The enormously talented Norwegian hasn't been systematically trained within the structures of a major chess-playing nation such as Russia, the Ukraine or China. One year ago, World Champion Magnus Carlsen's Elo rating stood at 2834. Exactly a year and 76 classical games later, he's still ...
Bibisara Assaubayeva scored her first win of the tournament against Alexandra Kosteniuk. They had faced each other many times, but only twice in classical chess, with one victory each. Their most recent game finished in a win for Assaubayeva with Black, in the Astana leg of the WGP. Funn...
He also defeated Carlsen at the 2011 Tata Steel tournament and the 2017 London Chess Classic. Nepomniachtchi's overall score against Carlsen in classical time controls is +4 -1 =6. Results Fed Name Rtg 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 Score Magnus Carlsen 2855 ½ ½...
According to my database, this was the first classical game between them: in eight previous blitz and rapid games, Assaubayeva outscored Mammadzada by 5-3. Heavily prepared theoretically for the game, Assaubayeva went for a pawn sacrifice in the Exchange Slav, giving her strong tactical ...
According to the regulations (here in PDF; WorldChessmentionsa different time control, by the way) the time control for the classical games in the Grand Prix is 90 minutes for the first 40 moves, followed by 30 minutes for the rest of the game with an increment of 30 seconds per move ...
[Site "Moscow RUS"] [Date "2017.05.12"] [Round "1.2"] [White "Inarkiev, Ernesto"] [Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteTitle "GM"] [BlackTitle "GM"] [WhiteElo "2727"] [BlackElo "2786"] [ECO "D37"] [Opening "QGD"] [Variation "classical variation (5....
Sixteen of the strongest grandmasters in the world will be playing a knockout tournament with two classical games and a tiebreak each round. The 2019 FIDE Grand Prix standings halfway in the series. | Image: WorldChess. After Hamburg, the fourth and final Grand Prix will be held in Jerusal...