Pepe Cuenca sets up Magnus Carlsen showdown
Pepe Cuenca will play Magnus Carlsen in Round 2 of the $50,000 Banter Blitz Cup after the Spanish Grandmaster scored an incredible 9:0 victory over higher-rated Levan Pantsulaia. We’re now 48 matches down, 16 to go in Round 1, with some of the highlights including powerful displays by prodigies Alireza Firouzja and Praggnanandhaa. It’s not just about the chess. For instance, David Navara not only won his match but sang a chess-themed version of Yesterday by the Beatles!
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Euro Teams 3: Armenia, Ukraine, Netherlands lead
Anish Giri once again won an amazing game, defeating Spain’s David Antón in 28 moves, to help the Netherlands become one of only three teams with a perfect score after three rounds of the 2019 European Team Chess Championship in B...
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Euro Teams 2: Giri wins stunner
Anish Giri played the game of Round 2 of the European Team Championship in Batumi, scoring a stunning win with the black pieces over Greece’s Ioannis Papaioannou. There was an upset victory for the Czech Republic over 3rd seeds P...
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Euro Teams 1: The Isle of Man hangover
Daniil Dubov may just have refuted the Anti-Marshall, but it wasn’t enough to stop European Team Chess Championship top seeds Russia being held to a shock draw by Denmark after losses for Maxim Matlakov and the high-flying Kirill ...
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World Junior Championship enters finishing straight
This year’s World Junior Championship is taking place in New Delhi, India, and although it’s been overshadowed by events on the Isle of Man it’s still a prestigious tournament. 14-year-old Praggnanandhaa was battling to follow up...
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Grand Swiss 10: Caruana and Wang Hao lead
Fabiano Caruana beat David Antón to take the sole lead with one round of the FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss to go, but it’s Wang Hao who heads the Candidates race after beating Vishy Anand. Magnus Carlsen is also in the 7-man group h...
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Grand Swiss 9: Nakamura joins Candidates battle
Hikaru Nakamura caught Fabiano Caruana, Levon Aronian and David Antón in the FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss lead with just two rounds to go after overpowering Vladislav Kovalev with the black pieces. The big clash of the day, Carlsen...
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Grand Swiss 8: David Antón joins the leaders
24-year-old Spanish Grandmaster David Antón joined Fabiano Caruana and Levon Aronian in the FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss lead after crushing Alexander Grischuk in 24 moves. Magnus Carlsen trails by half a point but has the white pi...
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Grand Swiss 7: Aronian hits the front
Levon Aronian has taken the lead in the race to qualify for the 2020 Candidates Tournament after beating Wang Hao in Round 7 of the FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss on the Isle of Man. That was the only win on the top 12 boards, with L...
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Grand Swiss 6: Stars flex their muscles
Magnus Carlsen, Fabiano Caruana, Levon Aronian, Vishy Anand and Hikaru Nakamura all picked up wins as the rating favourites were in good form before the rest day of the FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss on the Isle of Man. The co-leader...
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Grand Swiss 5: Anything Magnus can do…
Fabiano Caruana matched Magnus Carlsen’s great escape by surviving a dead lost position, against Luke McShane in Round 5 of the FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss. Co-leaders Wang Hao and Parham Maghsoodloo also drew a topsy-turvy game t...
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