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26  mars     15h23
GRENKE Chess Classic 2024 - Games and Results
Mark Crowther    The GRENKE Chess Classic is a double round robin tournament played at an accelerated minutes plus seconds a move time control. Magnus Carlsen, Ding Liren, MVL, Richard Rapport, Vincent Keymer and Daniel Fridman play two rounds a day th to st March . Then on April st there is a final...
22  mars     20h12
American Cup 2024 - Games and Results
Mark Crowther    The American Cup took place Tue th to Thu st Mar in Saint Louis. The format was a knock out tournament with double elimination. A mixture of Classical first and then rapid games are played followed by tie breaks if required. Open event: Caruana, So, Dominguez, Aronian, Shankland, Robson,...
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Reykjavik Open 2024 - Games and Results
Mark Crowther    The Reykjavik Open took place th to st March . Leading players: Bogdan Daniel Deac, Vasyl Ivanchuk, Xiangyu Xu, Jules Moussard, Matthieu Cornette, Paulius Pultinevicius etc. Top seed Bogdan Daniel Deac won with . half a point clear of the field.
29  février     10h53
5th Shenzhen Longgang Chess Masters 2024 - Games and Results
Mark Crowther    The th Shenzhen Longgang Chess Masters takes place th February to th March . Players: Anish Giri, Arjun Erigaisi, Yu Yangyi, Vladislav Artemiev, Daniil Dubov, Bu Xiangzhi, Ma Qun and Xu Xiangyu.
26  février     17h32
6th Prague International Chess Festival 2024 - Games and Results
Mark Crowther    The th Prague International Chess Festival takes place Mon th Feb opening ceremony to Thu th Mar . There are two strong Round Robin tournaments. The Masters with Abdusattorov, Praggnanandhaa, Vidit, Gukesh, Keymer, Rapport, Maghsoodloo, Navara, Bartel and Thai Dai Van Nguyen. The...
08  février     21h31
Weissenhaus Freestyle Chess GOAT Challenge 2024 - Games and Results
Mark Crowther    The Weissenhaus Freestyle Chess GOAT Challenge takes place Fri th to th Feb . Rapid Round Robin followed by a Knockout at Standard time controls. This is Fischer Random, Chess , Shuffle Chess by another name. Players: Magnus Carlsen, Alireza Firouzja, Fabiano Caruana, D Gukesh, Levon...
07  février     18h17
Chessable Masters 2024 - Games and Results
Mark Crowther    The Chessable Masters took place Fri nd to Wed th Feb , the format was double elimination. Magnus Carlsen, Wesley So, Maxime Vachier Lagrave, Denis Lazavik, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Jose Eduardo Martinez Alcantara, Vladimir Fedoseev and Alireza Firouzja all competed for the title in...
28  janvier     20h50
Wei Yi wins the 2024 Tata Steel Masters after a four player tie-break - 13
Mark Crowther    Wei Yi won the Tata Steel Masters for the first time following a tie break, he had previously won the B Group way back in . Indeed after becoming a GM at years old and the youngest ever player to reach at he hasn’t really lived up to this promise, this result came a bit out of...
27  janvier     20h22
Vidit beats Abdusattorov, five way tie for first going into the final Round of the Tata Steel Masters - 12
Mark Crowther    The twelfth and penultimate round of the Tata Steel Masters saw decisive game and players can walk away with the title tomorrow. Santosh Vidit did himself and almost half the field a favour by defeating the leader Nodirbek Abdusattorov in the final game to finish. The opening was a Rubinstein...
26  janvier     19h26
Abdusattorov leads the Tata Steel Masters with 7.5 11 half a point clear of Gukesh - 11
Mark Crowther    Nodirbek Abdusattorov took the sole lead of the Tata Steel Masters with two rounds to go. Abdusattorov beat Ju Wenjun in a Two Knights with .d . Ju was fine out of the opening maybe ...Nb ...f or ...Bf was the start of problems, it got pretty difficult for black quite quickly. After ...
24  janvier     19h26
Abdusattorov and Gukesh lead the Tata Steel Masters with 6.5 10 - 10
Mark Crowther    Nodirbek Abdusattorov and D Gukesh have a half point lead over Anish Giri and Praggnanandhaa going into the final rest day. There are three rounds left and it’s still all to play for. Nodirbek Abdusattorov had black against Max Warmerdam in a Queen’s Gambit Accepted. Yesterday’s shocking...
22  janvier     23h05
Tata Steel Masters Round 9 in the Hague sees 5 decisive games - 9
Mark Crowther    The ninth round of the Tata Steel Masters moved to the AFAS Theatre in the Hague. Five of the seven games in the Masters were decisive and six of seven in the Challengers. At the end of the round four players share the lead with . , Nodirbek Abdusattorov, Anish Giri, Gukesh and...
21  janvier     19h54
Tata Steel Masters wide open after 8 rounds - 8
Mark Crowther    Ian Nepomniachtchi defeated the leader Nodirbek Abdusattorov in the eighth round of the Tata Steel Masters which left the event wide open going into the second rest day. Gukesh, Giri and Firouzja lead on but more players are a point or less from the leaders with five rounds to go. ...
20  janvier     20h02
Abdusattorov beats Giri to transform the leader board of the Tata Steel Masters after 7 rounds - 7
Mark Crowther    Nodirbek Abdusattorov defeated Anish Giri in the seventh round of the Tata Steel Masters to catch the Dutchman in the lead on . points. Giri was comfortable out of the opening but just one slightly poor move ...b led to a world of trouble and an eventual loss. Gukesh also caught Giri...
19  janvier     20h06
Giri allows Firouzja to close the lead after missed chances against Maghsoodloo in Tata Steel Round 6 - 6
Mark Crowther    The sixth round of the Tata Steel Masters saw wins for Alireza Firouzja against Wei Yi, Gukesh against Jorden van Foreest and Max Warmerdam against Alexander Donchenko. The leader Anish Giri got a tremendous position against Parham Maghsoodloo almost straight out of the opening, let most of the...
18  janvier     20h53
Gukesh and Ju Wenjun winners in Tata Steel Masters Round 5 - 5
Mark Crowther    The fifth round of the Tata Steel Masters saw just two decisive games, wins for Gukesh over Ian Nepomniachtchi and Ju Wenjun over Alireza Firouzja. The latter result meant that Anish Giri extended his lead in the tournament to a point. Giri was under some pressure by Praggnanandhaa but this was...
16  janvier     21h42
Anish Giri leads the Tata Steel Masters alone on 3.5 4 going into the first rest day - 4
Mark Crowther    Defending Champion Anish Giri got off to the ideal start by leading the Tata Steel Masters alone on . going into the first rest day on Wednesday. Giri beat Gukesh by showing the power of a small initiative with bishops of opposite colour even in a very simplified position. Gukesh fought...
15  janvier     18h23
Giri joins Firouzja in the lead of the Tata Steel Masters on 2.5 3 - 3
Mark Crowther    Anish Giri joined Alireza Firouzja in the lead by beating Alexander Donchenko with the black pieces using the Modern Defence. .Nd .Nd seemed to hand Giri a little initiative, .Rd .cxd gave ground but it was .Qd that led to the loss on move . Jorden van Foreest also used...
14  janvier     17h58
Firouzja leads the Tata Steel Masters alone on 2 2 - 2
Mark Crowther    Alireza Firouzja beat Parham Maghsoodloo in the second round of the Tata Steel Masters and ended up being the only player on after two rounds. It looked to me like Maghsoodloo forgot his theory and was then just lost. There were wins for Gukesh and Max Warmerdam too as the event continues...
13  janvier     20h10
Tata Steel 2024 opens with four decisive games in the Masters - 1
Mark Crowther    The th Tata Steel Masters in Wijk aan Zee got off to a lively start with wins for defending Champion Anish Giri, Alireza Firouzja, Ian Nepomniachtchi and Wei Yi. World Champion Ding Liren had a comfortable draw with black against Santosh Vidit. Masters Round Standings: st th...