Black to move. How should black proceed? So vs Carlsen (Paris Blitz 2017)
Nakamura leads GCT Paris Blitz after day 1 with 7/9, So last with 1.5/9
Round by round results Round 9 Bacrot, Etienne Topalov, Veselin ½-½ Caruana, Fabiano Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 1-0 Nakamura, Hikaru Karjakin, Sergey 1-0 So, Wesley Carlsen, Magnus 0-1 Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime Grischuk, Alexander ½-½ Round 8 Carlsen, Magnus Nakamura, Hikaru ½-½ Grischuk,...
6 tie for Asrian Memorial lead after 4
Rank after Round 4 (top 50) http://chess-results.com/tnr267358.aspx Rk. SNo Name Typ sex FED Rtg Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 n w we w-we K rtg+/- 1 10 GM Maghsoodloo Parham IRI 2584 3,5 8,5 10,5 2 4 3,5 2,79 0,71...
China defeated Russia to take over World Team lead after 7 rounds
Standings after 7 rounds Rank Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 MP Pts. 1 CHINA * 2½ 2½ 2 2 3½ 2½ 3½ 12 18½ 2 RUSSIA 1½ * 3 2 3 2½ 3...
Magnus Carlsen wins GCT Paris (Rapid)
Round 9 – Rapid Carlsen, Magnus Bacrot, Etienne 1-0 Grischuk, Alexander Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 1-0 So, Wesley Karjakin, Sergey 0-1 Topalov, Veselin Nakamura, Hikaru 0-1 Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime Caruana, Fabiano ½-½ Round 8 – Rapid Bacrot, Etienne Grischuk, Alexander 0-1 Caruana,...
Does “smooooooth” winning matter?
A win is a win, period! And if you do not like it…..! The chess world lit up twitter (and various forums) yesterday after the epic episode between Magnus Carlsen and Maurice Ashley. After winning clear first in the...
GM Damljanovic leads Silver Lake with 1 round to go
Rank after Round 8 (top 60) http://chess-results.com/tnr267014.aspx Rk. SNo Name FED Rtg Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 1 3 GM Damljanovic Branko SRB 2526 7,0 0,0 38,5 6,0 2 1 IM Petrov Nikita RUS 2548 6,5 0,0 37,0 5,0 3...
World Cadets Chess Championship 2017
International Chess Federation (FIDE), Confederation Chess Americas (CCA) , Brazilian Chess Federation (CBX) , FIDE, Minas Gerais State Chess Federation, the WCCC 2017 Organizing Committee and companies participating, have the honor to invite all the FIDE member Chess Federations around the...