"I think in general my play was pretty good today!"
Magnus Carlsen scores a crushing 9:1 win and is the first player through to the #BanterBlitzCup semifinals:
Magnus Carlsen scores a crushing 9:1 win and is the first player through to the #BanterBlitzCup semifinals:
Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup started on 25th September 2019 and will be completed most likely in April 2020. 128 players started the knockout event which has reached the quarter final stages. Quarter Final Pairings: Carlsen-Grandelius (2nd April) Robson-Sjugirov, Iturrizaga vs Narayanan and Meier-Firouzja. Time control 3 minutes a game.
https://challonge.com/chess24BanterBlitzCup2019
April 4 | 19:00 CEST | GM Ray Robson (ENG) vs. GM Sanan Sjugirov (RUS) (QF)
April 5 | 20:00 CEST | GM Alireza Firouzja (ENG) vs. Georg Meier (ENG) (QF)
April 6 | 17:30 CEST | GM Eduardo Iturrizaga (ESP) vs. SL Narayanan (ENG) (QF)
https://challonge.com/chess24BanterBlitzCup2019
April 4 | 19:00 CEST | GM Ray Robson (ENG) vs. GM Sanan Sjugirov (RUS) (QF)
April 5 | 20:00 CEST | GM Alireza Firouzja (ENG) vs. Georg Meier (ENG) (QF)
April 6 | 17:30 CEST | GM Eduardo Iturrizaga (ESP) vs. SL Narayanan (ENG) (QF)
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World Champion Magnus Carlsen vs. GM Nils Grandelius | Banter Blitz Cup
"The 8-player online event [on http://chess24.com] starting April 18th will fill the current void in top-level chess, and indeed sport in general, allowing chess fans to get back to watching the best players each day." https://bit.ly/3aAkzMI
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Arnold Schwarzenegger says: "Stay at home and play chess!"
https://en.chessbase.com/post/arnold-schwarzenegger-recommends-stay-at-home-and-play-chess
https://en.chessbase.com/post/arnold-schwarzenegger-recommends-stay-at-home-and-play-chess
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Arnold Schwarzenegger says: "Stay at home and play chess!"
Arnold Schwarzenegger, bodybuilder, businessman, "Terminator", and former Governor of California, has made a couple of videos to encourage people to "Stay at Home". But what to do at home? Schwarzenegger has a number of ideas, one of them is playing chess.…
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World Chess Champ had an amazing game (playing with black pieces) against the very strong chinese player, Wang Hao.
Opening they played was the Sicilian.
Opening they played was the Sicilian.
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World Chess Champion, Magnus Carlsen, went for the London System against the top #1 from United States, Fabiano Caruana.