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GM Kapnisis leads Fischer Memorial after 6 rounds

Standings after 6 rounds Rk. Name FED 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 TB4 TB5 1 GM Kapnisis Spyridon GRE * ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 4,0 4,0 0,0 11,50 0,0 2,0 2 IM Bailet Pierre FRA * 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 3,5 3,5 […]
Anton Smirnov on pace for GM norm at Capablanca Memorial

Standings after 6 rounds Rk. Name FED 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 TB4 TB5 1 IM Smirnov Anton AUS * ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 5,0 5,0 0,0 13,50 0,0 4,0 2 GM David Alberto ITA ½ * ½ ½ 1 1 1 4,5 4,5 […]
GM Abasov leads Istanbul Open after 8

Standings after 8 rounds (top 10) Rank Name Rtg FED City age Type Gr Pts BH. SB Res. Vict 1 GM ABASOV, NIJAT 2575 AZE AZE 22 7 38½ 37,25 0 6 2 GM BOGDANOVICH, STANISLAV 2593 UKR UKR 24 6½ 35½ 30,25 0 6 3 GM BENIDZE, DAVIT 2520 GEO GEO 26 6 40 […]
Ding Liren v So for the Final, Aronian v winner of MVL – Svidler playoff

Ding Liren will face Wesley So in the semifinal. In the meantime, Aronian will face the winner of the Maxime Vachier-Lagrave – Svidler playoff. The two finalist will automatically earn spots in the Candidates Tournament for a chance to challenge Magnus Carlsen. http://tbilisi2017.fide.com Quarterfinal results Name G1 G2 R1 R2 r3 r4 B1 B2 SD […]
Julia Sevilla aims for world title in Uruguay

And for her next move … San Fernando Valley chess champ hits the world stage By ANTONIE BOESSENKOOL | Los Angeles Daily News September 15, 2017 at 7:35 pm Julia Sevilla started playing chess when she was still little. Her dad, Fernando Sevilla, was an avid chess player growing up in the Philippines, inspired by […]
In Depth World Cup Endgame Analysis

In the recent FIDE World Cup a quite familiar ending of rook vs bishop with one pawn for each side on the same side, appeared in the game between Russian Alexander Grischuk and the French Maxim Vachier Lagrave, on September 14th. The game actually decided on the qualification of the French star for the next […]
More clarification from GM Anton Kovalyov about Tbilisi World Cup incident

Photo by Amruta Mokal / ChessBase India A few days ago, I published the official statement from GM Anton Kovalyov about the World Cup incident. You can read it below: Official statement from GM Anton Kovalyov about World Cup Incident GM Kovalyov has since elaborated more about the incident: A few clarifications, hopefully my last […]