US Chess Champs 1: Hans Niemann defies his critics
“This game is a message” said Hans Niemann after beating 15-year-old Christopher Yoo in Round 1 of the 2022 US Championship. He refused to analyse and left the interview in under a minute, commenting, “it was such a beautiful game I don’t even need to describe it”. Sam Sevian was the only other player to win in the Open section, while four of the seven games were decisive in the Women’s section.
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Carlsen grabs sole lead in Julius Baer Generation Cup
Magnus Carlsen burst out of the blocks to take a 1pt lead on the opening day of the Julius Baer Generation Cup, the star-studded seventh leg of the $1.6 million Meltwater Champions Chess Tour.
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Caruana beats Firouzja in Armageddon to win Chess 9LX
Alireza Firouzja was on the verge of scoring a sensational triple victory in St Louis, but Fabiano Caruana stopped the teenage sensation and won a dramatic Armageddon game to take the title in the Champions Showdown: Chess 9LX.
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Firouzja eyes St Louis hat-trick as Nepo is stopped
Teenage sensation Alireza Firouzja has already won two events in St Louis. Having taken over the lead on Day 2 of the Champions Showdown: Chess 9LX along with Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, the 19-year-old could complete an incredible hat-t...
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Nepomniachtchi gets flying start in Chess 9LX while Kasparov suffers
Ian Nepomniachtchi has taken the sole lead in the Champions Showdown: Chess 9LX tournament in St Louis with a perfect 3/3 start. A rusty Garry Kasparov could not convert a promising position and remains without a point.
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Kasparov is back as Firouzja picks up trophies
"Alireza could repeat, following Julius Caesar, veni, vidi, vici, I came, I saw and I won", said Garry Kasparov at the Closing Ceremony of the Sinquefield Cup in St. Louis. Alireza Firouzja had won it all, but there's still a major ...
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Ivanchuk-Pragg and Erigaisi-Carlsen to kick off Julius Baer Generation Cup
53-year-old Ukrainian chess legend Vasyl Ivanchuk takes on 17-year-old Indian prodigy Praggnanandhaa when the Julius Baer Generation Cup, the 7th event on the $1.6 million Meltwater Champions Chess Tour, starts Sunday, September 18t...
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Alireza Firouzja wins it all in St. Louis
Alireza Firouzja beat Ian Nepomniachtchi in a playoff to complete a stunning debut in St. Louis. The 19-year-old added victory in the Sinquefield Cup and Grand Chess Tour to his crushing victory in the St. Louis Rapid and Blitz, pic...
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Sinquefield Cup 8: Firouzja leapfrogs So
Alireza Firouzja won a lost position to beat Wesley So in Round 8 of the Sinquefield Cup, putting him on the verge of a $100,000 bonus for winning the Grand Chess Tour. Firouzja is level with Ian Nepomniachtchi, who beat Levon Aroni...
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Sinquefield Cup 7: Wesley the only winner
“This tournament is broken,” said Jan Gustafsson after all four games were drawn in Round 7 of the Sinquefield Cup. It was a day of long theoretical battles that never looked likely to burst into life, though Alireza Firouzja at lea...
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Sinquefield 6: So, Firouzja and Aronian strike
Wesley So inflicted a first defeat on Hans Niemann in Round 6 of the Sinquefield Cup to take a 1-point lead. Wesley sits out Round 7, so can be caught by Alireza Firouzja, who won a topsy-turvy clash against Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, o...
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