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The Next Big Event Starts on Sunday: The FTX Road to Miami, on the Meltwater Chess Tour - Dennis Monokroussos - 2022/07/07 06:28
- (A version of this post was originally published here.) More details here. As the Meltwater tour has been around for a while now, many of you know the basic format: it’s a two-stage, 16 player, rapi...
Shankland is Mostly Right, But... - Dennis Monokroussos - 2022/07/07 06:27
- (Originally published here. Please subscribe to my Substack blog - thanks!) I’m watching Sam Shankland’s Chess24 course “Why Play 1.d4?” (in part an ad for his Chessable course giving a 1.d4 repert...
Various: Errata, Omissions, and More - Dennis Monokroussos - 2022/07/07 06:26
- (Originally published here, several days ago. Please subscribe to the Substack blog - thanks!) Since many of you are subscribers, you’ll receive my original post by email, and if I correct an erro...
Round 14 of the 2022 Candidates: Nepo Wins (Still); Ding Beats Nakamura to Take Second - Dennis Monokroussos - 2022/07/07 06:24
- (Originally published here several days ago. Please subscribe the Substack blog!) Happy 4th of July, America; our candidates both lost. What could have been… In truth, it would have been difficult f...
Round 13 of the 2022 Candidates: Nepo Clinches First; Nakamura in Solo Second - Dennis Monokroussos - 2022/07/07 06:23
- (Originally published here several days ago. If any of you haven't yet subscribed to the Substack blog, please do so!) The question for round 14 of the Candidates is this: will there be one meaningf...
Tan leads Lei half a point after 11 rounds in a two horse race for the Women's Candidates - 11 - Mark Crowther - 2024/04/18 18:54
- Tan Zhongyi took sole lead of the FIDE Women's Candidates with 7.5/11 after beating Kateryna Lagno in a Reti. Lei Tingjie managed to draw against Anna Muzychuk and is half a point behind. With thre...
Nepomniachtchi beats Vidit in a tense struggle to lead the Candidates alone again on 7/11 - 11 - Mark Crowther - 2024/04/18 16:14
- Ian Nepomniachtchi won a really fascinating struggle against Santosh Vidit in the eleventh round of the FIDE Candidates tournament in Toronto, Canada. Not only did Nepomniachtchi win, he won with t...
Lei join Tan in the lead of the Women's Candidates on 6.5/10 - 10 - Mark Crowther - 2024/04/16 17:56
- The tenth round of the FIDE Women's Candidates saw two decisive games and Lei Tingjie re-join Tan Zhongyi in the lead on 6.5 points, they're a point clear of Aleksandra Goryachkina and Kateryna Lag...
Nakamura and Caruana win to get back into contention after 10 rounds of the Candidates - 10 - Mark Crowther - 2024/04/16 17:17
- The tenth round of the FIDE Candidates tournament saw the leaders Gukesh and Ian Nepomniachtchi draw and wins for Hikaru Nakamura and Fabiano Caruana. This leaves Nepomniachtchi and Gukesh on 6, P...
Tan bounces back with a win over Vaishali to regain the Women's Candidates sole lead after 9 rounds - 9 - Mark Crowther - 2024/04/15 11:12
- Tan Zhongyi scored a quick victory against Rameshbabu Vaishali in Round 9 of the Women's Candidates tournament in Toronto and that eventually proved to be enough to lead alone on 6/9. Tan claim...
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