FIDE Moscow Grand Prix 2019

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!]

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!]

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!]

The FIDE Moscow Grand Prix 2019, opened on Thursday 16 May. Of the 22 hopefuls taking part in the whole Grand Prix cycle, the 16 battling it out in this one are: Anish Giri NED (2787), Shakhriyar Mamedyarov AZE (2781), Ian Nepomniachtchi RUS (2773), Alexander Grischuk RUS (2772), Levon Aronian […check it out!]