Giri draws first blood in the Shenzhen Masters
Anish Giri has opened the scoring in the 2019 Shenzhen Masters after defeating Harikrishna in Round 2. The Dutch no. 1, who finished in second place in the first two editions of the tournament, will be aiming to go one better and win arguably his first supertournament, but he’ll face competition from the Chinese nos 1 and 2, Ding Liren and Yu Yangyi, as well as Richard Rapport and Dmitry Jakovenko.
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Carlsen caps stunning Shamkir by beating Grischuk
Magnus Carlsen completed a brilliant 2990 performance in the Gashimov Memorial in Shamkir by beating Alexander Grischuk in the final round to end on 7/9, a full two points ahead of Ding Liren and Sergey Karjakin. Grischuk said hi...
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Shamkir Chess 8: Magnus wins 4th Shamkir title
Magnus Carlsen has won the 2019 Gashimov Memorial in Shamkir with a round to spare after winning a flawless game with Black against Sergey Karjakin in Round 8. “It’s been a great ride”, said the World Champion, after a second gam...
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Shamkir Chess 7: A Magnus masterpiece vs Giri
Magnus Carlsen is the sole leader of the 2019 Gashimov Memorial after scoring a brilliant win over Anish Giri in Round 7. In what seemed a quiet position the World Champion sacrificed a pawn for an attack that quickly became unst...
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Shamkir Chess 6: Karjakin strikes against Anand
Sergey Karjakin blitzed out 37 moves of preparation then outplayed Vishy Anand in an endgame to catch Magnus Carlsen in the Shamkir Chess lead with three rounds to go. No less than six players are a point behind the leaders on 50...
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Shamkir Chess 5: Anand beats Giri to go 2nd
Vishy Anand proved the doubters wrong again to beat Anish Giri in Round 5 in Shamkir – his second Top 5 scalp in the space of three days. He’s now second and half a point ahead of Ding Liren, after the Chinese no. 1 lost only his...
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Shamkir Chess 4: Mamedyarov escapes
David Navara missing mate-in-27 on move 70 of his clash with Shakhriyar Mamedyarov was the closest we came to a decisive game in Round 4 of the Gashimov Memorial in Shamkir, though Vishy Anand had Ding Liren on the ropes after th...
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Shamkir Chess 3: Magnus leads, crosses 2850
Magnus Carlsen beat David Navara in Round 3 of the Gashimov Memorial to take the sole lead and return to rating heights he last hit before his World Championship match against Sergey Karjakin in 2016. It looked as though things w...
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Shamkir Chess 2: Carlsen beats Anand
Magnus Carlsen beat Vishy Anand for a second game in a row as the Gashimov Memorial in Shamkir exploded into life in Round 2. It was April Fools’ Day, but no joke that Anish Giri and Sergey Karjakin played one of the wildest elit...
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Nakamura and Yu win 2019 US Championships
Hikaru Nakamura has won his 5th US Chess Championship after beating Jeffery Xiong on demand in the last round while his co-leaders were held to draws. Fabiano Caruana got nothing at all against Sam Shankland, while Leinier Doming...
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Shamkir Chess 1: Anand lets Navara escape
Vishy Anand missed a beautiful cheapo that allowed David Navara to escape alive from a game where he looked doomed both on the board and on the clock. All five games of the first round of the 2019 Gashimov Memorial in Shamkir wer...
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