The #Superbet Rapid & Blitz, held in Bucharest ๐ท๐ด from 6-10 November, features 7 of the 12 #GrandChessTour regulars, Caruana, Giri, Mamedyarov, Anand, Aronian, Karjakin and So, joined by event wild cards Artemiev, Le Quang Liem and Korobov.
Hamburg #GrandPrixFIDE line-up:
๐ท๐บ Grischuk
๐ท๐บ Nepomniachtchi
๐ซ๐ท Vachier-Lagrave
๐ต๐ฑ Wojtaszek
๐บ๐ธ Nakamura
๐ท๐บ Svidler
๐ท๐บ Dubov
๐จ๐ณ Wei Yi
๐ง๐ฌ Topalov
๐จ๐ณ Yu Yangyi
๐ต๐ฑ Duda
๐ฆ๐ฟ Radjabov
๐ท๐บ Vitiugov
๐ฎ๐ณ Harikrishna
๐จ๐ฟ Navara
๐ท๐บ Jakovenko
Who's your favorite?
https://worldchess.com/news/guide-to-hamburg-grand-prix-2019
๐ท๐บ Grischuk
๐ท๐บ Nepomniachtchi
๐ซ๐ท Vachier-Lagrave
๐ต๐ฑ Wojtaszek
๐บ๐ธ Nakamura
๐ท๐บ Svidler
๐ท๐บ Dubov
๐จ๐ณ Wei Yi
๐ง๐ฌ Topalov
๐จ๐ณ Yu Yangyi
๐ต๐ฑ Duda
๐ฆ๐ฟ Radjabov
๐ท๐บ Vitiugov
๐ฎ๐ณ Harikrishna
๐จ๐ฟ Navara
๐ท๐บ Jakovenko
Who's your favorite?
https://worldchess.com/news/guide-to-hamburg-grand-prix-2019
WORLD YOUTH UNDER-16 CHESS OLYMPIAD-2019
Round 8:
https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/world-youth-u16-olympiad-2019/8/1/1
Round 8:
https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/world-youth-u16-olympiad-2019/8/1/1
chess24.com
Muradli, Mahammad vs. Galperin, Platon | World Youth U16 Olympiad 2019
Replay the World Youth U16 Olympiad Round 8 game played on 04/11/2019 with computer analysis
22...Nc5?! [The black knight cannot do anything here. Black could have created a powerful outpost in the opponent's camp with the following continuation:]
[22...fxe3! 23.Qxe3 (23.fxe3? Nc3! ๎Qรe3 24.Rxf8+ Rxf8 25.Qd2 Nxa2!โ+) 23...d4! ๎Nc3 24.Qd3 Nc3 25.Ng3 c5!-/+]
23.Rfd1 Rf5 24.b4 Ne4 25.Qd3 fxe3 26.fxe3? [White may have thought he could not take the pawn with his queen, but in fact, it was the correct way to obtain equality:]
[26.Qxe3 Rxf2 27.Qd4! Qxd4 28.Rxd4 Rb2 29.Rxd5 Rxb4 30.Ng3 c5 31.Nxe4 Rexe4 32.Rxg5+ยณ]
26...Nf2?? [A blunder which at once changes the fate of the game.]
[26...c5! would be correct: 27.bxc5 bxc5ยต]
27.Qxd5+! Qxd5 28.Rxd5 [๎Nf6]
28...Rxd5 29.Nf6+ Kf8 30.Nxd5 Ne4 31.Nxc7+โ
[22...fxe3! 23.Qxe3 (23.fxe3? Nc3! ๎Qรe3 24.Rxf8+ Rxf8 25.Qd2 Nxa2!โ+) 23...d4! ๎Nc3 24.Qd3 Nc3 25.Ng3 c5!-/+]
23.Rfd1 Rf5 24.b4 Ne4 25.Qd3 fxe3 26.fxe3? [White may have thought he could not take the pawn with his queen, but in fact, it was the correct way to obtain equality:]
[26.Qxe3 Rxf2 27.Qd4! Qxd4 28.Rxd4 Rb2 29.Rxd5 Rxb4 30.Ng3 c5 31.Nxe4 Rexe4 32.Rxg5+ยณ]
26...Nf2?? [A blunder which at once changes the fate of the game.]
[26...c5! would be correct: 27.bxc5 bxc5ยต]
27.Qxd5+! Qxd5 28.Rxd5 [๎Nf6]
28...Rxd5 29.Nf6+ Kf8 30.Nxd5 Ne4 31.Nxc7+โ
An exciting first day at Hamburg #FIDEGrandPrix with 4 decisive games.
GMs MVL, Topalov, Svidler, and Duda score a victory in the first of the two classical games.
GMs MVL, Topalov, Svidler, and Duda score a victory in the first of the two classical games.
Hamburg #GrandPrixFIDE, results of day 1:
๐ซ๐ท Vachier-Lagrave 1-0 Wei Yi ๐จ๐ณ
๐บ๐ธ Nakamura 0-1 Topalov ๐ง๐ฌ
๐จ๐ฟ Navara ยฝ-ยฝ Vitiugov ๐ท๐บ
๐ต๐ฑ Wojtaszek ยฝ-ยฝ Grischuk ๐ท๐บ
๐ฆ๐ฟ Radjabov ยฝ-ยฝ Dubov ๐ท๐บ
๐ท๐บ Svidler 1-0 Harikrishna ๐ฎ๐ณ
๐ท๐บ Jakovenko ยฝ-ยฝ Yu Yangyi ๐จ๐ณ
๐ซ๐ท Vachier-Lagrave 1-0 Wei Yi ๐จ๐ณ
๐บ๐ธ Nakamura 0-1 Topalov ๐ง๐ฌ
๐จ๐ฟ Navara ยฝ-ยฝ Vitiugov ๐ท๐บ
๐ต๐ฑ Wojtaszek ยฝ-ยฝ Grischuk ๐ท๐บ
๐ฆ๐ฟ Radjabov ยฝ-ยฝ Dubov ๐ท๐บ
๐ท๐บ Svidler 1-0 Harikrishna ๐ฎ๐ณ
๐ท๐บ Jakovenko ยฝ-ยฝ Yu Yangyi ๐จ๐ณ
Grand Chess Tour 2019 continues with the 6th tournament of the Series, Superbet Rapid & Blitz, that starts on November 6 in Bucharest.
10 players. 9 rounds of rapid. 18 rounds of blitz. $150,000 prize fund.
Details:https://grandchesstour.org/2019-grand-chess-tour/2019-Superbet-Rapid-Blitz
10 players. 9 rounds of rapid. 18 rounds of blitz. $150,000 prize fund.
Details:https://grandchesstour.org/2019-grand-chess-tour/2019-Superbet-Rapid-Blitz