2018 Champions Showdown Recap – Day 4
With 8 blitz games left to play in final day of the Champions Showdown, chess fans got to witness countless entertaining and heart wrenching battles. Due to the nature of blitz and Chess960, a plethora of blunders and time scrambles were seen across all of the matches. While no match was fully clinched going into […]
2018 Champions Showdown Recap – Day 3
By Eric Rosen Day 3 of the Champions Showdown showed clear leaders emerging from all of the matches, with some extending their leads quite far. Upon the selection of another random position, the players delved into their usual analysis. The selected position wasn’t so random however for Sam Shankland, as he played a series of […]
Standings
Standings 2018 Champions Showdown Overview Replay Results Standings Recap Articles The Field Regulations
2018 Champions Showdown Recap – Day 2
by Eric Rosen Day 2 of the Champions Showdown was filled with blunders and brilliancies as players battled it out from a fresh starting position. At 12 PM, players huddled around the laptop as Tony Rich revealed the initial setup that would be played for the next 4 games. Photo by Lennart Ootes Once the […]
Results
Results Day 4 Position 659: BRKBNRQN Position 611: BRNBKRQN Blitz 7 Blitz 8 Blitz 9 Blitz 10 Blitz 11 Blitz 12 Blitz 13 Blitz 14 Total Score G. Kasparov 0 ½ 0 1 0 ½ 1 1 11.5 V. Topalov 1 ½ 1 0 1 ½ 0 0 14.5 H. Nakamura ½ 0 1 1 […]
2018 Champions Showdown Recap – Day 1
by Eric Rosen The first day of the Champions Showdown kicked off with intrigue and excitement as ten of the world’s top players faced off in Chess 960. The day began at 12 PM as Chess Club Executive Director, Tony Rich used the random position generator from chessgames.com to determine the starting position for the […]
Pairings & Results | A Group
Pairings & Results | A Group Sorry, but your web browser does not support iframes. Rank Title First Name Last Name Fed. FIDE RatingSeptember 1 GM Ray Robson USA 2682 2 GM Dariusz Swiercz POL 2669 3 GM Sethuraman Sethuraman IND 2673 4 GM Lazaro Bruzon CUB 2653 5 GM Yuriy Kuzubov UKR 2652 6 […]
2018 Winter Chess Classic
2018 Winter Chess Classic The 2018 Winter Chess Classic is the fourth of four tournaments each year featuring international chess professionals. The Winter Chess Classic is comprised of two 10-player Round Robin tournaments. Over the course of 10 days, these competitors will battle for more than $30,000 in prize money and gain valuable experience in […]
Regulations
Regulations Format Summary:The 2018 Winter Chess Classic shall be a 10-player tournament paired as a Round Robin. Prompt Arrival: Players are expected to arrive promptly for their games. Players not at their board at the beginning of each round may receive a fine of $500 to be deducted from their prize for each occurrence. Players […]
Regulations
Regulations Format Summary:The 2018 Fall Chess Classic shall be a 10-player tournament paired as a Round Robin. Prompt Arrival: Players are expected to arrive promptly for their games. Players not at their board at the beginning of each round may receive a fine of $500 to be deducted from their prize for each occurrence. Players […]