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Carlsen, Nepomniachtchi, So Lead Croatia Grand Chess Tour at Halfway Stage

July 5, 2019 John Lee Shaw

The first rest day of the Croatia Grand Chess Tour 2019, saw a three-way-tie at the top of the standings. With six of the eleven rounds played, Wesley So, Ian Nepomniachtchi and Magnus Carlsen, were setting the pace with 4.0/6. Nepomniachtchi will be kicking himself, however, a loss for him […check it out!]

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Seirawan vs Timman, Hilversum (NED) 1990

July 4, 2019 John Lee Shaw

Hi! For today’s annotated game, we look at an encounter between two of the most well known personalities in chess. Yasser Seirawan is perhaps best known these days for his top class online commentary during chess events. The fact that Yasser is a fund of knowledge when it comes to […check it out!]

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!]

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!]

FIDE Moscow Grand Prix 2019

FIDE Moscow Grand Prix 2019: Nepomniachtchi Wins

May 30, 2019 John Lee Shaw

Ian Nepomniachtchi of Russia has won the 2019 FIDE Moscow Grand Prix. He defeated countryman, Alexander Grischuk, in the final. Their two classical games were drawn, with neither looking to push in the first game, which was a rather quiet Grunfeld Defence. When the Berlin came out in the second […check it out!]

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Grischuk vs Caruana, Norway Chess 2014

May 30, 2019 John Lee Shaw

Hi again dear reader! With the Norway Chess Tournament 2019 just around the corner, (June 3-15), I thought it would be a nice idea to take a look at a game from one of their previous editions. It is from their 2014 tournament and sees Alexander Grischuk facing off against […check it out!]

FIDE Moscow Grand Prix 2019

Moscow Grand Prix 2019: Nepomniachtchi and Grischuk to Contest All-Russian Final

May 26, 2019 John Lee Shaw

The final of the FIDE Moscow Grand Prix 2019, will be an all-Russian affair, between Ian Nepomniachtchi and Alexander Grischuk. The two emerged the victors in their semi-finals, against Radoslaw Wojtaszek and Hikaru Nakamura respectively. Grischuk made rather light work of things in his match against Nakamura. He wrapped things […check it out!]

FIDE Moscow Grand Prix 2019

Moscow Grand Prix 2019: Nakamura, Grischuk, Nepomniachtchi and Wojtaszek Into Semi’s

May 23, 2019 John Lee Shaw

The quarter-finals of the FIDE Grand Prix in Moscow, has seen Hikaru Nakamura, Alexander Grischuk, Ian Nepomniachtchi and Radoslaw Wojtaszek, advance into the semi’s. All but one of the matches went to tie-breaks, that of Peter Svidler against Radoslaw Wojtaszek. I had thought that this had the promise of being […check it out!]

Year: 2019

Carlsen, Nepomniachtchi, So Lead Croatia Grand Chess Tour at Halfway Stage

Seirawan vs Timman, Hilversum (NED) 1990

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

FIDE Moscow Grand Prix 2019: Nepomniachtchi Wins

Grischuk vs Caruana, Norway Chess 2014

Moscow Grand Prix 2019: Nepomniachtchi and Grischuk to Contest All-Russian Final

Moscow Grand Prix 2019: Nakamura, Grischuk, Nepomniachtchi and Wojtaszek Into Semi’s

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.

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

World Champion defeats van Wely and is within half a point of Wesley So who still leads.

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

Four at the top as the tournament begins to heat up

two world champions and a very demanding bishop