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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FIDE World Cup SF: Ding Liren does it again!
Top seed Ding Liren has beaten compatriot Yu Yangyi to reach the FIDE World Cup final for a second time in a row. The victory means he joins Fabiano Caruana and his final opponent Teimour Radjabov as confirmed players in the 2020...
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FIDE World Cup SF: Radjabov crushes MVL’s dream
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave has lost a second World Cup semifinal in a row after Teimour Radjabov calmly converted a huge advantage he was gifted on move 10 of their second classical game. Radjabov has reached his first Candidates Tou...
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FIDE World Cup QF: Aronian & Vitiugov crash out
Levon Aronian and Nikita Vitiugov left the 2019 FIDE World Cup in the most brutal manner possible in Wednesday’s quarterfinal tiebreaks. Levon sacrificed an exchange for a winning position against Maxime Vachier-Lagrave only to b...
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FIDE World Cup QF: Ding & Radjabov reach semis
Top seed Ding Liren is through to the FIDE World Cup semi-finals after beating Alexander Grischuk in a game that left the Russian wondering where it had all gone wrong. Ding is joined by Teimour Radjabov, who was richly rewarded ...
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FIDE World Cup QF: Who wants to win an exchange?
Ding Liren rejected an exchange sacrifice by Alexander Grischuk only to play one of his own in the most dramatic moment of Day 1 of the 2019 FIDE World Cup Quarterfinals. Computer-armed spectators screamed blunder at both players...
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FIDE World Cup R4 Tiebreaks: Xiong wins thriller
18-year-old Jeffery Xiong is two match wins away from the Candidates Tournament after winning on demand twice to edge out Jan-Krzysztof Duda in an 8-game match that featured only one draw. Also through to the quarterfinals are th...
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FIDE World Cup 4.2: So, Svidler & Nepo out
Wesley So and Peter Svidler are both out of the 2019 FIDE World Cup after failing to win on demand against Nikita Vitiugov and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave. The surprise was that 5th seed Ian Nepomniachtchi joined them after losing wha...
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FIDE World Cup 4.1: A bad day for the USA
US stars Wesley So, Jeffery Xiong and Leinier Dominguez must all win on demand on Saturday or they’re out of the 2019 FIDE World Cup after what began as a quiet day ended with four wins for White. So was positionally outplayed by...
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Magnus Carlsen tops Banter Blitz Cup billing
World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen will be the top seed for the 128-player $50,000 Banter Blitz Cup that’s set to start in a week’s time. 97 grandmasters, 59 of them rated above 2600, are among the players from 34 countries alrea...
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Khanty World Cup R3 TB: Xiong knocks out Giri
18-year-old Jeffery Xiong knocked 2nd seed Anish Giri out of the 2019 FIDE World Cup after his tiebreak strategy “to make a mess out of every game” produced a spectacular show. 3rd seed Maxime Vachier-Lagrave lost the first rapid...
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