Tata Steel 2019, 5: Magnus breaks the streak
Magnus Carlsen beat Jorden van Foreest with the black pieces in Round 5 of the 2019 Tata Steel Masters to finally end a sequence of 21 draws in a row. That puts him half a point behind leaders Ian Nepomniachtchi and now Ding Liren, who punished the slightest of mistakes by Sam Shankland to overtake Shakhriyar Mamedyarov as the world no. 3. Peter Svidler and Jan Gustafsson provide expert analysis of those encounters. The other games were drawn, though Teimour Radjabov and Vidit came close to extracting blood from Jan-Krzysztof Duda and Vladimir Fedoseev.
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The Banterthon is back!
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Euro Clubs 5: Carlsen and Ding on collision course
Magnus Carlsen is set to have the white pieces against Ding Liren in Round 6 of the European Club Cup, with a decisive result ending either the World Champion’s 7-year run as world no. 1 or Ding’s 14-month unbeaten streak. Their ...
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Euro Clubs 4: Ding Liren closes on Tal
Ding Liren handed a 3rd successive loss to Peter Svidler as top seeds Alkaloid beat 4th seeds Mednyi Vsadnik in Round 4 of the 2018 European Club Cup. That takes the Chinese no. 1 to 91 classical games and over 430 days unbeaten ...
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Euro Clubs 2-3: Team Magnus impress
Six teams still have a perfect score after three rounds of the European Club Cup, but it’s 9th placed Valerenga Sjakklubb who have been the team to watch so far. In Round 2 Magnus Carlsen worked his magic in a dry position to bea...
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Carlsen in action at the European Club Cup
2800-players Magnus Carlsen, Ding Liren and Shakhriyar Mamedyarov all play in the 34th European Club Cup, which began in the Porto Carras Grand Resort in Chalkidi, Greece on Friday. The favourites navigated the first round withou...
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Norway Chess 2019 tries radical new format
Each encounter in Altibox Norway Chess next year will produce a winner, as one of the world’s top supertournaments has decided to trial an idea long championed by the likes of Rustam Kasimdzhanov and Sergey Shipov. In each match-...
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Carlsen beats Trent Alexander-Arnold & co. 13:0
World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen had a long day on Monday. First he was in Manchester, England, where Kaspersky Lab sponsored an exhibition game against Liverpool footballer Trent Alexander-Arnold. A somewhat gruesome encounte...
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Quadruple Olympiad gold for China: 17 conclusions
Ding Liren and Ju Wenjun took gold on top board as the Chinese teams won both the open and women’s sections of the 2018 Chess Olympiad in Batumi. Both races came down to tiebreaks, with China tying with the USA (silver) and Russi...
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Batumi 2018, 10: China-USA showdown
China and the USA meet in the last round in Batumi knowing that whoever wins will be the 2018 Olympiad Champions. China ended Poland’s brilliant run with a 3:1 victory that featured a stunning win for Ding Liren over Jan-Krzyszto...
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Batumi 2018, 9: Nakamura loses as Poland beat USA
Kacper Piorun was the hero as he beat Hikaru Nakamura while his Polish teammates hung on to hand the USA their first defeat at an Olympiad in four years. That result blows the race for gold medals wide open, with China (who beat ...
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