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 ....

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 ....

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 ....

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.

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.

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 ....