Nico Zwirs beat Christopher Yoo with white to become the outright winner of the A-Open in the 51st edition of the Dortmund Chess Festival. Out of a Sicilian Defence, the Dutch GM first defended resourcefully and then showed excellent technique in a rook ending. In the match between Elisabeth Paehtz and Dinara Wagner, a sixth […]
Monthly Archives: August 2024
In this week’s Summer Special you can save a lot on our Fritztrainer packages. They are by Jan Markos, a Slovak grandmaster, coach, and author, a former European Youth Champion; and by Robert Ris, an International Master from The Netherlands, who nowadays is active mainly as an online chess trainer. You can get Jan Markos […]
Hans Niemann defeated Nikita Vitiugov by a crushing 27½-14½ score in their 5-day match at the Gem Fitzrovia Hotel in London. The contest consisted of 6 classical, 6 rapid and 12 blitz games, with Niemann prevailing in all three formats. His 8-4 victory in the rapid was particularly important, as it forced Vitiugov to take […]
The final stage of the 2024 Grand Chess Tour, the Sinquefield Cup, will take place on 19-29 August in Saint Louis. Alireza Firouzja and Fabiano Caruana will be fighting for first place not only in the classical round-robin but also in the GCT overall standings. Meanwhile, chess enthusiasts will follow the performances of Ding Liren […]
The first event of the 2024/25 Women’s Grand Prix series is taking place on 15-24 August in Tbilisi, Georgia. A 10-player single round-robin, the event has the Muzychuk sisters, Nana Dzagnidze and R Vaishali as the top seeds. The top 2 finishers in the series will qualify for the next edition of the Women’s Candidates […]
Three rounds into the first event of the 2024/25 Women’s Grand Prix series, Stavroula Tsolakidou and Bibisara Assaubayeva (pictured) are sharing the lead with 2 points each. Both co-leaders scored a win in the first round and drew their next two encounters. R Vaishali, who lost in the first round and missed a big chance […]
The eighth day of action at the Dortmund Chess Festival saw Wagner missing a great opportunity to score a win in her match against Elisabeth Paehtz. Meanwhile, in the A-Open, Anton Korobov, Frederik Svane and Nico Zwirs scored full points to go into the final round tied for first place with 6½/8 scores. | Photos: […]
Despite losing 2 of his 4 final games, Alireza Firouzja claimed overall victory at the Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz tournament with two rounds to spare. The Iranian-born prodigy, now representing France, finished the tournament with 23/36 points, outscoring Wesley So by 3 points and Hikaru Nakamura by 3½ points. Firouzja leapfrogged Fabiano Caruana atop […]
After 6 classical games, Hans Niemann has a 3-point lead over Nikita Vitiugov in their 5-day match taking place in London. Niemann won the first game and the remaining 5 encounters finished drawn – though there was no lack of fighting spirit. Saturday will see the protagonists playing 6 rapid games, while the event will […]
In an exciting seventh round, the A-Open in Dortmund saw IM Vadim Petrovskyi becoming the sole leader after obtaining an upset win over GM Christopher Yoo. A total of 11 players stand a half point back, though, as there are two more rounds to go at the 51st edition of the traditional chess festival. | […]