The Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2020, got underway on Saturday January 11th, with round 1. The tournament had opened the previous day at the Headquarters of Tata Steel in the Netherlands, in Velsen-Noord. Focus will now be on Wijk aan Zee, the tournament’s home since 1968. The small coastal village, […check it out!]
Happy New Year dear reader! I hope that the festive season has treated you well and given you all your heart desired! I would like to take this opportunity to wish you and yours all the very best for 2020! In the event that you feel in any way deflated […check it out!]
The FIDE Hamburg Grand Prix 2019, has been won by Alexander Grischuk. The Russian Grandmaster, beat Jan-Krzysztof Duda of Poland, 3.5-2.5 in the final. The tournament had opened on November 4th, in Hamburg, Germany, and had seen 16 of the top players in the world, vying for the title. The […check it out!]
On Tuesday, November 12th, I had the pleasure of attending a press conference at Tata Steel’s headquarters in Velsen-Noord, The Netherlands. The purpose of the press conference, was to announce the players for the Masters group of the 2020 edition of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament. That is of course […check it out!]
The semi-final of the FIDE Hamburg Grand Prix 2019, was played between the 11th and 13th November. The venue for the event, which had opened on November 4th, was the Kehrwieder theater in Hamburg, Germany. The semi-final saw the following pairings: Alexander Grischuk (RUS 2764) vs Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA 2777) […check it out!]
The second round of the FIDE Hamburg Grand Prix 2019, was played between November 8th and 10th, in Hamburg Germany. The first round of this knockout tournament, had seen Ian Nepomniachtchi, Radoslaw Wojtaszek, Hikaru Nakamura, Wei Yi, Teimour Radjabov, Nikita Vitiugov, Pentala Harikrishna, and Dmitry Jakovenko eliminated. That left the […check it out!]
The FIDE Hamburg Grand Prix 2019, got under way on November 5th. It is the 3rd leg of 4 in this year’s cycle. Competing are (in no particular order): Alexander Grischuk (RUS 2764), Ian Nepomniachtchi (RUS 2773), Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA 2777), Radoslaw Wojtaszek (POL 2728), Hikaru Nakamura (USA 2741), Peter […check it out!]
The FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss international chess tournament, opens today, on the Isle of Man in the United Kingdom. The venue is the superbly located Comis Hotel & Golf Resort, just a short hop from the island’s capital, Douglas. Over recent years, chess has been no stranger to the Isle […check it out!]
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!]
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