Dortmund 2018, 3: Duda strikes again as Giri loses
Jan-Krzysztof Duda beat his Polish compatriot Radek Wojtaszek for the second game in a row to remain the sole leader in Dortmund on 2.5/3 and enter the world’s Top 20. A dramatic day also saw Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu swept aside by Ian Nepomniachtchi, who ended the game with 2 hours and 11 minutes remaining on his clock, while world no. 6 Anish Giri fell to defeat against world no. 97 Vladislav Kovalev. Only Vladimir Kramnik and Georg Meier have drawn all their games so far.
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Wesley So defends his Leon Masters title
The Philippines born US star Wesley So has won his second consecutive Leon Masters after needing tiebreaks to beat Spanish no. 1 Paco Vallejo in the final. Paco was the dominant force in the rapid games, but So demonstrated his defe...
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Leon Masters 2: Vallejo has two lives
Spanish no. 1 Francisco Vallejo mounted a comeback against Jaime Santos to win the second semifinal of the 2018 Leon Masters and earn a match against Wesley So on Sunday. It seemed an impossible task, but the Vallejo and Santos semi...
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Leon Masters 1: So beats "genius" Praggnanandhaa
Wesley So and Praggnanandhaa contested an epic match in the first semifinal of the 2018 Leon Masters on Friday. It will be remembered as the first time the 12-year-old Indian talent had one of the world's elite grandmasters on the r...
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Jan's Opening Clinic 20: Part 3
In Season 20, Episode 3 of Jan's Opening Clinic, Grandmaster Jan Gustafsson once again sets out to cure the chess opening ailments of chess24 Premium members. There's a wide range of openings, from Petroffs and Berlins to a "shady" ...
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Nepo and Naiditsch lead in Jerusalem
Ian Nepomniachtchi took the lead on 3/4 in the Gideon Japhet Cup in Jerusalem, after winning both his mini-matches against Vassily Ivanchuk and Boris Gelfand. There were some very tricky moments, while 2nd placed Peter Svidler was...
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18-year-old Sarana leads Russian Higher League
18-year-old Alexey Sarana went into the rest day of the 2018 Russian Higher League on 4.5/5, a full point ahead of 11 players who included former European Champions Ernesto Inarkiev and Alexander Motylev. In total the formidable ...
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The Ilyumzhinov era is over
Yesterday Kirsan Ilyumzhinov announced that after 23 years as FIDE President he won’t be standing for re-election this October. The writing had long been on the wall, with Ilyumzhinov crippled by US sanctions, scraping together a...
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Jan's Opening Clinic 20: Part 2
In Episode 2 of Season 20 of Jan's Opening Clinic, Grandmaster Jan Gustafsson tackles 10 more questions on chess openings from chess24 Premium members. Openings looked at include the Sicilian, King's Indian, Grünfeld, Semi-Slav and ...
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Magnus Carlsen to play the Sinquefield Cup
The last clash between Magnus Carlsen and Fabiano Caruana before their World Championship match now looks set to take place this August in the Sinquefield Cup, after Magnus accepted an invitation to be the wild card for the Grand...
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Nakamura wins Paris Grand Chess Tour
Hikaru Nakamura overtook Sergey Karjakin on the final day of blitz to take home the winner's trophy from the Paris Grand Chess Tour. The American displayed his great skills at accelerated time controls as he only lost one game in bo...
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