The round-robin stage of chess24com Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge is completed.
Nakamura, Karjakin, Yu Yangyi, So, Carlsen, Ding, Dubov, and Aronian qualified for the knockout. Grischuk, Firouzja, Duda, and Wei Yi are out.
The quarters begin on Saturday.
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Nakamura, Karjakin, Yu Yangyi, So, Carlsen, Ding, Dubov, and Aronian qualified for the knockout. Grischuk, Firouzja, Duda, and Wei Yi are out.
The quarters begin on Saturday.
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Lindores Abbey: On to the quarter-finals
https://en.chessbase.com/post/lindores-abbey-2020-preliminary-3
https://en.chessbase.com/post/lindores-abbey-2020-preliminary-3
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Lindores Abbey: On to the quarter-finals
Four players dropped out of the Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge after the preliminary single round robin finished on Thursday. Alexander Grischuk was eliminated on tiebreaks despite getting a last-round win over Wei Yi. Wei, Alireza Firouzja and Jan-Krzysztof…
Thursday saw stars such Alexander Grischuk and Alireza Firouzja knocked out of the Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge, while Magnus Carlsen only survived by the skin of his teeth! https://chess24.com/en/read/news/lindores-abbey-rapid-challenge-day-3-carlsen-survives-scare
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Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge Day 3: Carlsen survives scare
Alexander Grischuk, Alireza Firouzja, Jan-Krzysztof Duda and
Wei Yi have all been knocked out of the Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge after a
dramatic last day of the preliminary stage saw World Champion Magnus Carlsen also
on the brink of an exit. Magnus lost…
Wei Yi have all been knocked out of the Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge after a
dramatic last day of the preliminary stage saw World Champion Magnus Carlsen also
on the brink of an exit. Magnus lost…
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Amsterdam, 17th February 1948. In his study, ex-World Champion Max Euwe. Within a couple of weeks the Match-tournament for the World Championship, left vacant by the death of Alekhine, would begin in The Hague.
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The 1949 Hoogovens tournament at Beverwijk. Among the pairings: O'Kelly (Belgium) v. Golombek (England); Bergsma (Netherlands) v. Tartakower (France).
The event was won by Tartakower.
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The event was won by Tartakower.
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Moscow 1958. Three grandmasters can be recognized: Kotov, Flor, Botvinnik. And ... Capablanca !! Yes Yes! He is the brother of the 3rd world champion! Thank you Alexander Zasukhin!
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In 1976, Garry Kasparov set a record for becoming the champion of the USSR among young men (no older than 18 years old) in less than 13 years. It seemed impossible to surpass this achievement! But in 1986, Gata Kamsky did it!
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