Dinara Wagner grabbed a full point in the final round to win the Women’s Grand Prix in Nicosia, the last event of the 2-year series. Wagner, the lowest-rated player in the field, played enterprisingly from the get go to beat Bella Khotenashvili with black. Kateryna Lagno and Aleksandra Goryachkina both drew with white to secure […]
Monthly Archives: May 2023
Norway Chess 2023 begins in Stavanger on Whit Monday (29 May), with Magnus Carlsen having warmed up in Warsaw, but now facing strong, young and hungry opponents in his homeland, including Firouzja, Abdusattorov and Gukesh.
The 6th Sharjah Masters was a top tournament with many young players. Before the final round, eight players shared first place. In the top encounters of the last round, only Arjun Erigaisi managed to win his game and emerged as the tournament winner. | Photos: Tournament page
An imposing 7/9 performance on Thursday allowed Magnus Carlsen to clinch first place at the Superbet Rapid & Blitz tournament in Warsaw. Rapid-section winner Jan-Krzysztof Duda put up a great fight, as he went into the final-round confrontation against Carlsen with chances of catching his famed colleague in the standings. A hard-fought 124-move draw sealed […]
Magnus Carlsen ended the first day of blitz at the Superbet Poland tournament with five consecutive wins, thus climbing to sole second place a half point behind Jan-Krzysztof Duda. Duda scored 4½ points to remain atop the standings, as he collected three wins, three draws and three losses on Wednesday. Wesley So stands in third […]
In recent years there has been a revival of interest in the “old masters”. Those who study the subject intensively, as Frank Hoffmeister does in his work “Chess Theory from Stamma to Steinitz, 1735-1894”, will find that the ideas of the “old ones” are surprisingly young. Review and interview with the author.
Only two players finished the rapid section of the Superbet Poland event undefeated. One of them was Jan-Krzysztof Duda, the defending champion, who was the top scorer with 13/18 points. Levon Aronian also went nine rounds without a loss, as he goes into the blitz in sole second place with 12 points to his name. […]
Exactly 70 years ago today, on May 29, 1953, the world’s highest mountain, Everest, was climbed for the first time – a heroic feat, exuberantly celebrated by all. Today, hundreds scale the mountain each year. 40 years ago the Mount Everest of problem chess, the daunting Babson task, which for a century had seemed quite […]
Wesley So and Jan-Krzysztof Duda are sharing the lead after six rounds at the rapid section of the Superbet tournament in Poland. So and Duda have collected 9 points each, and have already faced each other — in their round-6 direct encounter, So failed to make the most of a clear advantage. Levon Aronian stands […]
Round 6 of the Sharjah Masters saw Dommaraju Gukesh taking down former sole leader Haik Martirosyan with the white pieces. Sam Sevian and Grigoriy Oparin also won on Monday and are now sharing the lead with Gukesh. Twelve players stand a half point back, including Uzbek rising star Nodirbek Yakubboev, who upset top seed Parham […]