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chess.com Speed Chess 2020 - Games and Results 26/10/2020
The 2020 Chess.com Speed Chess Championship takes place 1st November to 13th December 2020. The 16 player final follows a long series of qualifying events which produced 8 qualifiers to go alongside the 8 invitees. There is a prize fund of $100,000 for this final phase Players: Hikaru Nakamura (World number 1 rated blitz player […]
Mark Crowther
Speed Chess Championship Invitational 2020 - Games and Results 26/10/2020
The Speed Chess Championship Invitational took place on Sunday 25th October to decide the final place in chess.com's Speed Chess Championship. The format for most of the event was two 5m+1spm games, four 3m+1spm games, and eight 1m+1spm games however in the final, there were three 5m+1spm games, five 3m+1spm games, and 10 1m+1spm games. […]
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SPICE Cup 2020 - Games and Results 26/10/2020
The SPICE Cup took place over the board in Chesterfield, Missouri 20th-25th October 2020. Illya Nyzhnyk was in first place alone on 7.5/9 half a point clear of Benjamin Gledura. This is the third time Nyzhnyk has won this tournament and he took home $5000, Gledura won $3000.
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US Chess Championship 2020 - Games and Results 23/10/2020
The US Chess Championships take place 9th to 29th October 2020. The event will see all the different sections Junior, Senior, Women's and Championship sections played one after each other online as rapid play tournaments.
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Firouzja beats Duda to finish second in the 8th Altibox Norway Chess tournament - 10 16/10/2020
Alireza Firouzja beat Jan-Krzysztof Duda to finish second in the 8th Altibox Norway Chess tournament. Firouzja built up a huge advantage but then allowed 28...Na5 which was almost equal but once Duda didn't play this there were no further problems. If Firouzja had held the endgame against Carlsen yesterday he would have even won the […]
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Magnus Carlsen wins the Norway Chess tournament with a round to spare - 9 15/10/2020
Magnus Carlsen won the 8th Altibox Chess tournament after beating Alireza Firouzja in the ninth round of the ten round event. Carlsen visited the confessional just out of the opening and was already unhappy with his choice as he believed that black had very few winning chances and white was a bit better. He was […]
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RIP John Calvert 26/10/2020
I am sorry to report the death of John Calvert, a great supporter of chess and the British Championships, in August. John passed away without...
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October Online Ratings are out! 22/10/2020
Please follow the link here to see the newest online rating lists — https://englishchessonline.org.uk/monthly-ratings/
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RIP Don Smedley 1933 – 2020 19/10/2020
— from Christopher Jones I should pass on to you the sad news of the death on 12th October of Don Smedley. His is a...
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AGM Election News 19/10/2020
Following the AGM on Saturday October 17th, the ECF would like to welcome and congratulate the following ECF officers — Director of Home Chess –...
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HM Government COVID-19 Guidelines for Junior Activities (as updated on 15th Oct) 18/10/2020
On 15 October HM Government issued the latest update of its document, ‘Guidance: Protective measures for holiday and after-school clubs, and other out-of-school settings during...
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North East Online League kicks off 17/10/2020
Facing the prospect of local lockdowns in the winter months ahead, 20 club teams from the Northumberland, Durham and Cleveland chess assocations have joined together...
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