Many congratulations to Polish Grandmaster, Radoslaw Wojtaszek, who won the 2017 edition of the prestigious Dortmund Sparkassen tournament over the weekend. The tournament was held between July 15th and 23rd, in Dortmund, Germany. The Grandmaster tournament saw Vladimir Kramnik (2812) as top seed, just ahead of Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (2791). Along with […check it out!]
The 2017 Geneva Grand Prix, has been won by Azerbaijan’s Teimour Radjabov. The event was held between July 6th and 16th. The strong field was made up of, Levon Aronian, Anish Giri, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Harikrishna Pentala, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Pavel Eljanov, Michael Adams, Peter Svidler, Alexander Grischuk, Ernesto Inarkiev, Boris Gelfand, […check it out!]
Round four of the FIDE Grand Prix in Sharjah, was played on February 21st. It saw Shakhriyar Mamedyarov winning against Michael Adams to join Maxime Vachier-Lagrave in the lead. Chao Li also won in this round, taking a point from Evgeny Tomashevsky, after the Russian got himself into a bit […check it out!]
Round three of the FIDE Grand Prix 2017 in Sharjah, was played on Monday February 20th. It saw Maxime Vachier-Lagrave retain his lead of the tournament with a draw against Shakhriyar Mamedyarov. Hikaru Nakamura was the sole winner of the round, taking a point from Richard Rapport. Rapport opted for Chigorin’s Defence […check it out!]
Round Three of the Women’s World Chess Championship 2017, was held between February 17th and 19th. At its conclusion, it had produced the quarter-final pairings: Wenjun vs Tan; Dronavalli vs Dzagnidze; A. Muzychuk vs Stefanova; Kosteniuk vs Ni. Of those contesting the last 16 matches, half would know their fate […check it out!]
Round two of the FIDE Grand Prix 2017, in Sharjah, was played on February 19th. It saw Maxime Vachier-Lagrave win his second game on the spin and take the lead of the tournament with a 100% score. Vachier-Lagrave would have Black against Richard Rapport, who is fast making a name for […check it out!]
The first FIDE Grand Prix of 2017 got underway in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, on Saturday 18th February. Competing in the tournament are: Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA 2796), Levon Aronian (ARM 2785), Hikaru Nakamura (USA 2785), Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE 2766), Liren Ding (CHN 2760), Pavel Eljanov (UKR 2759), Michael Adams (ENG […check it out!]
Round Two of the Women’s World Chess Championship, was played between the 14th and 16th of February. In this knockout tournament, the round would begin with two classical games on the 14th and 15th and tie-breaks on the 16th if the scores were level. Knockout tournaments can be very unpredictable, […check it out!]
Hi there, dear reader! I have some good news and bad news for you. I’ll begin with the good news, which is that the organisers of the Altibox Norway Chess Tournament, have announced a stonking line-up for the 2017 edition. It will involve the world’s top ten players! These are, […check it out!]
The Women’s World Chess Championship, is being held in Tehran, Iran, February 10th to March 4th. It is a six round, knockout tournament. Each round consists of two classical games, with tie-breaks if the scores are level. Round One began with a moment of silence in honour of Cristina-Adela Foisor, […check it out!]
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