Chess Event Coverage

Tradewise Gibraltar International Chess Tournament: Round 3

February 15, 2016 John Lee Shaw

The Tradewise Gibraltar International Chess Tournament 2016, continued with round three being played on Thursday 28th January. The round would see Viswanathan Anand continue his winning ways, notching up a point against Xiangyu Xu. Actually, the former World Champion made extremely light work of it. The problem with Black’s game […check it out!]

Tradewise Gibraltar International Chess Tournament: Round 2

February 15, 2016 John Lee Shaw

Round Two of the Tradewise Gibraltar International Chess Tournament 2016, was played on Wednesday January 27th. Obviously, because of the nature of the Swiss format, some pairings saw some players vastly out-rated and this made for another bloody round. Viswanathan Anand notched up his first full point in round 2, […check it out!]

Tradewise Gibraltar International Chess Tournament: Round 1

February 15, 2016 John Lee Shaw

The Tradewise Gibraltar Interational Chess Tournament 2016, got underway on Tuesday, January 26th. At 3pm, at the Caleta Hotel, on its famous rock, James Humphreys (Chairman of Tradewise Insurance Limited, the event’s main sponsor) made the first move of 1.d4 in the game of top seed, Hikaru Nakamura. And with […check it out!]

Tata Steel 2016: Round 11, Carlsen With One Hand On Trophy.

January 30, 2016 John Lee Shaw

It’s getting down to crunch time in the Tata Steel Chess Tournament of 2016, with round-eleven of thirteen taking place on Friday January 29th. It would indicate that the tournament is Magnus Carlsen’s for the taking, and that Fabiano Caruana is the only player still with a remote chance of […check it out!]

Tata Steel 2016: Round 10, Caruana Strikes Back While Giri-Carlsen Fizzles

January 28, 2016 John Lee Shaw

Round 10 of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2016, took place at the Spoorweg (railway) Museum in the city of Utrecht. According to the Director of the Tournament, Jeroen Van Den Berg, over three-thousand spectators turned out for the second (and final) ‘chess on tour’ round of the tournament. The […check it out!]

Tata Steel 2016: Round 9, Carlsen Extends Lead Thanks To Win Over Adams.

January 27, 2016 John Lee Shaw

In round nine of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament, Michael Adams’ lack-lustre campaign took a nosedive, when he lost with the Black pieces to Magnus Carlsen. Not that losing to Magnus Carlsen is anything of a disgrace, but Adams had seemed to be holding things together quite nicely. Once again, […check it out!]

Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival 2016 Gets Underway

January 27, 2016 John Lee Shaw

Boy are chess fans being treated at the moment — not only is the battle still raging in Wijk aan Zee, but the Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival has just got underway. Described by the Financial Times as “…the strongest and best-organised event of its kind in the world”, it runs […check it out!]

Tata Steel 2016: Round 8, Carlsen Held To A Draw, Caruana Loses

January 26, 2016 John Lee Shaw

The 8th round of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament, for 2016, took place on Sunday the 24th of January. It was opened by Joel Veltman, who is the captain of the Ajax football team. It would prove an eventful round for some, and a rather quiet affair for others. David […check it out!]

Tata Steel 2016: Round 7, Carlsen and Caruana Win and Lead

January 24, 2016 John Lee Shaw

Round 7 of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2016, was held on Saturday the 23rd of January, in Wijk aan Zee. The round was opened by chess legend, Judit Polgar, and perhaps she proved an inspiration as the chess public were treated to a bloody round of chess. Magnus Carlsen, […check it out!]

Tata Steel 2016: Round 6, Giri Gets 1st Point, Carlsen Wins Again

January 23, 2016 John Lee Shaw

Round 6 of the 78th Tata Steel Chess Tournament, took place on Friday the 23rd of January, in Wijk aan Zee, Holland. Magnus Carlsen won his second game on the spin, defeating Evgeny Tomashevsky as White in a London System. Black was actually doing perfectly fine, balancing White’s nice knight […check it out!]

Tradewise Gibraltar International Chess Tournament: Round 3

Tradewise Gibraltar International Chess Tournament: Round 2

Tradewise Gibraltar International Chess Tournament: Round 1

Tata Steel 2016: Round 11, Carlsen With One Hand On Trophy.

Tata Steel 2016: Round 10, Caruana Strikes Back While Giri-Carlsen Fizzles

Tata Steel 2016: Round 9, Carlsen Extends Lead Thanks To Win Over Adams.

Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival 2016 Gets Underway

Tata Steel 2016: Round 8, Carlsen Held To A Draw, Caruana Loses

Tata Steel 2016: Round 7, Carlsen and Caruana Win and Lead

Tata Steel 2016: Round 6, Giri Gets 1st Point, Carlsen Wins Again

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 gems, from Navara and Adams, from Tata Steel 2016

Ukrainian GM defeats Adhiban with Black. Carlsen & So also win. Ragger leads challengers with 4/4.

World Champion takes the only point of the round, defeating Karjakin in 'throwback'.

final game sees Hou playing for respectability, Van Foreest must win to save match

A game illustrating that even the best make mistakes -- and serious ones. We see a rare game for Vishy Anand, when his pieces hardly get to see any action until it is too late. To Judit Polgar, this is like a red rag to a bull.