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- The Week in Chess 1536 of 15th April 2024 by Mark Crowther. 25 stories and 6345 games. Links down the right hand margin for games in PGN or Chessbase format or on the The Week in Chess Download page.
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Tan leads Lei half a point after 11 rounds in a two horse race for the Women's Candidates
FIDE Women's Candidates 2024 11
Mark Crowther (Thu Apr 18 18:54:00 2024)
Lei Tingjie and Anna Muzychuk drew after both had winning positions at different times in the game. Photo © | https://candidates.fide.com
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 three rounds to go Kateryna Lagno, Humpy Koneru and Aleksandra Goryachkina are all on 5.5 points, realistically it's between Tan and Lei for the title.
Tan played a Reti System, 13...e5 from Lagno could have been met by 14.Nxe5 with advantage but instead a roughly balance position was arrived at. 27.Rc5? could have been refuted by 27...f4 when overloaded pieces combined with a kingside attack win for black. Lagno played the losing 28...Bxb3 (28...f4 is the way to hold the balance now) and Tan made no mistake in converting.
There were similar goings on in the game Lei Tingjie against Anna Muzychuk. After a Giuoco Piano opening Muzychuk was at least equal until she failed to find the correct defence to 19.Bxh6 gxh6? (19...Nh7!) but then Lei played 22.Nxe5? (22.Kh2!) and black was better and then 30.c4? winning. After 34.Nf5 it came down to whether black could avoid perpetual check, it was possible but the way to do it wasn't 42....Bf7? but 42...Ke8 instead. So a draw in the end. Humpy Koneru built up a winning position after 30 moves against Nurgyul Salimova as white in a Slav Defence, she made rather heavy weather of conversion but got there in the end. Rameshbabu Vaishali won again and Aleksandra Goryachkina lost again. It ended up in a equal but tricky Queen and Pawn endgame but 64....d4? lost and Vaishali made no mistake.
Round 11 Standings: 1st Tan 7.5 2nd Lei 7 3rd= Lagno, Koneru, Goryachkina 5.5pts, 6th= Muzychuk, Vaishali 4.5pts 8th Salimova 4pts
Round 12 18th April at 19:30BST: Lagno-Lei, Muzychuk-Vaishali, Goryachkina-Koneru, Salimova-Tan.
Read more .... FIDE Women's Candidates Tournament 2024 (Toronto CAN)
Wed 3rd Apr 2024 - Fri 26th Apr 2024 -
Official Site
FIDE Women's Candidates (8 players 14 Rds DRR Indiv TC:90m:30m+30spm(1)) - Games in PGN: Games | Live
Nepomniachtchi beats Vidit in a tense struggle to lead the Candidates alone again on 7/11
FIDE Candidates 2024 11
Mark Crowther (Thu Apr 18 16:14:00 2024)
Santosh Vidit lost to Ian Nepomniachtchi in Round 11 in a vital result for both of them. Photo © | https://candidates.fide.com
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 the black pieces, but it was Vidit who first had winning chances. Vidit chose a side-line in a fairly topical Petroff line, even with Queen's off the play remained complicated and 33...Rb3? (33...Kg7!) was losing according to engines after 34.h5! Then 35...a5? 36.Bxa3 d5 was also deemed losing for black but only after giving up a piece. The position was back level and 58.Bb3?! and 60.Nb2+? suddenly Nepomniachtchi was winning and his conversion was a lot easier. Earlier Hikaru Nakamura was extremely impressive in beating Praggnanandhaa with black in a game starting 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c5! Gukesh was the one slightly pushing in his draw against Fabiano Caruana. All this leaves Nepomniachtchi leading on 7/11, Gukesh and Nakamura on 6.5/11 and Caruana in an almost must win situation on 6/11 with three rounds to go.
Round 11 Standings: 1st Nepomniachtchi 7pts, 2nd= Gukesh, Nakamura 6.5pts, 4th Caruana 6pts, 5th Praggnanandhaa 5.5pts, 6th Vidit 5pts, 7th Firouzja 4.5pts, 8th Abasov 3pts,
Round 12 18th April at 19:30BST: Nakamura-Firouzja, Abasov-Gukesh, Caruana-Vidit, Nepomniachtchi-Praggnanandhaa.
Read more .... FIDE Candidates Tournament 2024 (Toronto CAN)
Wed 3rd Apr 2024 - Fri 26th Apr 2024 -
Official Site
FIDE Candidates 2024 (8 players 14 Rds DRR Indiv TC:120m:30m+30spm(41)) - Games in PGN: Games | Live
GRENKE Chess Classic 2024
GRENKE Chess Classic 2024 Games and Results
Mark Crowther (Tue Mar 26 16:23:00 2024)
The GRENKE Chess Classic is a double round robin tournament played at an accelerated 45 minutes plus 10 seconds a move time control. Magnus Carlsen, Ding Liren, MVL, Richard Rapport, Vincent Keymer and Daniel Fridman play two rounds a day 26th to 31st March 2024. Then on April 1st there is a final set of tie-break matches 1st vs 2nd, 3rd vs 4th and 5th vs 6th to decide the exact final placings. Read more ....
GRENKE Chess Classic 2024 (Karlsruhe GER)
Tue 26th Mar 2024 - Sun 31st Mar 2024 -
Official Site - Results - Live
GRENKE Chess Classic 2024 (6 players 10 Rds DRR Indiv TC:45m+10spm) - Games in PGN: Games
GRENKE Chess Classic 4-6 (3 players 6 Rds DRR Indiv TC:10m+2spm) - Games in PGN: Games TB
GRENKE Classic Playoffs (6 players 2 Rds Match Indiv TC:45m+10spm) - Games in PGN: Games Playoff
American Cup 2024
American Cup 2024 Games and Results
Mark Crowther (Fri Mar 22 21:12:00 2024)
The American Cup took place Tue 12th to Thu 21st Mar in Saint Louis. The format was a knock-out tournament with double elimination. A mixture of Classical first and then rapid games are played followed by tie-breaks if required. Open event: Caruana, So, Dominguez, Aronian, Shankland, Robson, Sevian and Oparin. Women's: Krush, Lee, Tokhirjonova, Zatonskih, Paikidze, Abrahamyan, Jennifer Yu, Zoey Tang. Levon Aronian was unbeaten throughout and defeated Wesley So 2.5-1.5 in the Grand Final. Alice Lee won the women's event, she lost to Irina Krush in the original final, beat her in the Grand Final and then won the final two blitz games in the Grand Final reset. Read more ....
American Cup 2024 (Saint Louis USA)
Tue 12th Mar 2024 - Thu 21st Mar 2024 -
Official Site
American Cup Champ (8 players 4 Rds DEKO Indiv TC:90m+30spm(1)) - Games in PGN: Games Champ
American Cup Elim (7 players 4 Rds DEKO Indiv TC:15m+10spm) - Games in PGN: Games Elim
American Cup Blitz 2024 (7 Rds Swiss Indiv TC:3m+2spm)
American Cup Elim w (7 players 4 Rds DEKO Indiv TC:15m+10spm) - Games in PGN: Games Champ Elim w
American Cup Champ w (8 players 5 Rds DEKO Indiv TC:90m+30spm(1)) - Games in PGN: Games Champ w
Reykjavik Open 2024
Reykjavik Open 2024 Games and Results
Mark Crowther (Fri Mar 22 18:56:00 2024)
The Reykjavik Open took place 15th to 21st March 2024. Leading players: Bogdan-Daniel Deac, Vasyl Ivanchuk, Xiangyu Xu, Jules Moussard, Matthieu Cornette, Paulius Pultinevicius etc. Top seed Bogdan-Daniel Deac won with 7.5/9 half a point clear of the field. Read more ....
Reykjavik Open 2024 (Reykjavik ISL)
Fri 15th Mar 2024 - Thu 21st Mar 2024 -
Official Site - Results
Reykjavik Open 2024 (9 Rds Swiss Indiv TC:90m:30m+30spm(1)) - Games in PGN: Games
5th Shenzhen Longgang Chess Masters 2024
5th Shenzhen Longgang Chess Masters 2024 Games and Results
Mark Crowther (Thu Feb 29 11:53:00 2024)
The 5th Shenzhen Longgang Chess Masters takes place 29th February to 7th March 2024. Players: Anish Giri, Arjun Erigaisi, Yu Yangyi, Vladislav Artemiev, Daniil Dubov, Bu Xiangzhi, Ma Qun and Xu Xiangyu. Read more ....
5th Shenzhen Longgang Chess Masters 2024 (Shenzhen CHN)
Thu 29th Feb 2024 - Thu 7th Mar 2024 -
Official Site - Results
5th Shenzhen Longgang (8 players 7 Rds SRR Indiv TC:90m:30m+30spm(1)) - Games in PGN: Games
6th Prague International Chess Festival 2024
6th Prague International Chess Festival 2024 Games and Results
Mark Crowther (Mon Feb 26 18:32:00 2024)
The 6th Prague International Chess Festival takes place Mon 26th Feb (opening ceremony) to Thu 7th Mar 2024. There are two strong Round Robin tournaments. The Masters with Abdusattorov, Praggnanandhaa, Vidit, Gukesh, Keymer, Rapport, Maghsoodloo, Navara, Bartel and Thai Dai Van Nguyen. The Challengers isn't too shabby either with Korobov, L'Ami, Santos Latasa, Rodshtein etc. There are other events such as the Futures, Open, Rapids, Chess960 and many amateur groups too. Read more ....
6th Prague International Chess Festival 2024 (Prague CZE)
Mon 26th Feb 2024 - Thu 7th Mar 2024 -
Official Site - Live
6th Prague Masters 2024 (10 players 9 Rds SRR Indiv TC:90m:30m+30spm(1)) - Games in PGN: Games Masters
6th Prague Challengers (10 players 9 Rds SRR Indiv TC:90m:30m+30spm(1)) - Games in PGN: Games Challengers
6th Prague Futures (10 players 9 Rds SRR Indiv TC:90m:30m+30spm(1)) - Games in PGN: Games Futures
Prague Int Open 2024 (9 Rds Swiss Indiv TC:90m:30m+30spm(1)) - Games in PGN: Games Open
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21st BCC Open 2024 | Hua Hin | THA | 08:30 | 6 | |||
78th ch-AZE Prelim 2024 | Baku | AZE | 12:00 | 8 | |||
3rd Sunway Formentera Op | Sant Ferran de ses Roques | ESP | 14:00 | 9 | |||
St Louis Spring B | Saint Louis | USA | 19:00 | 8 | |||
St Louis Spring A | Saint Louis | USA | 19:00 | 8 |
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TWIC is 29. First issue 17th September 1994.