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"If it's entertaining, it must be entertainment!" said a couple of TV show hosts when I lived in England, and the same can be said about this year's edition of Norway Chess. The headline, of course, paraphrases the famous Gary Lineker (English footballer) comment about football [Americans: soccer]: “Football...
World Champion Magnus Carlsen on Monday picked up another one of those victories he has become famous for, squeezing blood from stones vs. GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov. Carlsen now leads the 2022 Norway Chess in Stavanger alone after six rounds and got his live rating up to 2870, 19 points from his highest...
Dull or exciting? That was the question in round two of Norway Chess on Wednesday. When GM Veselin Topalov exceeded the time limit against GM Viswanathan Anand, the Indian became the sole victor in the classical games of the second round. GM Wesley So took down the World Champion Magnus Carlsen in the...
After Monday's fun and exciting blitz tournament, the real play started in this year's edition of Norway Chess on Tuesday. With victories with the white pieces, GMs Viswanathan Anand and Wesley So won their respective games against GMs Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and Teimour Radjabov. The other games ended...
The first day of the Superbet Rapid & Blitz Poland, the second event of the 2022 Grand Chess Tour, was dominated by a vintage performance from GM Vishwanathan Anand, who leads the fray with a perfect score. With each win being worth two points—and one point awarded for a draw—Anand jumped to a two-point...