Tata Steel 12: Caruana wins with a round to spare
Fabiano Caruana has won the 2020 Tata Steel Masters with a round to spare after beating Jan-Krzysztof Duda while Magnus Carlsen was held to a draw by Vladislav Artemiev. Fabiano's 1st ever victory in the top event in Wijk aan Zee, and his 1st tournament victory since the 2018 World Championship match, consisted of 6 wins and no losses. The world no. 2's live rating has climbed to 2837.8, heights no-one other than himself, Magnus and Garry Kasparov have ever reached. Meanwhile the Challengers still hangs in the balance after David Anton suffered a shock loss.
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Ju Wenjun storms back into World Championship lead
Reigning Women’s World Champion Ju Wenjun is a single win or two draws away from retaining her title after turning the match against Aleksandra Goryachkina on its head with wins in Games 9 and 10. The first involved some serious g...
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Alireza Firouzja vs. Magnus Carlsen Preview
16-year-old Alireza Firouzja takes on World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen for the first time in a classical game of chess on Tuesday in Round 9 of the Tata Steel Chess Masters in Wijk aan Zee. It’s one of the most anticipated gam...
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Tata Steel 8: Magnus wins, Fabi catches Firouzja
Magnus Carlsen finally won a game in 2020, beating Nikita Vitiugov to move within a point of Alireza Firouzja before they meet in Round 9 on Tuesday. Alireza drew against Jorden van Foreest and was caught in the lead by Fabiano Caru...
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Tata Steel 7: Alireza Firouzja leads again
16-year-old Alireza Firouzja beat Jeffery Xiong in Round 7 to retake the sole lead in the Tata Steel Masters on an incredible 5/7. The Iranian now leads Magnus Carlsen by 1.5 points after the World Champion once more struggled to dr...
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Tata Steel 6: Giri & Dubov win, Magnus held again
Magnus Carlsen and Fabiano Caruana drew their 19th consecutive game of classical chess as the World Champion's frustrating start to the 2020 Tata Steel Chess Masters continues. Wesley So and Alireza Firouzja also drew and continu...
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Goryachkina takes the lead with 4 games to go
21-year-old Russian Grandmaster Aleksandra Goryachkina leads the Women’s World Championship match 4.5:3.5 after crashing through against Ju Wenjun in Game 8. That followed a tense 67-move draw in Game 7 where it was reigning Wome...
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Tata Steel 5: Firouzja beats Giri for 3rd win
16-year-old Alireza Firouzja hit straight back to join Wesley So in the Tata Steel Masters lead after luring Anish Giri into a lost pawn ending in their first ever classical game. That was Firouzja's third win in this year's event, ...
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Women’s World Championship moves to Vladivostok
Ju Wenjun and Aleksandra Goryachkina are tied 3:3 as the second half of the Women’s World Championship match now starts in Vladivostok, Russia. Goryachkina fell behind in Game 4 but hit straight back in Game 5 to score the first ...
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Tata Steel 4: Magnus Carlsen sets 111-game record
World Champion Magnus Carlsen has surpassed Sergei Tiviakov to set a new record of 111 classical games unbeaten after surviving a real test at the hands of Jorden van Foreest. The other big story of Round 4 of the 2020 Tata Steel Ma...
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Tata Steel 3: Firouzja leads as Carlsen ties streak
16-year-old Alireza Firouzja is the sole leader of the 2020 Tata Steel Masters on 2.5/3 after easing to victory over Vladislav Artemiev in Round 3. Fabiano Caruana picked up his first win by defeating Yu Yangyi, while Jorden van For...
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