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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Kamsky vs. Henriquez – the Rematch
5-time US Champion Gata Kamsky and 3-time Chilean Champion Cristóbal Henríquez are playing a Banter Blitz Cup rematch this Monday 17 February at 19:00 CET. The match won’t change the outcome of the official match, which was won b...
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Cairns Cup 7-8: Carissa Yip beats World Champion
16-year-old Carissa Yip took down Women’s World Champion Ju Wenjun with the black pieces as a tournament she started with a nightmare four losses in a row is ending like a dream for the US youngster. “I like being a ruiner,” said...
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Prague Masters 2-3: Vidit leads, Firouzja's 1st win
Vidit leads the 2020 Prague Masters on 2.5/3 after surviving a dicey position against David Antón in Round 2 and then smoothly outplaying Markus Ragger in Round 3. Joining Nikita Vitiugov and Jan-Krzysztof Duda half a point behin...
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The Candidates 2020 pairings are out
The 2020 Candidates Tournament to decide Magnus Carlsen’s next challenger starts in just over a month’s time and the pairings were announced today. It’ll be Radjabov-Caruana, Ding Liren-Wang Hao, Giri-Nepomniachtchi and Grischuk-A...
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Cairns Cup 6: Humpy joins Ju Wenjun in the lead
Humpy Koneru took her lifetime score against Alexandra Kosteniuk to 5:0 in decisive games after squeezing out a win from a drawish knight ending in Round 6 of the Cairns Cup. The day’s other winner was 16-year-old Carissa Yip, wh...
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Prague Masters 1: Duda, Vidit & Vitiugov lead
Alireza Firouzja arrived late for the Prague Masters and played a quiet draw against Markus Ragger in Round 1, but any fears of a cautious start soon disappeared. 2019 Masters winner Nikita Vitiugov began by beating 2019 Challeng...
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Cairns Cup 5: Bloodbath
Women’s World Champion Ju Wenjun and former World Champion Alexandra Kosteniuk lead the 2020 Cairns Cup on the rest day after defeating Kateryna Lagno and Mariya Muzychuk respectively in Round 5. Previous leader Nana Dzagnidze wa...
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The Week Ahead: 11-17 February 2020
16-year-old Alireza Firouzja replaced Wei Yi to become the surprise highlight of the 2020 Prague International Chess Festival that starts tomorrow after the Chinese star’s travel plans were hit by the coronavirus outbreak. Jan-Krzys...
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Cairns Cup 4: Ju Wenjun strikes
Women’s World Champion Ju Wenjun surived a tricky position against Valentina Gunina before going on to score her first win of the 2020 Cairns Cup. The other player to win in Round 4 was Alexandra Kosteniuk, who bounced back from her...
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Cairns Cup 3: Gunina 1 Jet Lag 2
Nana Dzagnidze took the sole lead after three rounds of the 2020 Cairns Cup as she inflicted a 3rd loss in a row on 16-year-old Carissa Yip. Harika Dronavalli joined Kateryna Lagno and Mariya Muzychuk half a point behind after a sur...
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