Last updated: Wednesday 6th November 2024 6:30 pm
- The Week in Chess 1565 of 4th November 2024 by Mark Crowther. 38 stories and 8439 games. Links down the right hand margin for games in PGN or Chessbase format or on the The Week in Chess Download page.
- A compilation of the games can be had for a donation of £30. There have been over 4 million games in TWIC since the first edition on 17th September 1994.
Shymkent FIDE Women's Grand Prix 2024
Shymkent FIDE Women's Grand Prix 2024 Games and Results
Mark Crowther (Mon Nov 4 21:53:00 2024)
The Shymkent FIDE Women's Grand Prix takes place Tue 29th Oct to Sat 9th Nov 2024. Players: Aleksandra Goryachkina, Bibisara Assaubayeva, Humpy Koneru, Stavroula Tsolakidou, Zhongyi T`an, Deshmukh Divya, Batkhuyag Munguntuul, Kateryna Lagno, Nurgyul Salimova and Elisabeth Paehtz. Read more ....
Shymkent FIDE Women's Grand Prix 2024 (Shymkent KAZ)
Tue 29th Oct 2024 - Sat 9th Nov 2024 -
Official Site - Results
Shymkent WGP 2024 (10 players 9 Rds SRR Indiv TC:90m:30m+30spm(1)) - Games in PGN: Games | Live
Champions Showdown Chess 9LX 2024
Champions Showdown Chess 9LX 2024 Games and Results
Mark Crowther (Wed Oct 30 23:17:00 2024)
The Champions Showdown Chess 9LX took place in Saint Louis 28th to 30th October 2024. Players: Garry Kasparov, Hikaru Nakamura, Fabiano Caruana, Leinier Dominguez Perez, Levon Aronian, Ray Robson, Samuel Sevian, Sam Shankland, Grigoriy Oparin and Wesley So. This was a rapid Fischer Random (Chess960 or 9LX as styled here) tournament and is the last event Kasparov regularly plays in. Kasparov had a decent plus score in 2021 to a terrible 0.5/9 in 2022 and the only slightly better 3/9 last year so the challenge was on for him.
Fabiano Caruana took clear first place with 7.5/9 half a point clear of Hikaru Nakamura with Wesley So in 3rd on 5.5 points. Kasparov finished on 50% with a very respectable result which could have been even better had he taken a couple of cast iron opportunities. Games are only available for download, I can't display them. Read more ....
Champions Showdown 9LX 2024 (Saint Louis USA)
Sun 27th Oct 2024 - Wed 30th Oct 2024 -
Official Site
Champ Showdown 9LX 2024 (10 players 9 Rds SRR Indiv TC:20m+5spm) - Games in PGN: Games
39th European Club Cup 2024
39th European Club Cup 2024 Games and Results
Mark Crowther (Fri Oct 25 19:20:00 2024)
The 39th European Club Cup took place 20th to 26th October 2024. Novy Bor Chess Club won the Open event a point clear of Alkaloid and TAJFUN-SK Ljubljana the women's. Read more ....
39th European Club Cup 2024 (Vrnjacka Banja SRB)
Sun 20th Oct 2024 - Sat 26th Oct 2024 -
Official Site - Results
39th ECC Open 2024 (7 Rds EurC Club TC:90m:30m+30spm(1)) - Games in PGN: Games Open
28th ECC Women 2024 (7 Rds League Club TC:90m:30m+30spm(1)) - Games in PGN: Games Women
US Chess Championships 2024
US Chess Championships 2024
Mark Crowther (Fri Oct 25 11:14:00 2024)
The US Chess Championships took place in Saint Louis Fri 11th Oct to Thu 24th Oct 2024.
Four player could win the event going into the final round but when Fabiano Caruana beat Sam Shankland he ended up 1.5 points clear of half the field tied on 5.5/10. Wesley So drew all 10 of his games. In the women's section Carissa Yip won her first 8 games and got a winning position against Megan Lee too, but when that turned around she had a wobble and lost in Round 10 too (to Anna Zatonskih), fortunately for her Alice Lee beat eventual second place finisher Gulrukhbegim Tokhirjonova, which meant Yip won the title anyway.
Sadly the event is likely to be remembered just as well for a very unsavory incident. 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. He had a complete meltdown after the game tearing up his scoresheet and assaulted a woman on the way out of the building.
Read more .... ch-USA 2024 (Saint Louis USA)
Fri 11th Oct 2024 - Thu 24th Oct 2024 -
Official Site
ch-USA 2024 (12 players 11 Rds SRR Indiv TC:90m:30m+30spm(1)) - Games in PGN: Games
ch-USA w 2024 (12 players 11 Rds SRR Indiv TC:90m:30m+30spm(1)) - Games in PGN: Games Women
ch-USA Cancelled Games (6 players 5 Rds Indiv TC:90m:30m+30spm(1)) - Games in PGN: Cancelled Games
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 took 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.
Arjun Erigaisi beat MVL in a final Armageddon game to take the title.
Read more .... WR Chess Masters 2024 (London ENG)
Mon 14th Oct 2024 - Fri 18th Oct 2024 -
Official Site - Results
WR Chess Masters 2024 (16 players 4 Rds KO Indiv ) - Games in PGN: Games
TechM Global Chess League 2024
TechM Global Chess League 2024 Games and Results
Mark Crowther (Sat Oct 12 11:41:00 2024)
Global Chess League 2024 | https://globalchessleague.com
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.
Read more .... TechM Global Chess League 2024 (London ENG)
Thu 3rd Oct 2024 - Sat 12th Oct 2024 -
Official Site - Results
TechM GCL 2024 (6 players 10 Rds DRR Club TC:20m) - Games in PGN: Games League Stage
TechM GCL Final 2024 (2 players 2 Rds Match Club TC:20m) - Games in PGN: Games Final
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 ....
14th XTX Markets London Chess Classic 2024 (London ENG)
Fri 29th Nov 2024 - Sat 7th Dec 2024 -
Official Site
14th London Classic 2024 (10 players 9 Rds SRR Indiv TC:120m(40)+60m+30spm)
London Classic Open 2024 (9 Rds Swiss Indiv TC:90m:30m+30spm(1))
Watch live games
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Shymkent WGP 2024 | Shymkent | KAZ | 10:00 | 7 | |||
Chennai GM 2024 | Chennai | IND | 10:30 | 2 | |||
Chennai Challengers 2024 | Chennai | IND | 10:30 | 2 | |||
Other events today | |||||||
Haag Ervin Mem IM 2024 | Budapest | HUN | 09:00 | 3 | |||
Vezerkepzo IMA Nov 2024 | Budapest | HUN | 09:00 | 3 | |||
Vezerkepzo GM Nov 2024 | Budapest | HUN | 09:00 | 3 | |||
Vezerkepzo IMA Nov 2024 | Budapest | HUN | 15:00 | 4 | |||
Vezerkepzo GM Nov 2024 | Budapest | HUN | 15:00 | 4 | |||
Haag Ervin Mem IM 2024 | Budapest | HUN | 15:00 | 4 | |||
14th Hradec Kralove Open | Hradec Kralove | CZE | 15:00 | 6 | |||
RADNICKICHESS IM Oct 2024 | Belgrade | SRB | 15:00 | 9 | |||
Kiryat Ono Autumn A 2024 | Kiryat Ono | ISR | 16:30 | 5 | |||
World Youth Girls U16 | Florianopolis | BRA | 18:00 | 8 | |||
World Youth Girls U18 | Florianopolis | BRA | 18:00 | 8 | |||
World Youth Open U14 2024 | Florianopolis | BRA | 18:00 | 8 | |||
World Youth Open U18 2024 | Florianopolis | BRA | 18:00 | 8 | |||
World Youth Open U16 2024 | Florianopolis | BRA | 18:00 | 8 | |||
World Youth Girls U14 | Florianopolis | BRA | 18:00 | 8 |
Tournament Dossiers
Games, results and stories gathered together on one page
Shymkent FIDE Women's Grand Prix 2024
Champions Showdown Chess 9LX 2024
TechM Global Chess League 2024
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Julius Baer Generation Cup 2024
Julius Baer Generation Cup 2024 Games and Results
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10th Vugar Gashimov Memorial 2024
10th Vugar Gashimov Memorial 2024 Games and Results
Mark Crowther (Sat Sep 28 21:35:00 2024)
Jerusalem Masters and Open 2024
Jerusalem Masters and Open 2024 Games and Results
Mark Crowther (Thu Sep 26 12:10:00 2024)
45th World Chess Olympiad 2024
45th World Chess Olympiad 2024 Games and Results
Mark Crowther (Mon Sep 23 18:03:00 2024)
chess.com Speed Chess Final 2024
chess.com Speed Chess Final 2024 Games and Results
Mark Crowther (Sun Sep 8 21:52:00 2024)
11th Sinquefield Cup 2024
11th Sinquefield Cup 2024 Games and Results
Mark Crowther (Fri Aug 30 14:56:00 2024)
Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz 2024
Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz 2024 Games and Results
Mark Crowther (Fri Aug 16 09:33:00 2024)
Tbilisi FIDE Women's Grand Prix 2024
Tbilisi FIDE Women's Grand Prix 2024 Games and Results
Mark Crowther (Thu Aug 15 10:48:00 2024)
110th British Chess Championships 2024
110th British Chess Championships 2024 Games and Results
Mark Crowther (Sun Aug 4 19:38:00 2024)
FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Team Championships 2024
FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Team Championships 2024 Games and Results
Mark Crowther (Fri Aug 2 14:48:00 2024)
57th Biel Chess Festival 2024
57th Biel Chess Festival 2024 Games and Results
Mark Crowther (Thu Jul 25 18:54:00 2024)
US Junior, Girls and Seniors 2024
US Junior, Girls and Seniors 2024 Games and Results
Mark Crowther (Thu Jul 25 12:24:00 2024)
CrunchLabs Masters 2024
CrunchLabs Masters 2024 Games and Results
Mark Crowther (Fri Jul 19 21:44:00 2024)
GCT SuperUnited Rapid and Blitz Croatia 2024
SuperUnited Rapid and Blitz Croatia 2024 Games and Results
Mark Crowther (Mon Jul 15 17:57:00 2024)
Superbet Romania Chess Classic 2024
Superbet Romania Chess Classic 2024 Games and Results
Mark Crowther (Fri Jul 5 22:43:00 2024)
61st World Juniors 2024
61st World Juniors 2024 Games and Results
Mark Crowther (Thu Jun 6 22:29:00 2024)
12th Norway Chess 2024
12th Norway Chess 2024 Games and Results
Mark Crowther (Sun May 26 22:48:00 2024)
7th Sharjah Masters 2024
7th Sharjah Masters 2024 Games and Results
Mark Crowther (Wed May 22 09:36:00 2024)
TWIC is 30. First issue 17th September 1994.