Vishy Anand continues to lead by example. Once again he won the battle of the ‘Icons’, this time against Levon Aronian (TCK). While his three points were confirmed, his teammates Leinier Domingueze, Hou Yifan and Bella Khotenashvili scored emphatic wins to ensure that their team scored the biggest victory of the event in terms of […]
Monthly Archives: June 2023
Ray Robson rejoined the lead at the Prague Masters after beating Wang Hao with white in Sunday’s fifth round. This was the US grandmaster’s third decisive game in a row, as he employed the same line he had used to defeat Boris Gelfand in round 3. In the other decisive game of the day, Haik […]
One Berlin fell, the other one didn’t. Magnus Carlsen’s Berlin did not hold up against Maxime Vachier-Lagrave. However, D Gukesh’s Berlin proved to be strong enough to hold Alexander Grischuk to a draw. It was R Praggnanandhaa’s win against Javokhir Sindarov which helped SG Alpine Warriors beat upGrad Mumba Masters. It was a win by […]
All five games ended decisively in the first round of the Sportland NRW Cup in Dortmund. WGM Dinara Wagner (pictured), IM Georgios Souleidis and 12-year-old FM Hussain Besou had a dream start: they beat the three participating grandmasters. In the A-Open, most of the favourites won their games, although the accelerated Swiss format made for […]
Bogdan-Daniel Deac scored a crucial win over former co-leader Ray Robson in round 4 of the Prague Masters to join Vincent Keymer in the lead of the standings. Keymer held David Navara to a draw in a 100-move game, while Wang Hao returned to a fifty-percent score by beating Haik Martirosyan. In the Challengers, three […]
Ganges Grandmasters maintain their sole lead by beating Balan Alaskan Knights 3-0 (11-6). Leinier Dominguez’s win over Teimour Radjabov certainly set the tone for the team. Bella Khotenashvili and Andrey Esipenko ensured the team gets some more valuable game points. Triveni Continental Kings started the day by losing their match against SG Alpine Warriors 0-3 […]
Ray Robson joined Vincent Keymer in the lead of the Prague Masters tournament after beating Boris Gelfand in what turned out to be the only decisive game of round 3. Both Robson and Gelfand are known for favouring principled, theoretical lines, and that is precisely what they did in their direct encounter. The young US […]
The highly anticipated match of the day was between SG Alpine Warriors and Ganges Grandmasters. The sole reason could be deduced as the battle between Magnus Carlsen and Vishy Anand. We got a glimpse of the Carlsen we are familiar with, one tiny positional inaccuracy and he will punish you for that. However, that win […]
The last time Vishy Anand played a rated tournament game was on 9th October 2022 at European Club Cup. After eight months, the maestro did not show any rust on the board. In fact, he felt very optimistic about his position against Jan-Krzysztof Duda. He felt that his queen and rook were flooding towards the […]
The first season of the innovative Global Chess League kicked off on Thursday in Dubai. Two matches took place, and both had decisive results. The upGrad Mumba Masters beat the Triveni Continental Kings thanks to Alexander Grischuk’s win with black on board 2 — according to the regular scoring system the match would have been […]