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Candidates Round 9: Giri wins, climbs to shared second place
Chess News Apr 21, 2021 | 02:55 PAnish Giri beat Wang Hao to climb to shared second place a half point behind sole leader Ian Nepomniachtchi at the Candidates Tournament in Yekaterinburg. Fabiano Caruana and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave are the other two players who make up the chasing pack, as they both drew their games in round 9 — while Caruana failed to make the most of his advantage against Kirill Alekseenko, MVL defended fiercely against Ding Liren. | Photo: Lennart Ootes
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Giri moves into contention in the Candidates after nine rounds - 9
The Week in Chess Apr 20, 2021 | 18:48 PThe ninth round of the resumed FIDE Candidates Chess tournament in Yekaterinburgsaw just one decisive game with Anish Giri defeating Wang Hao and this win movedhim up into a share of second place half a point behind the leader Ian Nepomniachtchi.This total number of wins could and probably should have been higher today with MVLhaving a lucky escape against Ding Liren. Nepomniachtchi drew with black against Alexander Grischuk.Giri produced a small surprise in choosing the Catalan against Wang Hao andhe obtained a nice position where he could gradually improve. 27...g6 wasa mistake that gave Giri good winning chances although 33.Rc4 allowed 33...Rd1which the computers think is equal and 34...Qa7? (34...Qd6) was the decisiveerror after which Giri broke through to the seventh rank.Grischuk chose an interesting variation of the Gruenfeld againstNepomniachtchi with 9.h3 and was pushing a little for a while but after21.Rfb1 he was in time trouble in an equal position, 26.Bxf7 seemsin retrospect a bit risky, the computers think Nepomniachtchi shouldtake the exchange but instead he took the bishop and the game quicklyburned out to a draw.Kirill Alekseenko was pleased with his opening against Fabiano Caruanaoffering a pawn for a lot of compensation in a Giuoco Piano, Caruanafound a[…]
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Caruana beats MVL in Round 8 as the FIDE Candidates resumes after a break of over a year - 8
The Week in Chess Apr 19, 2021 | 19:53 PThe World Chess Championship Candidates resumed in Yekaterinburg 390 days (1 year and 25 days)after being halted following round 7 on 25th March 2020. At that point Ian Nepomniachtchi andMaxime Vachier-Lagrave were a point clear of much of the rest of the field - Nepomniachtchi wassick and had just lost a game - he candidly admitted today he was very much aided by a break.The second half of the event started with round 8 today and after looking for a long time thatthere would be four draws in fact two games were decisive - the most important of whichwas Fabiano Caruana's victory over Maxime Vachier-Lagrave which puts him right in contentionhalf a point behind Nepomniachtchi and ahead of MVL on tie-break (their head to head score).Kirill Alekseenko won his first game of the event beating Alexander Grischuk after the latterprobably tried a bit too hard to create winning chances for himself.There is no more alarming thing in modern chess then your opponent rattling out movesin an ultra sharp position, this is what happened to joint leader Maxime Vachier-Lagrave.MVL's Najdorf was at least fairly predictable and Caruana played at least 26 movesof preparation. Caruana gave up three pawns and then on[…]
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FIDE Candidates Chess Tournament 2020 - Games and Results
The Week in Chess Apr 13, 2021 | 11:42 PThe FIDE Candidates Chess Tournament took place in Yekaterinburg, Russia Sun 15th toWednesday 25th March 2020 before being halted at after seven of the scheduled fourteen roundsdue to the coronavirus crisis. The event is now due to resume on Monday 19th April at the same venue.Players: Fabiano Caruana, Ding Liren,Wang Hao,Alexander Grischuk,Ian Nepomniachtchi,Anish Giri,Kirill Alekseenko andMaxime Vachier-Lagrave.New schedule:R8 (Mon 19th Apr 12pm BST),R9 (Tue 20th Apr 12pm BST),R10 (Wed 21st Apr 12pm BST),R11 (Fri 23rd Apr 12pm BST),R12 (Sat 24th Apr 12pm BST),R13 (Mon 26th Apr 12pm BST),R14 (Tue 27th Apr 12pm BST) andTB if needed (Wed 28th Apr 12pm BST).
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Mad Queen problem – the solution
Chess News Apr 9, 2021 | 10:20 PIt was an Easter puzzle. We asked you to take a try to solve this truly remarkable study by a truly remarkable composer, Mario Matouš. You were asked to win the position against a rampaging queen which wants to sacrifice itself to stalemate the black monarch. Were you able to solve it? Many readers found the problem quite difficult, and extremely clever. Today we give you the full solution, on a replay board with full engine support.
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Mario Matous's Mad Queen
Chess News Apr 3, 2021 | 12:00 PTake a look at this position. Can White (to play) win? It is a truly remarkable study by a truly remarkable composer. Mario Matouš gives us a wonderful position to solve. The theme is a rampaging queen which wants to sacrifice itself to stalemate the black monarch. Can you solve it? The composer was born in Czechoslovakia in 1947, and died 2013. Here's a memorial by Emil Vlasák.
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World champion Carlsen in Wijk aan Zee
Chessdom Dec 10, 2020 | 18:34 PWorld champion Magnus Carlsen will once again be one of the participants when the Tata Steel Chess Tournament starts in January 2021. It is the first over the board tournament in which Carlsen will participate since reaching the age of 30. And it is only the second international classical chess tournament to be held since [...]
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Green Light Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2021
Chessdom Dec 8, 2020 | 00:06 PThe directors of Tata Steel have announced that the 83rd edition of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament will take place in January. The COVID-19 crisis has led to the cancellation of many events, also in the world of chess. After thorough consultation with the Dutch Chess Association, NOC*NSF (Dutch Olympic Committee – Dutch Sports Federation) [...]
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Hikaru Nakamura wins thriller to storm into Skilling Open semis
Chessdom Nov 27, 2020 | 00:24 PThe Champions Chess Tour, launched by the Play Magnus Group, replaces the hugely-popular Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour put on earlier this year.
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