Maanantaiblixtit – Helsingin Shakkiklubi

The 33rd Leon Chess tournament takes place online due to the coronavirus crisis. The event starts with a three day four player rapid tournament as has been held in recent years. Alexei Shirov plays Jaime Santos Latasa in the first semi-final on Friday, Leinier Dominguez Perez plays Parham Maghsoodloo in the second on Saturday and […]

Women's Speed Chess Championship 2020 - Games and Results 09.07.2020

The FIDE Chess.com Women's Speed Chess Championship takes place 18th June to 20th July 2020. There are three phases. The now completed qualifiers led to a 4 leg Grand Prix stage and this will produce two players for the super final to decide the winner. FIDE's page on the Women's Speed Chess Championship. Valentina Gunina […]

PNWCC Masters - World Online Open 2020 - Games and Results 07.07.2020

PNWCC Masters - World Online Open took place Sat 4th Jul to Mon 6th Jul 2020. 9 round swiss 60 minutes plus 5 seconds a move hosted on Chess.com. Many strong players: Nikita Vitiugov, Liem Quang Le, Jeffery Xiong, Maxim Matlakov, Andrey Esipenko, Gabriel Sargsyan, Vladimir Fedoseev, Parham Maghsoodloo, Hrant Melkumyan, Samuel Sevian, Grigoriy Oparin, […]

Carlsen wins the Chessable Masters final after one stunning game followed by surviving to draw in the remaining three - Day 14 04.07.2020

Magnus Carlsen won the Chessable Masters by 2 sets to 0 after winning day two 2.5-1.5 but he hardly had things his own way. Carlsen won a stunning first game but the remaining games were about "survival" as he did not play well and Giri had opportunities to win all three games. "Today, so many […]

Carlsen relief as he beats Giri on Day 1 of the Chessable Masters Final - Day 13 03.07.2020

Magnus Carlsen was visibly relieved after he won the first set of the final of the Chessable Masters. Carlsen had seemed in control after a victory in game two with white and two solid draws with black. This left Anish Giri the problem of winning on demand in the fourth rapid game to take the […]