Rudik Makarian (2405) is the U19 - Moscow Youth Champion!
With 7.5/9 points, the 15-year-old IM finished a full point ahead of the nearest rival Aram Yeritsyan.

The 2nd leg of #WomenGrandPrixFIDE starts in Monaco on Dec 2:

Humpy Koneru
Aleksandra Goryachkina
Kateryna Lagno
Elisabeth Paehtz
Valentina Gunina
Dronavalli Harika
Alexandra Kosteniuk
Pia Cramling
Anna Muzychuk
Mariya Muzychuk
Nana Dzagnidze
Zhao Xue

The traditional #Russia🇷🇺 vs #China🇨🇳 match is taking place in the Botvinnik Central Chess Club in Moscow, Russia from 26-30 November.

Teams of five men and five women from the two countries will face each other in classical chess.

First games of Russia - China match were played in Moscow. Guests take the lead 6-4

50-year-old Vassily Ivanchuk is within 0.7 rating points of returning to the 2700 club after a 3rd win in the Tournament of Peace in Zagreb!

Move of the Day!

Magnus Carlsen

Rc2! +-

Magnus Carlsen 🆚 Levon Aronian

GCT Kolkata Rapid & Blitz (2019) (blitz), Kolkata IND, rd 7, Nov-25
English Opening: King's English. Four Knights Variation Flexible Line (A28)

1-0

Grandmaster Boris Savchenko Played Kf8-e7 which is hit by the White Knight on c6. Nakamura claimed the illegal move and won that blitz match.

🔸TCh-SVK 2018–19
🔸Round 1
⚪️Balog,I1 (2559)
⚫️Grubisic,Il (2370)
🔸1-0

32.c4! [A well-time pawn sacrifice that helps White to keep his central pawns.]

[32.Bd8?! Nxd5 33.c4 Nb4 34.Bxb7 Qxb7 35.Nxd6 Qd7 36.Bb6 Na6! 37.Qa5 Qxd6 38.Qxa6 Ng7=]

32...Nxc4 33.Qe2! [△c4]

33...Nb6 34.c4 Nc8 35.Qa2! [△Qa5]

35...Nc7? [¹35...Qd7 would be more active and make White's task harder. 36.Kh2 Ne7 37.Qa5 Ng8 38.Qa1 Nc7 39.Na7!± △Nc6]

36.Qa5?!± [The following continuation that includes a nice bishop maneuver, would bring White closer to victory.]

[¹36.Nxc7!‚ Qxc7 37.Bf6! △Ba1 37...Ne7 38.Ba1 g5 39.Qd2 Ng6 40.fxg5 Qe7 41.Bf6+–]

Russian team equalizes the score in a friendly match against China. Home players won 6-4 in the second round

https://ruchess.ru/en/news/all/russian_team_equalizes_score_in_friendly_match_against_china/

The life story of Vladimir Akopian (2/2)

https://en.chessbase.com/post/so-near-yet-so-far-the-life-story-of-vladimir-akopian-2-2