June 2019 – Hot Off The Chess | The home of John Lee Shaw on Chess.

Carlsen Off To A Flyer in Croatia

June 27, 2019 John Lee Shaw

The Croatia Grand Chess Tour got underway on Wednesday, in Zagreb. It is the second of 8 tournaments, making up the Grand Chess Tour 2019. The first, the Cote d’Ivoire Rapid & Blitz, took place in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast) in May. It was won by Magnus Carlsen. The […check it out!]

Picture of chess board, king lying down, a hand moving another piece. Hot off the chess, classic game.

Valentina Gunina vs Ju Wenjun, World Team Championships 2013

June 27, 2019 John Lee Shaw

Hi there again! Today we are not going back very far for our annotated game. It was played during the 2013 World Team Championships, in Astana, Kazakhstan. In the 4th round, two of the great forces in chess, China and Russia, faced each other and this saw the board-1 match […check it out!]

Øyvind Von Doren Asbjørnsen (right), at the 2019 Norway Chess Tournament. | Photo © Lennart Ootes / Altibox Norway Chess

Øyvind Von Doren: The Man Behind The Norway Chess Watch

June 17, 2019 John Lee Shaw

If you have been following the Norway Chess Tournament, it will have been hard to miss the beautiful Norway Chess watches. These unique timepieces, featuring chess notation on the watch face and Richard Reti’s 11-move checkmate over Savielly Tartakower engraved on the back, have been exclusively designed and produced for […check it out!]

Norway Chess 2019

Norway Chess 2019 Gets Underway

June 4, 2019 John Lee Shaw

It is that time of year again, dear reader — Norway Chess has begun! The tournament will be held in Stavanger, Norway, the picturesque coastal city, that has been its home since it was first held in 2013. This 7th edition, will see it divided between two locations: The Clarion […check it out!]

Month: June 2019

Carlsen Off To A Flyer in Croatia

Valentina Gunina vs Ju Wenjun, World Team Championships 2013

Øyvind Von Doren: The Man Behind The Norway Chess Watch

Norway Chess 2019 Gets Underway

Radoslaw Wojtaszek Wins Biel 2020

Tata Steel 2020, Rd 10: Carlsen Wins Again. Caruana Retains Lead After Beating Firouzja

The World Champion stamps some authority in this game, against the player many are tipping to be a future challenger and successor. The other games are drawn, Caruana leads. The Challengers group sees a 3-way tie at the top.

Fabiano outplays Vishy in the endgame to take the point, he leads with Alireza Firouzja on 5.5/8. Artemiev collapses against Carlsen, who notches up a rather comfortable point. Duda and Kovalev also win. Eljanov remains in the lead of the Challengers, which sees 4 games decided.

Tussle of the 'born in the 2000s' goes the way of the Iranian as his American opponent falters. Points also go to Caruana and van Foreest. Vishy Anand survives against Magnus Carlsen. Things largely unchanged in the Challengers as Sarin beats Saduakassova, Eljanov still at the top of the standings.

2018's World Championship rivals, are again not to be separated. Anish Giri recovers his point from round 5, at the cost of Vladislav Kovalev, while Daniil Dubov sees Vladislav Artemiev strategically wanting. The Challengers group sees 3 decided games, Eljanov leads.

Round 5 takes place away from Wijk aan Zee, at the stadium of football team, PSV Einhoven. It sees Firouzja take his 3rd win in 5 games, notching up a performance rating of 2854 so far. Xiong suffers at the hands of Anand. The Challengers group sees 6 of the 7 games decided.

two world champions and a very demanding bishop

Early leaders, Wenjun and Sutovsky lose; Adams, Nakamura, Anton Guijarro Lead

Caruana, Aronian, Mamedyarov, Grischuk, Carlsen remain at the top as the one and only rest day arrives.

So and Mamedyarov take points while Wei and Adhiban falter. A draw in Giri-Anand gives the lead to Mamedyarov.

In the year in which he became a Grandmaster, aged 15 years, Bobby Fischer demonstrates his potential to the chess world.