The 5th round of the Sinquefield Cup 2019, was played on Wednesday 21st August, in Saint Louis, United States of America. After four rounds, India’s Viswanathan Anand and America’s Fabiano Caruana, led the event. Out of the 24 games so far, their one win each, had been the only full […check it out!]
Round 4 of the Sinquefield Cup 2019, was played on Tuesday 20th August, in Saint Louis, United States of America. Leading the tournament, was Viswanathan Anand, thanks to his win over Ian Nepomniachtchi in round 1. Apart from that game, the tournament had seen all draws. However, this was not […check it out!]
Round 3 of the Sinquefield Cup 2019, was played on Monday 19th August, in Saint Louis, United States of America. It saw a full sweep of draws for the second day running. Once again, though, this was not without some tantilising play here and there. Perhaps Sergey Karjakin found karma […check it out!]
Round 2 of the Sinquefield Cup 2019, was played on Sunday 18th August, in Saint Louis, United States of America. It saw a full round of draws, but this was not without action. To begin with, the clash of Viswanathan Anand vs Magnus Carlsen, drew a lot of attention. It […check it out!]
As the 2019 Saint Louis Rapid and Blitz tournament drew to a close, on Thursday August 15th, the 2019 Sinquefield Cup opened. Also held at the Saint Louis Chess Club, in the United States of America, the event is the fifth of seven events, making up the 2019 Grand Chess […check it out!]
The second day of Blitz at the 2019 Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz tournament, was also the final day of play. It took place on Wednesday 14th August. Leading the event, was French Grandmaster, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, half a point ahead of Levon Aronian of Armenia. Unfortunately for Maxime, he did […check it out!]
After three days of rapid chess, the Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz tournament, switched it up a notch and moved to blitz chess. This section of the event would see the 10 players playing a double-round-robin, held over two days. Unlike the rapid section, which saw 2 points for a […check it out!]
Day three of the Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz 2019, took place on August 12th. It was the final day of play for the rapid section. Going into day three, the tournament was being led by Armenian Grandmaster, Levon Aronian, with his score of 10-points. (Grand Chess Tour Scoring is […check it out!]
Day two of play at the Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz 2019, took place on August 11th. It saw Levon Aronian, (who had dominated play on day one, with a 3/3 score), consolidating his position at the top of the standings. The Armenian drew his first and last games of […check it out!]
After the opening ceremony on the 9th of August, the action at the Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz 2019, kicked off in Saint Louis, United States of America, on August 10th. The fourth event in the current cycle of the Grand Chess Tour, the event left classical chess behind, in […check it out!]
Copyright © 2016-23 hotoffthechess.com | All Rights Reserved.