Superbet Chess Classic 7: Shakh strikes again
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov took down world no. 2 Fabiano Caruana on the bloodiest day yet in Bucharest. Shakh’s 3rd win in a row took him up to world no. 5 on the live rating list and also gave him a 1-point lead going into the final two rounds after co-leader Alexander Grischuk collapsed in time trouble against Levon Aronian. The day’s other winner was Anish Giri, who ground down Maxime Vachier-Lagrave in a drawish ending and later declared “chess is just about luck - there’s really nothing else!”
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Magnus Carlsen wins “absolutely insane” FTX Crypto Cup final
Magnus Carlsen let out a roar of joy and talked of “massive, massive relief” as he beat Wesley So in Armageddon to win the FTX Crypto Cup and book a place in the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour Finals in San Francisco. Magnus won the...
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FTX Crypto Cup 8: Carlsen and So trade crushing blows
Magnus Carlsen was surprised in the opening and 10 minutes behind on the clock in Game 1 of the FTX Crypto Cup final against Wesley So, but suddenly launched an unstoppable attack. That win with the black pieces ended Wesley’s 29-ga...
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FTX Crypto Cup 7: Carlsen & So meet in 3rd final
Magnus Carlsen will be hoping it’s 3rd time lucky on Sunday as he takes on Wesley So in the FTX Crypto Cup final after losing to Wesley in their two previous Meltwater Champions Chess Tour finals. Wesley was on top of his game as he...
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FTX Crypto Cup 6: Mosquitoes & Radjabov bite back
Magnus Carlsen gave perhaps his shortest interview ever after Teimour Radjabov unleashed some deep opening preparation to level the scores on Day 1 of their FTX Crypto Cup semi-final. In the other encounter Ian Nepomniachtchi failed...
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FTX Crypto Cup 5: Are we headed for a Carlsen-Nepo preview?
We may get a World Championship match rehearsal, either in the final or the 3rd place match, after both Magnus Carlsen and Ian Nepomniachtchi made it through to the FTX Crypto Cup semi-finals. Magnus took down Hikaru Nakamura after ...
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FTX Crypto Cup 4: Carlsen & Caruana stage comebacks
Wesley So and Teimour Radjabov have one foot in the FTX Crypto Cup semi-finals after winning Day 1 of their quarterfinals against Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and Anish Giri, but the greatest drama took place in the drawn matches. Magnus ...
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FTX Crypto Cup 3: Carlsen-Naka in QFs as Magnus & Nepo scrape through
Fabiano Caruana cruised to 1st place in his debut Meltwater Champions Chess Tour preliminary stage, scoring 10/15 to finish a full point ahead of the field. He plays Ian Nepomniachtchi in the quarterfinals, after the new World Champ...
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FTX Crypto Cup 2: Carlsen plays 1.b4 as race blown wide open
Magnus Carlsen started Day 2 of the FTX Crypto Cup with 1.b4 and followed up with 1.b3, but while those experiments went well he was cursing the “worst self-inflicted wound” of losing to Levon Aronian in the final round of the day. ...
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FTX Crypto Cup 1: Giri leads as Carlsen struggles
Anish Giri is the sole leader on 4/5 after Day 1 of the FTX Crypto Cup, the strongest online chess event ever played. World Champion Magnus Carlsen ended on a respectable 50% but described his play as “awful” after he lost to MVL, n...
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Gibraltar hosts final Women’s FIDE Grand Prix
The FIDE Women’s Grand Prix was supposed to end in Sardinia in May 2020, but then the pandemic intervened. It was rescheduled for Gibraltar, then postponed from January, but it finally begins Saturday May 22nd, with the players comp...
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