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Wang Hao Wins FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss, Qualifies For Candidates
Wang Hao defeated David Howell today and edged out Fabiano Caruana on tiebreak to win the FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss in Isle of Man and qualify for the 2020 Candidates’ Tournament. The Candidates’ Tournament will determine the next challenger for Magnus Carlsen and the world chess championship. Caruana drew his game with Hikaru Nakamura, while Levon Aronian and …
Radjabov Wins FIDE Chess World Cup, Vachier-Lagrave Comes 3rd
Teimour Radjabov won the $110,000 first prize at the FIDE World Cup after beating Ding Liren (who earned $80,000) in the 5+3 games of today’s final tiebreak. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave came third ($60,000) as he beat Yu Yangyi ($50,000) in both rapid games. The FIDE World Cup has been won by Levon Aronian (2005), Gata Kamsky (2007), Boris Gelfand (2009), Peter Svidler (2011), …
FIDE Chess World Cup Semifinals Start With Draws
The FIDE World Cup semifinals started today with draws in both Maxime Vachier-Lagrave vs. Teimour Radjabov and Ding Liren vs. Yu Yangyi. The return games will be played on Friday, followed by a possible tiebreak on Saturday. You can follow the games here as part of our live portal Chess.com/events. There is daily coverage by our …
Ding, Radjabov Reach FIDE Chess World Cup Semifinals
Both Ding Liren (China) and Teimour Radjabov (Azerbaijan) won their white games on Tuesday to reach the semifinals of the FIDE World Cup. Ding knocked out Alexander Grischuk (Russia) who went astray in time trouble, while Radjabov came out on top in a complicated Gruenfeld against Jeffery Xiong (U.S.). You can follow the games here as part of our live …
FIDE Chess World Cup: Dominguez, So, Svidler, Xiong Start With Losses
The first day of the FIDE World Cup fourth round saw four decisive games, all won by White: Jan-Krzysztof Duda beat Jeffery Xiong; Alexander Grischuk beat Leinier Dominguez; Maxime Vachier–Lagrave beat Peter Svidler and Nikita Vitiugov beat Wesley So. You can follow the games here as part of our live portal Chess.com/events. There is daily coverage by our Twitch partner, the Chessbrahs. GMs Yasser Seirawan, Eric Hansen and Aman Hambleton …
FIDE Chess World Cup: Xiong Sends Giri Home
The tiebreaks of the FIDE World Cup third round saw a major upset as the 31st seed Jeffery Xiong (U.S.) knocked out the second seed, Anish Giri (Netherlands). Le Quang Liem (Vietnam) managed to send home the higher-rated Vladislav Artemiev (Russia). The losers in round three earned $16,000 whereas the following players, who start their round of 16 on …
FIDE Chess World Cup: Giri Through In Armageddon
Anish Giri played the longest tiebreak and eventually defeated Evgeniy Najer in the armageddon game. The third round of the FIDE World Cup starts on Monday. You can follow the games here as part of our live portal Chess.com/events. There is daily coverage by our Twitch partner, the Chessbrahs. GMs Yasser Seirawan, Eric Hansen and Aman Hambleton …
FIDE Chess World Cup: Nakamura Loses In Round With Special Endgames
Hikaru Nakamura started his second round at the FIDE World Cup with a loss and needs to beat Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu on Saturday to stay in the tournament. Both spectacular attacks and special endgames were played in this round. You can follow the games here as part of our live portal Chess.com/events. There is daily coverage by our Twitch partner, …
Adams, Bu, Shankland Eliminated In FIDE Chess World Cup Round 1 Tiebreaks
Michael Adams, Bu Xiangzhi and Sam Shankland are some of the players that were eliminated from the FIDE World Cup in the tiebreaks of the first round. Round two starts on Friday. You can follow the games here as part of our live portal Chess.com/events. There is daily coverage by our Twitch partner, the Chessbrahs. GMs Yasser Seirawan, Eric Hansen …
2019 FIDE Chess World Cup: 4 Upsets On 1st Day
The first day of the 2019 FIDE World Cup in Khanty-Mansiysk saw four upsets as Radek Wojtaszek, Jorge Cori, Arkadij Naiditsch and Ruslan Ponomariov lost to lower-rated opponents. Two-time winner Levon Aronian was the strongest player who was held to a draw. You can follow the games here as part of our live portal Chess.com/events. There is daily coverage …
