Marno 
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Ian Nepomniachtchi has won the Candidates and the right to challenge Magnus Carlsen in the World #Chess Championship match later this year. He had won the tournament with a round to spare as Giri lost to Grischuk. Here's the final graph of how the scores developed.
An insane round on Saturday lead to all 4 games being decisive in the Candidates tournament. Nepo is the likely challenger to Carlsen in the World #Chess Championship later this year. Giri and Vachier-Lagrave still having an outside chance to fight back in the last two rounds.
https://www.chess.com/events/2021-candidates-chess-tournament
What a first round in the Candidates tournament to decide who challenges Magnus Carlsen in the World #Chess Championship. Caruana beat MVL to be tied for second with 6 rounds to go. See the graph for updated scores!
The World #Chess Candidates tournament is resuming after it got interrupted by #COVID19 more than a year ago. Here is my representation of the fist half of the tournament. The next round will start on 19 April 13:00 CEST: https://en.candidates-2020.com/about
Interesting discussion about commercializing #opensource software in the context of #chess engines. With ChessBase's Fat Fritz 2 using Stockfish's code.
https://lichess.org/blog/YCvy7xMAACIA8007/fat-fritz-2-is-a-rip-off
https://www.chess.com/news/view/chessbase-fat-fritz-2-stockfish-leela-chess-zero
https://stockfishchess.org/blog/2021/statement-on-fat-fritz-2/
Amazing to see Dutch Grandmaster, Anish Giri, lead the long-standing Dutch #Chess tournament in Wijk aan Zee. There are three players right on his heels. With just 3 rounds remaining, can he keep the lead?
Follow it #live at 14:00 CET this Friday: https://tatasteelchess.com/live-stream/
All draws today so nothing changes in the standings at the Wijk aan Zee #chess tournament. Tomorrow’s a rest day so the next round is at 14:00 CET on 21 January.
Current standings after round 3 in the prestigious Wijk aan Zee #Chess tournament.
Round 4 will start at 14:00 CET today (19 January). Watch it live:
https://tatasteelchess.com/live-stream/
Round 6 of the World #Chess Candidates tournament had a crazy ending where Giri won a time scramble. Nepomniachtchi is in the sole lead after another win.
Round 4 of the World #Chess Candidates tournament was the first round that ended in all draws. This graph shows the current standings. It's still a tight race as three players are tied for first: Wang Hao, Ian Nepomniachtchi and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave.
Results of the World #Chess Candidates tournament after round 2. Follow round 3 live tomorrow at 11am GMT.
Wesley So just became the first ever World Fischer Random #Chess Champion!
Find out how Fischer Random Chess is different from classical chess at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fischer_Random_Chess
Follow the rest of the third place playoff #live at: https://www.frchess.com/
Caruana and Wang had the most number of points at the end of the FIDE Grand Swiss #chess tournament. Wang won on tie-breaks and has earned a place in the candidates tournament which will produce the challenger for the 2020 World Chess Championship.
You can find a full report here: https://www.chess.com/news/view/wang-hao-wins-fide-chess-com-grand-swiss-qualifies-for-candidates
The FIDE Grand Swiss tournament is starting in the Isle of Man today. The winner automatically qualifies for the candidates tournament in the 2020 World #Chess Championship cycle.
Follow the #live #chess: https://www.twitch.tv/chess
The FIDE #Chess World Cup has just been won by Teimour Radjabov in the blitz portion of the tiebreak after the rapid portion was tied. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave took third place.
Both Radjabov and Ding have earned a spot in the candidates tournament which will produce the challenger for Magnus Carlsen in the World Chess Championship 2020.
Congratulations to Radjabov for this great result!
The FIDE #Chess World Cup has produced two qualifiers for the 2020 World Chess Championship Candidates tournament: Ding Liren and Teimour Radjabov.
Yesterday Ding took the lead in the final by running his h-pawn down the board. Let’s see if he can hold onto his lead in the last two games.
Follow the third game #live: https://khantymansiysk2019.fide.com/en/live/
Radjabov has knocked out Vachier-Lagrave in the FIDE #chess World Cup semi-final. The two Chinese players have drawn their match and will go to tie breaks tomorrow!
Find out more here: https://khantymansiysk2019.fide.com/en/
The FIDE #chess World Cup is at the quarter finals stage with Ding, Radjabov, and Vachier-Lagrave qualifying for the semifinals. One tie break is still under way as two more blitz games are being held by Yu against Vitiugov.
Official site: https://khantymansiysk2019.fide.com/en/
Watch #live commentary by World Champion Carlsen: twitch.tv/chess24
Ding Liren has won the Sinquefield cup by beating world #chess champion Magnus Carlsen in a playoff. Congratulations Ding Liren!
Attached are the up to date grand chess tour standings.
