28th Tepe Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament 2024

28th Tepe Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament 2024 Games and Results

Mark Crowther (Sat Apr 27 23:15:00 2024)

The 28th Tepe Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament takes place in Malmo 27th April to 3rd May 2024. Players: Nodirbek Abdusattorov, Arjun Erigaisi, Vincent Keymer, Peter Svidler, Nils Grandelius, Anton Korobov, Marc'Andria Maurizzi and Ju Wenjun. Read more ....

24th European Women's Championship 2024

24th European Women's Championship 2024 Games and Results

Mark Crowther (Wed Apr 24 22:42:00 2024)

The 24th European Women's Championship takes place Thu 18th Apr to Tue 30th Apr 2024 in Rhodes, Greece. Top seeds: Yuliia Osmak, Marsel Efroimski, Bella Khotenashvili, Dinara Wagner, Antoaneta Stefanova, Lela Javakhishvili etc Read more ....

Dutch League 2023-24

Dutch League 2023-24 Games and Results

Mark Crowther (Wed Apr 24 22:37:00 2024)

The Dutch League took place 16th September 2023 to 20th April 2024. Kennemer Combinatie had already won the league before this weekend's final round. Read more ....

14th Asrian Memorial 2024

14th Asrian Memorial 2024 Games and Results

Mark Crowther (Wed Apr 24 22:28:00 2024)

The 14th Karen Asrian Memorial takes place in Yerevan Wed 24th Apr to Thu 2nd May 2024. The event returns after missing last year. Top seeds Manuel Petrosyan, Zaven Andriasian, M Pranesh etc. Read more ....

Tan Zhongyi is the clear winner of the Women's Candidates 2024

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Mark Crowther (Mon Apr 22 01:56:00 2024)

Tan Zhongyi will challenge Ju Wenjun for the World Chess Championship in 2025. The 32 year old player was not the favourite for the event but her confident play dominated with only a round 8 loss to her closest challenger Lei Tingjie as a blemish in the event. In the final round Tan played a very sharp Sicilian against Anna Muzychuk. Tan secured a big advantage but steered the game to the draw she needed. Lei needed a win and played an amazing Queen sacrifice against Humpy Koneru. Eventually her compensation disappeared and she subsided to a loss. Read more ....

• Tan Zhongyi on the verge of winning the Women's Candidates tournament
• Tan Zhongyi and Lei Tingjie both draw in Round 12 of the Women's Candidates
• Tan leads Lei half a point after 11 rounds in a two horse race for the Women's Candidates
• Lei join Tan in the lead of the Women's Candidates on 6.5/10

Gukesh is the youngest ever winner of the Candidates at 17 years old

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Mark Crowther (Mon Apr 22 01:43:00 2024)

Dommaraju Gukesh won the FIDE Candidates at the age of 17 years old. He comfortably held a draw against Hikaru Nakamura in the final round of the event. Fabiano Caruana built up a winning position against double defending champion Ian Nepomaniachtchi but a blunder on the first move after first time control allowed a draw and Gukesh's victory. Gukesh should play Ding Liren later in the year for the World Title. Ding seems to have had some kind of personal crisis since taking the title and has hardly played, and when he has it's not been very good play. Read more ....

• 17 year-old Gukesh leads the Candidates alone with one round to go
• Gukesh, Nakamura and Nepomniachtchi lead the Candidates going into the final two rounds
• Nepomniachtchi beats Vidit in a tense struggle to lead the Candidates alone again on 7/11
• Nakamura and Caruana win to get back into contention after 10 rounds of the Candidates

GRENKE Chess Classic 2024

GRENKE Chess Classic 2024 Games and Results

Mark Crowther (Tue Mar 26 16:23:00 2024)

The GRENKE Chess Classic is a double round robin tournament played at an accelerated 45 minutes plus 10 seconds a move time control. Magnus Carlsen, Ding Liren, MVL, Richard Rapport, Vincent Keymer and Daniel Fridman play two rounds a day 26th to 31st March 2024. Then on April 1st there is a final set of tie-break matches 1st vs 2nd, 3rd vs 4th and 5th vs 6th to decide the exact final placings. Read more ....