Round three of the 2018 Norway Chess tournament was held on the 30th of June. As it had in round one, the win of the round came from Magnus Carlsen. Actually, the World Champion is so far the only player to have taken points and this puts him in a […check it out!]
Round two of the 2018 Norway Chess Super GM Tournament, took place in Stavanger on the 29th of May. It is to be said, that to call it a ’round’ is perhaps a little bit of an exaggeration because it was all done and dusted in just over two and […check it out!]
Round 1 of Norway Chess 2018, was played on Monday 28th May. The tournament was already getting quite eventful away from the board, with Shakhriyar Mamedyarov suffering with severe pain in a tooth and Fabiano Caruana attempting to withdraw. The latter did not go without remark from Magnus Carlsen, whom […check it out!]
The sixth edition of the ‘Norway Chess’ Super GM Tournament, opened in Stavanger on Sunday 27th May, with its trademarked blitz round robin. It will run until Sunday 10th June. The field this year comprised (ratings taken from FIDE May ratings list): Magnus Carlsen (2843), Fabiano Caruana (2822), Shakhriyar Mamedyarov […check it out!]
Hi there! You may have noticed that Hot Off The Chess has been rather quiet this passed few months. For this I would like to apologise. Unfortunately, as the 2018 Tata Steel Chess Tournament drew to a close, I began to feel unwell and this culminated with a heart attack […check it out!]
The Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2018, went on the road to Groningen for round 10 on Wednesday 24th January. It would be the last round before the final rest day. And this rest day would probably be needed as Groningen is a couple of hours away from the tournament’s regular […check it out!]
The Tata Steel Chess Tournament continued on Tuesday 23rd January, with round nine. There had been a rest day on Monday 22nd January, with Magnus Carlsen, Anish Giri and Shakhriyar Mamedyarov sharing the lead on 5.5/8. Play resumed under an interesting situation, namely that the players would be travelling by […check it out!]
Round eight of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament, would be the last round before the second (and penultimate) rest day. A day off would be very much needed, too, for it would see its fair amount of drama! This would leave a 3-way-tie between Carlsen, Giri and Mamedyarov. Hou, Yifan […check it out!]
Round seven of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2018 was held on Saturday 20th January. It would be the bloodiest round so far in this year’s tournament, with four of the seven games seeing points being earned. Full results were as follows: Carlsen, Magnus 1-0 Hou, Yifan Jones, Gawain ½-½ […check it out!]
The Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2018, continued after Thursday’s rest day, with round 6 taking place on Friday 19th January. Play returned to Wijk aan Zee following round 5 in Hilversum. All eyes would be on the boards of joint leaders, Anish Giri and Viswanathan Anand, (who would play each […check it out!]
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