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Vignir Vatnar Stefansson wins Gáldar Open on the Canary Islands
9/10/2024 – The Ciudad de Gáldar Open took place on 2-9 September in Gáldar, a Spanish town located on the Canary Islands near Las Palmas. Top seed Vignir Vatnar Stefansson from Iceland obtained outright victory after collecting 7½ points in the 9-round Swiss open. Thomas Beerdsen from the Netherlands and José Cuenca from Spain grabbed second and third place on tiebreaks, as they were 2 out of 5..
2024.09.10 -
Carlsen obtains 23½-7½ victory, wins Speed Chess Championship
9/9/2024 – With a crushing 23½-7½ victory over Alireza Firouzja, Magnus Carlsen became the winner of the 2024 Speed Chess Championship. This is Carlsen's fourth SCC title, as only he and Hikaru Nakamura have ever won the tournament organised by chess.com. Carlsen outscored Firouzja in all 3 sections of the final match, which took place on Sunday at Espot in Paris.Only 2 players have ever won the..
2024.09.10 -
Surya Ganguly and Sam Shankland to play match with unique scoring system
9/2/2024 – Venceslav Rutar from Slovenia is organising a match between GM Sam Shankland and GM Surya Sekhar Ganguly on 2-3 September. What's so special about this event? As Venceslav says, "Draws are not the problem, the problem is how we score them!" A unique scoring system will be used in this match. The traditional system with 1 point (to the winner), ½ point (to both the players) and 0 point..
2024.09.03 -
Sinquefield Cup: So beats Nepo, Firouzja escapes against Gukesh
8/23/2024 – Wesley So joined Alireza Firouzja in the lead of the Sinquefield Cup after beating former co-leader Ian Nepomniachtchi in Thursday's fourth round. So grabbed the full point by converting a minute advantage into a win in a pure rook endgame. Meanwhile, D Gukesh played a few astonishing moves to get an advantage out of a Berlin Defence against Firouzja - the French representative, howe..
2024.08.27 -
Alina Kashlinskaya victorious in Tbilisi after scoring back-to-back wins
8/25/2024 – Alina Kashlinskaya became the outright winner at the inaugural event of the 2024/25 Women's Grand Prix after beating Mariya Muzychuk with the black pieces in Saturday's final round. Bibisara Assaubayeva, who was tied for first place going into the ninth round, drew R. Vaishali with black - thus, she finished in sole second place. Anna Muzychuk, Nana Dzagnidze and Stavroula Tsolakidou..
2024.08.27 -
Dortmund: Nico Zwirs outright winner in A-Open
8/19/2024 – Nico Zwirs beat Christopher Yoo with white to become the outright winner of the A-Open in the 51st edition of the Dortmund Chess Festival. Out of a Sicilian Defence, the Dutch GM first defended resourcefully and then showed excellent technique in a rook ending. In the match between Elisabeth Paehtz and Dinara Wagner, a sixth draw (in six games) was signed on Sunday. 2024년 8월 19일 – 니..
2024.08.22