Carlsen, Sjugirov, Firouzja & Narayanan reach semis
Magnus Carlsen takes on Sanan Sjugirov in today’s first Banter Blitz Cup semi-final and finds himself in an unusual position: the World Champion has played two, lost two against his Russian opponent, blundering a piece in both the 2010 Olympiad and the 2017 World Blitz Championship! The other semi-final sees a clash between perhaps the two fastest players in the event, 16-year-old Alireza Firouzja and Indian GM S.L. Narayanan.
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Arianne Caoili passes away at 33
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Duda & Abdusattorov in Banter Blitz Cup action
15-year-old Uzbekistan phenomenon Nodirbek Abdusattorov and 21-year-old Polish world no. 15 Jan-Krzysztof Duda are in action in the Banter Blitz Cup today. Abdusattorov takes on Russian GM Maksim Chigaev for a place in Round 3, w...
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Norway Chess postponed until October
Altibox Norway Chess was set to open in the Clarion Hotel Energy in Stavanger on June 1st, but the supertournament featuring World Champion Magnus Carlsen and 8 more of the world's top 11 players has now been moved to October due t...
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FIDE Candidates Tournament stopped at halfway
The 2020 FIDE Candidates has been stopped today after 7 of the 14 rounds, with the second half to be completed at a later date. The escalating coronavirus pandemic around the world had made the decision to play the event look inc...
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Ultimate Chess Championship - English vs Spanish
In this first of its kind battle between two of chess24's popular squads, members of the English language team take on the Spanish language team in a battle for bragging rights. Starting after the games of Round 8 are completed.
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Candidates 2020, 7: MVL makes his move
French no. 1 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave crushed the French Defence of leader Ian Nepomniachtchi to join him on 4.5/7 at the halfway mark of the 2020 Candidates Tournament. Nepo’s defeat gave hope to the other players in the event, bu...
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FantasyChess - Daily Updates
Follow the progress of the FantasyChess contest as winners are announced and interesting results are highlighted.
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Candidates 2020, 6: Nepo ends Ding’s hopes
Ian Nepomniachtchi felt unwell and wanted to make a quick draw but instead scored a devastating win over Ding Liren that all but ended the Chinese no. 1’s hopes of earning a match against Magnus. Nepo is the clear frontrunner on ...
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Candidates 2020, 5: Nepo takes the lead
Ian Nepomniachtchi squeezed out a win against Wang Hao in Round 5 to become the first player to take the sole lead in the 2020 Candidates Tournament. The other games were drawn, but not without a real fight. Alekseenko-MVL was a ...
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Candidates 2020, 4: MVL misses his chance
All four games were drawn in Round 4 of the 2020 Candidates Tournament as Maxime Vachier-Lagrave missed a gilt-edged chance to exploit Alexander Grischuk’s time trouble. The Russian had thought 53 minutes over 18…Ne7, 100% sure M...
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