Chess Event Coverage

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 1

January 14, 2018 John Lee Shaw

The 80th edition of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament, takes place in Wijk aan Zee, the Netherlands from January 12th to 28th 2018. The Masters Group sees 6 of the world’s top ten chess players competing. Among them, World Champion, world #1 and 5-time winner of the event, Magnus Carlsen. […check it out!]

Get Ready For Tata Steel Chess 2018!

January 11, 2018 John Lee Shaw

This coming Friday (January 12th) will see the start of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2018. The event, to be played over 13-rounds, will run until January 28th. The opening ceremony and drawing of lots, will be held at the headquarters of Tata Steel, in Velsen-Noord, the Netherlands. And on […check it out!]

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Gawain Jones Wins British Chess Championships 2017

August 7, 2017 John Lee Shaw

The British Chess Championships 2017, were held between the 29th July and 6th August 2017, in Llandudno, Wales, United Kingdom. The event saw Grandmaster Gawain Jones take the title after a tie-break pay-off against Grandmaster Luke McShane. In my previous blog post, which was after round-six (read here), Jones, 29, […check it out!]

McShane Leads 2017 British Chess Championships After 6 Rounds

August 4, 2017 John Lee Shaw

When we last visited this year’s British Championships, which was after round-three, (read here), there was a four-way-tie at the top between David Howell, Gawain Jones, Daniel Gormally and Chris Ward. In the three rounds that have followed, there have been some big changes in the standings. The most notable, is […check it out!]

Hou Yifan Claims Biel 2017 Title

August 4, 2017 John Lee Shaw

Hou Yifan is certainly having an interesting 2017, isn’t she? In February, she was causing controversy in Gibraltar; in April she caused a storm of a different kind at the Grenke Classic in Baden-Baden, defeating Fabiano Caruana and holding Magnus Carlsen to a draw in a game many felt she […check it out!]

British Championships 2017: Four Lead After Three Rounds.

August 1, 2017 John Lee Shaw

The British Chess Championships run from July 28th until August 6th 2017. The venue is the Promenade, Llandudno, Wales. The main event is played over nine-rounds, Swiss format, with the following time controls: 40 moves in 90 minutes, followed by 30 minutes to finish the game, with an increment of […check it out!]

Jobava Wins Xtracon Chess Tournament 2017

July 31, 2017 John Lee Shaw

Many congratulations to Georgian Grandmaster, Baadur Jobava, who has won the 2017 Xtracon Chess tournament. The event was held in Helsingor, Denmark between July 22nd and 30th. Along with Jobava himself, Nikita Vitiugov, Krishnan Sasikiran, Nigel Short, Alexander Motylev, Jon Ludvig Hammer, Ivan Sokolov, Simen Agdestein and Alexander Shabalov, were also among […check it out!]

Wojtaszek Claims Dortmund 2017 Title

July 25, 2017 John Lee Shaw

Many congratulations to Polish Grandmaster, Radoslaw Wojtaszek, who won the 2017 edition of the prestigious Dortmund Sparkassen tournament over the weekend. The tournament was held between July 15th and 23rd, in Dortmund, Germany. The Grandmaster tournament saw Vladimir Kramnik (2812) as top seed, just ahead of Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (2791). Along with […check it out!]

Radjabov Wins Geneva Chess 2017

July 18, 2017 John Lee Shaw

The 2017 Geneva Grand Prix, has been won by Azerbaijan’s Teimour Radjabov. The event was held between July 6th and 16th. The strong field was made up of, Levon Aronian, Anish Giri, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Harikrishna Pentala, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Pavel Eljanov, Michael Adams, Peter Svidler, Alexander Grischuk, Ernesto Inarkiev, Boris Gelfand, […check it out!]

FIDE Grand Prix, Sharjah 2017: Mamedyarov Beats Adams to join Vachier-Lagrave in the Lead.

February 22, 2017 John Lee Shaw

Round four of the FIDE Grand Prix in Sharjah, was played on February 21st. It saw Shakhriyar Mamedyarov winning against Michael Adams to join Maxime Vachier-Lagrave in the lead. Chao Li also won in this round, taking a point from Evgeny Tomashevsky, after the Russian got himself into a bit […check it out!]

Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2018: Round 1

Get Ready For Tata Steel Chess 2018!

Gawain Jones Wins British Chess Championships 2017

McShane Leads 2017 British Chess Championships After 6 Rounds

Hou Yifan Claims Biel 2017 Title

British Championships 2017: Four Lead After Three Rounds.

Jobava Wins Xtracon Chess Tournament 2017

Wojtaszek Claims Dortmund 2017 Title

Radjabov Wins Geneva Chess 2017

FIDE Grand Prix, Sharjah 2017: Mamedyarov Beats Adams to join Vachier-Lagrave in the Lead.

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.

Event being held until 28th October. Aronian, Giri, Vachier-Lagrave lead a very strong field. Kramnik, Anand, Grischuk also compete. Round 3 sees Sevian halt Aronian's Charge. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave beats Norwegian Talent, Tari.

all points shared going in to first rest day

World Champion stops the charge with a draw, but by no means comfortably