Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Masters 2017, was played on Wednesday 25th January. It was largely business as expected and saw the top seeds taking 2/2 scores. This did not include world #2, Fabiano Caruana (2827), however, who could only hold the much lower rated Leandro Krysa (2491) […check it out!]
Round one of the Tradewise Gibraltar Masters, was played on Tuesday 24th January. With this kind of open tournament, early pairings can often be slightly ‘unfair’ in appearance, with stronger players facing much weaker opponents on paper. This round was no exception to that, with the top seeds all landing […check it out!]
Wesley So has won the 79th edition of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament. The event concluded in Wijk aan Zee, the Netherlands on Sunday 29th January. The thirteenth and final round saw So defeat Ian Nepomniachtchi with the black pieces, exactly what he needed to do to win the event outright. […check it out!]
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