US Chess Championships 2024

US Chess Championships 2024

Mark Crowther (Thu Oct 17 13:54:00 2024)

The US Chess Championships take place in Saint Louis Fri 11th Oct to Thu 24th Oct 2024. Players: Fabiano Caruana, Wesley So, Leinier Dominguez Perez, Levon Aronian, Hans Moke Niemann, Ray Robson, Samuel Sevian, Sam Shankland, Awonder Liang, Grigoriy Oparin, Abhimanyu Mishra and Christopher Woojin Yoo, Women's: Carissa Yip, Irina Krush, Gulrukhbegim Tokhirjonova, Tatev Abrahamyan, Nazi Paikidze, Anna Zatonskih, Thalia Cervantes Landeiro, Atousa Pourkashiyan, Jennifer Yu, Megan Lee, Rose Atwell and Alice Lee.

After his loss to Fabiano Caruana in Round 5 Christopher Yoo was involved in an incident which led to him being expelled from the tournament. More details are likely to emerge so I can't really sensibly comment.

WR Chess Masters Cup 2024

WR Chess Masters Cup 2024 Games and Results

Mark Crowther (Mon Oct 14 13:35:00 2024)

The WR Chess Masters Cup takes place in the Langham Hotel in Portland Place, London. 16 players play in this knockout. A fast classical time control 60 min for the first 30 moves, 30 min for the next 20 moves and 30 min for the rest of the game is used with a 10 minute Armageddon game to decide tied matches (a bidding system means black will have less time but draw odds).

Players: Arjun Erigaisi, Santosh Gujrathi Vidit, Nodirbek Abdusattorov, Javokhir Sindarov, Alireza Firouzja, Raunak Sadhwani, Viswanthan Anand, Victor Bologan, Praggnanandhaa R 13 Shreyas Royal Parham Maghsoodloo 14 Vaishali R, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Alexandra Kosteniuk, Veselin Topalov and Bodhana Sivanandan. Read more ....

TechM Global Chess League 2024

TechM Global Chess League 2024 Games and Results

Mark Crowther (Sat Oct 12 11:41:00 2024)

The Tech Mahindra Global Chess League took place in Friends House, London, which is across the road from Euston Station, 3rd to 12th October 2024 starting at 1pm each day.

The league which had its inaugral event in Dubai was a rapid team event with just 20 minutes per player with no increment. Inspired by Indian cricket's IPL there were 6 teams with a mix of one legend, two superstar men, two superstar women and a prodigy.

The teams could not honestly be much stronger with the legends Magnus Carlsen (Alpine SG Pipers), Vishy Anand (Ganges Grandmasters), Hikaru Nakamura (American Gambits), Alireza Firouzja (Triveni Continental Kings), Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (Mumba Masters) and Anish Giri (PBG Alaskan Knights) being backed up by players such as Praggnanandhaa, Arjun Erigaisi, Richard Rapport, Jan-Krzysztof Duda, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Teimour Radjabov, Alexander Grischuk, Hou Yifan, Tan Zhongyi and Wei Yi.

Triveni Continental Kings, triumphed over the PBG Alaskan Knights beating them in both matches of the final to retain their title.

14th XTX Markets London Chess Classic 2024

14th XTX Markets London Chess Classic 2024 Games and Results

Mark Crowther (Fri Oct 11 14:36:00 2024)

The 14th London Chess Classic sponsored by XTX Markets takes place in the Emirates Stadium Fri 29th Nov to Sat 7th Dec 2024. The event has struggled to find a spectator friendly venue since the closure and demolition of much of Olympia in preparation for an as yet unfinished revamp. Spectators are welcome again this year and this was a huge part of the original concept of the event. The field for the closed round robin has yet to be announced and there is an open and many other side events including simultaneous exhibitions. Read more ....

Julius Baer Generation Cup 2024

Julius Baer Generation Cup 2024 Games and Results

Mark Crowther (Tue Oct 1 18:56:00 2024)

The Julius Baer Generation Cup took place Fri 27th Sep to Tue 1st Oct 2024. The event is the last qualifiying event in the online Champions Chess Tour before the finals in December. The format is the Double Elimination KO format where you have to lose two matches to be knocked out. Magnus Carlsen had to qualify but still reached the Grand Final after winning the winners final. Carlsen beat Alireza Firouzja 2.5-1.5 in the final of Division 1, Wesley So beat Denis Lazavik 3-2 in Division 2 and Fabiano Caruana beat Vincent Keymer 2.5-0.5 to win Division 3. There were no Grand Final Resets required in any of the divisions. Read more ....

10th Vugar Gashimov Memorial 2024

10th Vugar Gashimov Memorial 2024 Games and Results

Mark Crowther (Sat Sep 28 21:35:00 2024)

The 10th Vugar Gashimov Memorial took place Thu 26th to Sat 28th Sep 2024. This was a two day rapid and one day blitz tournament in Shusha, Azerbaijan in memory of Vugar Gashimov who died at the all too early age of 27. Players: Ian Nepomniachtchi, Vladislav Artemiev, Nodirbek Abdusattorov, Richard Rapport, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Rauf Mamedov, Aydin Suleymanli and Chithambaram Vr. Aravindh. Ian Nepomniachtchi took clear first in the combined standings with 19 points (rapid games counted double) ahead of Nodirbek Abdusattorov on 18 points and Shakhriyar Mamedyarov on 16 points. Read more ....

Jerusalem Masters and Open 2024

Jerusalem Masters and Open 2024 Games and Results

Mark Crowther (Thu Sep 26 12:10:00 2024)

The Jerusalem Masters and Open are rapid events took place Tue 24th to Wed 25th Sep 2024. Players in the Masters: Svidler, Dubov, Ivanchuk, Jorden Van Foreest, Eljanov, Rodshtein, Smirin, Postny, Boruchovsky and Gorshtein. Time control 15 minutes plus 5 seconds a move. Alongside was an open with exactly the same time control and round times. Peter Svidler sealed first place with a round to spare in the Masters, Daniil Dubov beat Svidler in the final round to take second place. Read more ....