juniors – Helsingin Shakkiklubi – Helsingfors Schackklubb

The 2020 Chess.com Speed Chess Championship takes place 1st November to 13th December 2020. The 16 player final follows a long series of qualifying events which produced 8 qualifiers to go alongside the 8 invitees. There is a prize fund of $100,000 for this final phase Players: Hikaru Nakamura (World number 1 rated blitz player […]

Speed Chess Championship Invitational 2020 - Games and Results 26.10.2020

The Speed Chess Championship Invitational took place on Sunday 25th October to decide the final place in chess.com's Speed Chess Championship. The format for most of the event was two 5m+1spm games, four 3m+1spm games, and eight 1m+1spm games however in the final, there were three 5m+1spm games, five 3m+1spm games, and 10 1m+1spm games. […]

SPICE Cup 2020 - Games and Results 26.10.2020

The SPICE Cup took place over the board in Chesterfield, Missouri 20th-25th October 2020. Illya Nyzhnyk was in first place alone on 7.5/9 half a point clear of Benjamin Gledura. This is the third time Nyzhnyk has won this tournament and he took home $5000, Gledura won $3000.

US Chess Championship 2020 - Games and Results 23.10.2020

The US Chess Championships take place 9th to 29th October 2020. The event will see all the different sections Junior, Senior, Women's and Championship sections played one after each other online as rapid play tournaments.

Firouzja beats Duda to finish second in the 8th Altibox Norway Chess tournament - 10 16.10.2020

Alireza Firouzja beat Jan-Krzysztof Duda to finish second in the 8th Altibox Norway Chess tournament. Firouzja built up a huge advantage but then allowed 28...Na5 which was almost equal but once Duda didn't play this there were no further problems. If Firouzja had held the endgame against Carlsen yesterday he would have even won the […]