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Karjakin, MVL & Aronian defeated Svidler, So & Nepo in round 1 at Sinquefield Cup
Round 1 results Anand, Viswanathan Nakamura, Hikaru ½-½ Aronian, Levon Nepomniachtchi, Ian 1-0 Caruana, Fabiano Carlsen, Magnus ½-½ Karjakin, Sergey Svidler, Peter 1-0 Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime So, Wesley 1-0 Standings after 1st round 1. Karjakin, Sergey gm RUS 2773 *...
Howell & McShane lead British Championship after 5
Standings after 5 rounds http://chess-results.com/tnr293939.aspx Rk. SNo Name Typ sex Rtg Club/City Pts. 1 1 GM Howell David Wl 2702 4ncl Cheddleton 4,5 3 GM Mcshane Luke J 2644 None 4,5 3 2 GM Jones Gawain Cb 2660 4ncl...
Meier, Bindrich & Buhmann lead German Masters after 3 rounds
Standings after 3 rounds Rk. Name Rtg FED 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 1 GM Bindrich Falko 2585 GER * ½ ½ 1 2,0 1 0,0 2 2 GM Meier Georg 2644...
IM Zakhartsov a surprised leader at Dresden Open with 5/5
Standings after 5 rounds (top 25) http://chess-results.com/tnr292949.aspx Rk. SNo Name sex FED RtgI RtgN Club/City Pts. TB1 TB2 1 14 IM Zakhartsov Vladimir RUS 2430 0 5,0 16,0 72,5 2 1 GM Onischuk Vladimir UKR 2610 0 4,5 16,5...
Russia-China Junior Match of Friendship
The Russian Chess Federation and Elena and Gennady Timchenko Charitable Foundation announce that the International Russia-China Junior Match of Friendship will be held on August 3-5. This year the tournament will be played in Harbin, the capital of Heilongjiang province....