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Nils Grandelius retains the Tata Steel Masters lead after 6 rounds - 6 22/01/2021
The sixth round of the Tata Steel Masters saw wins for Jorden van Foreest over David Anton and Alireza Firouzja over Alexander Donchenko - both the winners joined a big group tied for second on 3.5/6. The leader Nils Grandelius had a long defence against Fabiano Caruana but he held the draw reasonably comfortably. Magnus […]
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Nils Grandelius leads the 83rd Tata Steel Masters alone on 3.5 points after five rounds - 5 21/01/2021
Nils Grandelius was again sole leader of the Tata Steel Masters after five rounds when he was the only winner on a hard fought day. Grandelius beat Maxime Vachier-Lagrave in a Najdorf where he knew more theory and was a lot better after MVL went wrong. Magnus Carlsen was frustrated by Alexander Donchenko who defended […]
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All games drawn in Round Four of the Tata Steel Masters 2021 - 4 19/01/2021
The fourth round of the Tata Steel Masters in Wijk aan Zee saw all the games finish peacefully. That's not to say they should have, there were a number of games that could have finished decisively. This was the final round before the first rest day on Wednesday. There remains a five way tie at […]
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Five way tie in the lead after three rounds of the Tata Steel Masters 2021 - 3 18/01/2021
Pentala Harikrishna, Magnus Carlsen, Anish Giri, Fabiano Caruana and Nils Grandelius all share the lead on 2/3 in the early stages of the Tata Steel Masters. For a while it looked like Fabiano Caruana would take the sole lead of the tournament but his opponent Jan-Krzysztof Duda put up maximum resistance and eventually escaped with […]
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Nils Grandelius leads the Tata Steel Masters 2021 alone on 2 out of 2 - 2 17/01/2021
Nils Grandelius won his second game in a row to lead the Tata Steel Masters with a perfect 2/2 score, he defeated Jan-Krzysztof Duda with the black pieces. Fabiano Caruana was the only other winner of the day winning a sharp Slav Defence against Alexander Donchenko. Magnus Carlsen looked to be a little better against […]
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Carlsen, Giri and Grandelius all win in Round 1 of the Tata Steel Masters 2021 - 1 16/01/2021
The 83rd Tata Steel Chess tournament got underway on January 16th 2021 in the De Moriaan sports centre in Wijk aan Zee against the background of the Coronavirus crisis. With precautions in place, and a number of invited stars not being able to make it in the end, the event did start with a full […]
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Ben Chilwell gets the chess bug 20/01/2021
Chelsea FC star Ben Chilwell made a video this week about how chess has helped in tough times and is one of the diversions he...
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January COVID Update 15/01/2021
Following the government announcement on January 5th, it will not be possible to run OTB clubs, competitions or congresses, or to take part in organised...
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Caplin BOCC Prizewinners’ List 08/01/2021
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The Caplin Hastings Online All-Play-All 08/01/2021
The Caplin Hastings Online All-Play-All takes place this weekend. Taking part are GM Michael Adams, GM David Howell, GM Luke McShane, GM Gawain Jones. GM...
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New FIDE arbiter – congratulations 04/01/2021
Following the decisions on Arbiter title applications approved by the 4th quarter FIDE Online Council Meeting in December 2020, England has another FIDE Arbiter. I am...
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Malcolm Pein talks chess on Talk Radio 30/12/2020
Click this link – https://talkradio.co.uk/radio/listen-again/1609246800# – then the 1330-1400 slot, and start five minutes in
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