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Norway Chess 2018

Norway Chess 2018 Opens in Stavanger

June 13, 2018 John Lee Shaw

The sixth edition of the ‘Norway Chess’ Super GM Tournament, opened in Stavanger on Sunday 27th May, with its trademarked blitz round robin. It will run until Sunday 10th June. The field this year comprised (ratings taken from FIDE May ratings list): Magnus Carlsen (2843), Fabiano Caruana (2822), Shakhriyar Mamedyarov […check it out!]

The Tata Steel Chess Tournament will be held 12-28 January 2018 in Wijk aan Zee, the Netherlands. | photo © www.tatasteelchess.com

Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2018: Round 10

January 25, 2018 John Lee Shaw

The Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2018, went on the road to Groningen for round 10 on Wednesday 24th January. It would be the last round before the final rest day. And this rest day would probably be needed as Groningen is a couple of hours away from the tournament’s regular […check it out!]

Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2018: Round 9

January 25, 2018 John Lee Shaw

The Tata Steel Chess Tournament continued on Tuesday 23rd January, with round nine. There had been a rest day on Monday 22nd January, with Magnus Carlsen, Anish Giri and Shakhriyar Mamedyarov sharing the lead on 5.5/8. Play resumed under an interesting situation, namely that the players would be travelling by […check it out!]

Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2018: Round 8

January 22, 2018 John Lee Shaw

Round eight of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament, would be the last round before the second (and penultimate) rest day. A day off would be very much needed, too, for it would see its fair amount of drama! This would leave a 3-way-tie between Carlsen, Giri and Mamedyarov. Hou, Yifan […check it out!]

Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2018: Round 7

January 22, 2018 John Lee Shaw

Round seven of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2018 was held on Saturday 20th January. It would be the bloodiest round so far in this year’s tournament, with four of the seven games seeing points being earned. Full results were as follows: Carlsen, Magnus 1-0 Hou, Yifan Jones, Gawain ½-½ […check it out!]

Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2018: Round 6

January 21, 2018 John Lee Shaw

The Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2018, continued after Thursday’s rest day, with round 6 taking place on Friday 19th January. Play returned to Wijk aan Zee following round 5 in Hilversum. All eyes would be on the boards of joint leaders, Anish Giri and Viswanathan Anand, (who would play each […check it out!]

Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2018: Round 5

January 18, 2018 John Lee Shaw

Round five of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2018, took place on Wednesday 17th January. The Masters Group would play away from Wijk aan Zee. As part of the ‘chess on tour’ feature of the tournament, the round would be held in Hilversum. Specifically, it would be held at the […check it out!]

Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2018: Round 4

January 18, 2018 John Lee Shaw

Round four of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2018, took place in Wijk aan Zee, the Netherlands on Tuesday 16th January. The round would see Dutch hero, Anish Giri, face off against World Champion, Magnus Carlsen of Norway. The game would end in a draw — one of four in […check it out!]

Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2018: Round 3

January 16, 2018 John Lee Shaw

Now, it’s not like me to complain (honest), but, the one problem with the Tata Steel Chess tournament being held at this time of year in the Netherlands, is the weather. January is never very impressive in this part of Europe. On the bright side, it is not snowing or […check it out!]

Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2018: Round 2

January 15, 2018 John Lee Shaw

Round 2 of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2018, took place in Wijk aan Zee, the Netherlands on Sunday 14th January. There were two very exciting match-ups for me. The first being Magnus Carlsen playing Black against Baskiran Adhiban — Adhiban had almost beat the World Champion at this tournament […check it out!]

Norway Chess 2018 Opens in Stavanger

Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2018: Round 10

Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2018: Round 9

Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2018: Round 8

Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2018: Round 7

Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2018: Round 6

Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2018: Round 5

Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2018: Round 4

Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2018: Round 3

Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2018: Round 2

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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.

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Bulgarian suffers in only decisive game of round, now on 1/8

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