Dommaraju Gukesh kicked off the TePe Sigeman & Co tournament with back-to-back wins, but is now sharing second place with Nils Grandelius a half point behind co-leaders Peter Svidler and Abhimanyu Mishra (pictured). Gukesh drew Grandelius in round 3 and was defeated by Arjun Erigaisi in round 4. Svidler and Abhimanyu both collected wins on […]
Monthly Archives: May 2023
A week after Ding Liren became the new world chess champion and a day after King Charless III was crowned in London, GM Jon Speelman reflects on the memorable match from Astana. Referring to Ding’s much praised decision to play …Rg6 in the deciding game, Speelman writes: “That’s the one moment of the match that […]
The inaugural event of the 2023 Grand Chess Tour, the Superbet Chess Classic, saw US grandmaster Wesley So grabbing the only win in Saturday’s first round. So defeated Alireza Firouzja with the black pieces. Ian Nepomniachtchi could not get much with white against Ding Liren’s second in the World Championship match, Richard Rapport, while Ding […]
The Satty Zhuldyz rapid and blitz tournament took place in Astana as a side event of the World Championship match. A number of international chess stars participated. Karsten Müller followed the games, looking for endgame highlights. Find here four instructive positions, with on-point analysis by our in-house endgame expert. | Pictured: Alexander Grischuk | Photo: […]
D Gukesh made a fantastic start at 28th TePe Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament 2023 in Denmark. He destroyed Germany’s No. 1 Vincent Keymer with a spectacular bishop sacrifice. This win takes the 16-year-old’s live rating to his career highest at 2741, and elevates him to the World’s No. 15. Listen to Sagar Shah of […]
The inaugural event of the 2023 Grand Chess Tour is the Superbet Chess Classic, a 10-player single round-robin taking place on May 6-14 at the Grand Hotel Bucharest. Just six days after wrapping up a legendary match in Astana, Ding Liren and Ian Nepomniachtchi meet in the elite tournament, which also includes the likes of […]
With back-to-back wins over Jorden van Foreest and Vincent Keymer, Dommaraju Gukesh grabbed the sole lead at the TePe Sigeman & Co tournament in Malmö. Three players stand a half point back: local hero Nils Grandelius, 8-time Russian champion Peter Svidler and 14-year-old Abhimanyu Mishra. Gukesh will play black in the next two rounds, first […]
Kazakhstan had a blast with chess events throughout the whole of April. Not only the World Match (7 – 30 April) was and still is shaking the chess community, but many high-level international and national side events took place in Astana, the country’s capital. A great number of chess events and personalities have come and […]
This weekend the Grand Chess Tour starts with the Superbet Chess Classic in Bucharest. Eduard Frey takes a look at the great chess history of the Romanian capital. | Photo: Panoramic view of the city centre of Bucharest – University Square with the University of Bucharest building on the right, the National Theatre on the […]
Chess is not only a sport. Richard Rapport and Wei Yi are two of the most creative players in the circuit, and about six years ago they were also the two highest-rated junior players in the world. In a 4-game match organized in December 2016, Rapport defeated Wei in the Armageddon decider. The games, which […]