White to move. How should white proceed?
Multiple upsets in round 1 at Riga Technical University Open
Round 1 on 2017/08/07 at 17:00 http://chess-results.com/tnr256103.aspx Bo. No. Name Gr Typ Rtg Pts. Result Pts. Name Gr Typ Rtg No. 1 160 WFM Travkina Anastasia 2265 0 ½ – ½ 0 GM Sasikiran Krishnan 2688 1 2 2...
IM Salinas on fire at Badalona Open with 6/6
Standings after 6 rounds (top 40) http://www.chess-results.com/tnr266609.aspx Rk. No.Ini. Nombre Tipo Gr FED Elo EloN Club/Ciudad Pts. Des 1 Des 2 1 17 IM Salinas Herrera Pablo CHI 2411 0 Chile 6,0 14,5 19,0 2 1 GM Grigoryan Karen...
7 players remain perfect after 3 at Arad Open
Standings after 3 rounds (top 75) http://chess-results.com/tnr286811.aspx Rk. SNo Name Typ sex FED RtgI RtgN Club/City Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 TB4 1 13 GM Kovacevic Aleksandar SRB 2481 0 SERBIA 3,0 2521 1,5 4,50 2972 2 7 GM Antal...
GMs Sambuev & Mikhalevski lead Calgary Open by a full point after 8 rounds
Standings after 8 rounds (top 15) http://calgary-international.com/Standings.html # Name ID Rtng St Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Rd 7 Rd 8 Tot 1 GM Bator Sambuev 146462 2522 QC W13 W12 D3...
Carlsen bounced back to defeat So, MVL leads Sinquefield Cup at the break
Round 5 results Anand, Viswanathan Caruana, Fabiano 1-0 Karjakin, Sergey Nepomniachtchi, Ian ½-½ Nakamura, Hikaru Svidler, Peter ½-½ So, Wesley Carlsen, Magnus 0-1 Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime Aronian, Levon ½-½ Standings after 5 rounds 1. Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime gm FRA 2791 *...
GM Vladimir Onischuk wins Dresden Open
Final standings (top 20) http://www.chess-results.com/tnr292949.aspx Rk. SNo Name sex FED RtgI RtgN Club/City Pts. TB1 TB2 1 1 GM Onischuk Vladimir UKR 2610 0 7,5 53,0 430,5 2 2 GM Ovsejevitsch Sergei UKR 2602 2582 SK Gau-Algesheim 7,0 50,5...
GMs Bindrich & Buhmann win German Masters
Final round results Bindrich, Falko – Svane, Rasmus ½-½ Bluebaum, Matthias – Buhmann, Rainer ½-½ Huschenbeth, Niclas – Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter ½-½ Meier, Georg – Heimann, Andreas 1-0 Final standings Rk. Name Rtg FED 1 2 3 4 5 6...