They say that the hardest thing to do in chess is to win a won game. In round six of the Isle of Man International tournament, Jeffery Xiong was to experience its frustration. The American Grandmaster was paired against China’s Wang Hao, who was one of his co-leaders after round […check it out!]
The Isle of Man International Chess Tournament, was being led by Wang Hao and Arkadij Naiditsch going into round five. The two played each other in this round and notched up a rather quiet draw. The Queen’s Gambit Declined didn’t see much action and soon reached a structure in which […check it out!]
With six players on three wins from three games, the parings going into round four of the Isle of Man International Chess Tournament 2018, were rather straight forward, with the leaders playing each other. This would produce a draw and two decisive games. The draw belonged to Jeffery Xiong of […check it out!]
After two rounds of the Isle of Man International Chess Tournament, there were nineteen players with a perfect score of 2/2. At the end of round three, those with a perfect score would be reduced to just six. These would be led by French Grandmaster, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (2780), to whom […check it out!]
Round 2 of the Isle of Man International Chess Tournament 2018, picked up where round 1 had left off. There were no shocks among the big names, but they were not having it all their own way either. Viswanathan Anand (2771), Sergey Karjakin (2760), Alexander Grischuk (2769) and Pavel Eljanov […check it out!]
The Isle of Man International Chess Tournament, kicked off in Douglas, on the Isle of Man, over the weekend. The Isle of Man (also called simply ‘Mann’) is a self governing British territory, located in the Irish Sea between Great Britain and Ireland. It is an island of around 221 […check it out!]
A few days ago, the organisers of the Norway Chess Tournament, announced that they are changing the tournament’s format for the 2019 edition. Having already brought innovations, such as the blitz round to decide the draw, and the confessional booth, the event, (to be held in June of next year), […check it out!]
The 43rd Chess Olympiad, held in Batumi, Georgia, ended in celebrations for China as both of their teams won Gold. In the Open event, China had performed solidly all the way through, but had peaked towards the end to decide things in their favour. China were in tenth place at […check it out!]
When the 43rd Chess Olympiad, began in Batumi, Georgia, no one would have predicted that Poland would be leading going into the tenth and penultimate round. However, since that opening round, there have been many twists and one of them is that the Polish team are having a fabulous event. […check it out!]
Round nine of the 43rd Chess Olympiad, in Batumi, Georgia, was by no means dull. It saw further change at the top of the standings. At this late stage (only two rounds left), we are getting close to deciding medals and losses hurt even more that usual. By contrast, victories […check it out!]
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