White to move. How should white proceed?
Karjakin on fire at St Louis Super Blitz with 8/9 on day 1

Standings after 9 rounds Rank Name Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Score 1 GM Karjakin, Sergey 2773 x ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 8.0 2 GM Aronian, Levon 2809...
6 share Abu Dhabi lead after 4 rounds

Abu Standings after 4 rounds (top 110) http://chess-results.com/tnr281508.aspx Rk. SNo Name FED Rtg Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 n w we w-we K rtg+/- 1 14 GM Andersen Mads DEN 2586 3,5 0,0 2516 8,0 4 3,5 2,62 0,88 10...
IM Harutyunian maintains narrow Armenian 1st League Championship after 8 rounds

Standings after round 8 http://chess-results.com/tnr296142.aspx Rk. Name FED 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 TB4 1 IM Harutyunian Tigran K. ARM * ½ 0 1 1 ½...
Aronian wins St Louis Super Rapid

Final standings Rank Name Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Score 1 GM Aronian, Levon 2799 x 1 ½ 0 1 1 0 ½ 1 1 6.0 2 GM Caruana, Fabiano 2807 0 x...
MVL wins Sinquefield Cup!

Final round results Carlsen, Magnus Aronian, Levon 1-0 Nakamura, Hikaru Karjakin, Sergey ½-½ So, Wesley Anand, Viswanathan ½-½ Svidler, Peter Caruana, Fabiano 1-0 Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime Nepomniachtchi, Ian 1-0 Final standings 1. Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime gm FRA 2791 * 1 ½...