The Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival is underway in Gibraltar and will run until February 2nd. The main event is the Gibraltar Masters, round one of which will be played today, Tuesday 24th January. It is a ten round Swiss format, with play-offs if needed. As well as the Masters event, […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!]
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!]
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