Dortmund 6: The draw curse continues
Radek Wojtaszek squandered a win against Matthias Bluebaum and then lamented, “that’s somehow the story of the tournament - there are many winning chances, but everything ends in a draw”. The Polish no. 1 still goes into the last round half a point clear of the pack, though, since everyone else has the same issue. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave couldn’t convert an extra pawn against Vladimir Fedoseev, while sometimes extravagant winning attempts in Nisipeanu-Andreikin and Wang Yue-Kramnik all came to nothing.
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Leuven GCT, Day 4: Carlsen catches So
Magnus Carlsen wiped out a 3-point lead to go into the final day of the Leuven Grand Chess Tour level with Wesley So. Garry Kasparov described the current World Champion’s style as a combination of Anatoly Karpov’s sense of where...
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Leuven GCT, Day 3: Wesley So is rapid king
Wesley So beat Levon Aronian and drew two games to cruise to a 2-point victory in the rapid section of the Your Next Move Grand Chess Tour in Leuven. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave finished second after somehow winning a game that looked...
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Leuven GCT, Day 2: The Bird ≥ The Word
Magnus Carlsen got in some high-level trolling when he beat Vladimir Kramnik with the Bird - 1.f4 - but his 2.5/3 for the day wasn’t enough to close the gap on leader Wesley So, who achieved the same score with wins over Vishy An...
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Leuven GCT Day 1: So leads after beating Carlsen
A reborn Wesley So put “one of the worst tournaments of my life” in Paris behind him to take the lead after Day 1 of the Your Next Move Grand Chess Tour in Leuven. He did so by grinding down current and former World Champions Mag...
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Flawless China retain World Team Championship
The Chinese men’s team didn’t lose a single game in Khanty-Mansiysk on their way to retaining the World Team Championship title. Russia only lost one, but that defeat for Vladimir Fedoseev at the hands of Li Chao meant Russia had...
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Jan’s Opening Clinic 16
Chess clinician Jan Gustafsson is once more at your service to deal with all your chess opening ailments. His new show at 17:00 CEST on Tuesday 27 June is not restricted to any particular series, so you can ask one of Magnus Carl...
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Paris GCT, Day 5: Carlsen wins despite MVL surge
Magnus Carlsen has won the 2017 Paris Grand Chess Tour in a playoff against Maxime Vachier-Lagrave after the Frenchman scored a brilliant 7/9 on the final day of the blitz. Magnus scored a full 3 points less after losing 4 games,...
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Paris GCT, Day 4: Nakamura hot on Carlsen’s heels
Magnus Carlsen looked set to blow away the field on Day 1 of the Paris Grand Chess Tour blitz when he won his first four games and stretched his lead to 3 points. It was, dare we say it, smooth, but then things suddenly got much ...
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Paris GCT, Day 3: Carlsen’s not-so-smooth win
Magnus Carlsen won the rapid section of the Paris Grand Chess Tour, but the day will be remembered for his outburst beginning, “What do you want me to do?” when Maurice Ashley suggested the final win had been less than smooth. Els...
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Paris GCT, Day 2: Magnus breaks clear
Magnus Carlsen beat co-leader Wesley So in the first game of Day 2 of the Paris Grand Chess Tour and leads Hikaru Nakamura by a point going into the final day of rapid chess. He held a draw against his US rival in the last round ...
