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Vignir Vatnar Stefansson wins Ciudad de Galdar 2024

Sergio — Tue, 10 Sep 2024 06:49:17 +0000

Vignir Vatnar Stefansson is the winner Ciudad de Galdar 2024. Stefansson collected 7,5/9 and won the event half a point ahead of Thomas Beerdsen, Jose Fernando Cuenca Jimenez, Josep Manuel Lopez Martinez, Lev Yankelevich, and Paolo Ladron De Guevara Pinto.

Replay all games from Ciudad de Galarrd

1	GM	Stefansson, Vignir Vatnar	ISL	2531	7.5
2	GM	Beerdsen, Thomas	NED	2509	7
3	GM	Cuenca Jimenez, Jose Fernando	ESP	2466	7
4	GM	Lopez Martinez, Josep Manuel	ESP	2448	7
5	GM	Yankelevich, Lev	GER	2420	7
6	IM	Ladron De Guevara Pinto, Paolo	ESP	2371	7
7	IM	Suarez Uriel, Adrian	ESP	2383	6.5
8	IM	Domalchuk-Jonasson, Aleksandr	ISL	2366	6.5
9	IM	Zwirs, Nico	NED	2485	6.5
10	FM	Gil Alba, Hector Luis	CUB	2292	6.5
11	GM	Sumets, Andrey	UKR	2517	6.5
12	IM	Koelle, Tobias	GER	2433	6.5
13	IM	Ragnarsson, Dagur	ISL	2332	6.5
14	GM	Kurajica, Bojan	CRO	2409	6.5
15	IM	Camacho Collados, Marcos	ESP	2460	6.5
16	IM	Fiorito, Joaquin	ARG	2402	6.5
17	FM	Fiorito, Francisco	ARG	2416	6.5
18	FM	Mouhamad, Joachim	FRA	2260	6
19		Niharika, Challa	IND	2051	6
20	FM	Garcia Blanco, Omar	ESP	2365	6
21	WIM	Sucikova, Svetlana	SVK	2145	6
22	IM	Fromm, Marius	GER	2477	6
23		Villar Nieves, Antonio	ESP	2193	6
24	GM	Del Rio De Angelis, Salvador G.	ESP	2376	6
25	GM	Arizmendi Martinez, Julen Luis	ESP	2517	6
26	GM	Barlov, Dragan	SRB	2375	5.5
27	FM	Balaji, Aaravamudhan	ENG	2396	5.5
28		Prudhvi, Kumar V	IND	2214	5.5
29		Marrero Cardenes, Agustin	ESP	2111	5.5
30		Marrero Rodriguez, Jorge	ESP	2169	5.5
31	WGM	Sieber, Fiona	GER	2270	5.5
32	CM	Perez Perez, Gabriel	ESP	2192	5.5
33	GM	Movsziszian, Karen	ARM	2444	5.5
34	IM	Fernandez Garcia, Jose Miguel	ESP	2368	5.5
35	IM	Perez Garcia, Rodney Oscar	CUB	2313	5.5
36		Mamani Beltran, Deniman	ESP	2229	5.5
37		Moreno Diepa, Diego	ESP	2168	5.5
38		Olive Garcia, Victor	ESP	1877	5.5
39	FM	Cruz Alvarez de Ron, Dan	ESP	2137	5.5
40		Ramirez Maillo, Cristian	ESP	1995	5
41		Rivero Tacoronte, Gabriel	ESP	1912	5
42	WCM	Bibilashvili, Lali	GEO	1865	5
43	CM	Camino Carrio, Nicanor	ESP	2008	5
44		Ramirez Maillo, Juan Adonay	ESP	1965	5
45		Gallardo Palenzuela, Jose Luis	ESP	1762	5
46		Hernandez Guerra, Luna Yue	ESP	1917	5
47		Quevedo Olivares, Carlos Tomas	ESP	1766	5
48	IM	Brito Garcia, Alfredo	ESP	2240	5
49	IM	Fiorito, Fabian	ARG	2285	5
50	FM	Hernandez Leon, Alberto	ESP	2233	5
51		Rodriguez Melian, Jose Luis	ESP	2026	5
52	FM	Barrish, Daniel	RSA	2281	5
53		Guerra Aleman, Marcial	ESP	1759	5
54		Betancourt Echazabal, Antonio	CUB	1927	5
55		Quiceno Ramirez, Edwin Alejandro	COL	1946	5
56		Golbach, Floris	NED	2032	5
57		De Leon Navarro, Claudio	ESP	1916	5
58		Lagarejos Gonzalez, Eduardo	ESP	1971	5
59	FM	Sarmiento Afonso, Santiago	ESP	1965	5
60		Matos Espino, Carlos Silverio	ESP	1732	5
61		Mai, Alexander Oliver	ISL	2182	5
62		Hernandez Leon, Sergio	ESP	2136	4.5
63		Castro Miguelez, Jose	ESP	1785	4.5
64		Sanchez Gonzalez, Diego	ESP	1995	4.5
65		Navarro Cabrera, Agustin	ESP	1921	4.5
66		Bangiev, Katharina	ESP	1831	4.5
67		Vargas Tinoco, Martin Alonso	ESP	1769	4.5
68		Garcia Rodriguez, Adriana	ESP	1884	4.5
69		Guerrero Orihuela, Jose Luis	ESP	1992	4.5
70		Crespo Ruiz, Manuel Maria	ESP	1963	4.5
71		Blanco Garcia Bajo, David	ESP	1969	4.5
72		Bangiev, Anton	ESP	1731	4.5
73		Alonso Perez, Alfredo	ESP	1895	4.5
74		Almeida Sanchez, Juan Sebastian	ESP	1863	4.5
75		De Gabriel Stella, Alejandro	ESP	1541	4.5
76		Segura Acosta, Rafael	ESP	1554	4.5
77		Gonzalez Perdomo, Sergio	ESP	1810	4.5
78	IM	Rakotomaharo, Fy Antenaina	MAD	2440	4
79		Cruz Ramirez, Nauzet	ESP	2059	4
80		Delgado Armas, Francisco David	ESP	1664	4
81		Roldan Vazquez, Daniel	ESP	0	4
82		Morales Sanchez, Ailin Belen	ESP	1660	4
83		Julien Casteleiro, Ariel	CUB	1755	4
84		Rivero Reyes, Alejandro	ESP	1820	4
85		Reinoso Andre, Lazaro Javier	ESP	1760	4
86		Sanchez Montesdeoca, Isaac	ESP	1806	4
87		Almeida Cubas, Mirella	ESP	1861	4
88		Roca Marrero, Fernando	ESP	1652	4
89		Zowain Armas, Pedro Tomas	ESP	1598	4
90		Morell Rojas, Samuel	ESP	1637	4
91		Formoso Rodriguez, Brais	ESP	1448	4
92		Marrero Esser, Luis	ESP	1592	4
93		Mukhi Talreja, Ishita Tina	ESP	1730	4
94		Angulo Diaz, Dario	ESP	1587	4
95		Cabanas Jimenez, Manuel	ESP	2080	4
96		Yuan, Yingjie	ESP	1847	4
97		Almeida Afonso, Dolores Francisca	ESP	1590	4
98		Cobo Mazorra, Alejandro	ESP	1773	3.5
99		Rodriguez Muela, Juan Argelio	ESP	1717	3.5
100		Moreno Ramos, Aristides	ESP	1728	3.5
101	CM	Sanchez Quintero, Raul	CUB	1944	3.5
102		Quesada Mederos, Victoriano	ESP	1624	3.5
103		Garcia Almeida, Valeria	ESP	1579	3.5
104		Gavilan Ledezma, Kevin	ESP	1557	3.5
105		Fernandez Hernandez, Javier	ESP	1673	3.5
106	WFM	Sosa Suarez, Carla Cristina	ESP	2016	3.5
107		Martinez Correa, Rafael	ESP	1632	3.5
108		Monteiro Rodrigues, Carlos	ESP	1587	3
109		Macias Reyes, Jose Luis	ESP	1665	3
110		Oramas Medina, Miguel	ESP	1622	3
111		Vega Molina, Silvia	ESP	0	3
112		Suarez Medina, Neyzan	ESP	0	3
113		Sancho Quesada, Juan Pedro	ESP	1530	3
114		Fontanilla Ibanez, David	ESP	1455	3
115		Mykhyeyeva, Maria	ESP	0	3
116		Molina Suarez, Dylan	ESP	0	3
117		Mykhyeyev, Serafim	ESP	1518	3
118		Quintana Arcila, Yaiza	ESP	1533	3
119		Quintero Cruz, Eduardo	ESP	1687	3
120		Perez Sauca, Miguel	ESP	0	3
121		Rodriguez Alamo, Idir	ESP	1553	3
122		Illana Elorduy, Jesus Eusebio	ESP	1668	2.5
123		Basualdo De Ornelas, Jorge	POR	1763	2.5
124		Rodriguez Trujillo, Cristian	ESP	1508	2.5
125		Martinez Lopez, Elena	ESP	1547	2.5
126		Garcia Castellano, Melchor Luis	ESP	0	2
127		Garcia Mederos, Jose Francisco	ESP	0	2
128		Garcia Roque, Gabriel	ESP	0	2
129		De Gabriel Stella, Catherina	ESP	0	2
130		Godoy Mendoza, Rosa Maria	ESP	0	2
131		Rivero Nunez, Roberto	ESP	1585	2
132		Gil Quesada, Juan	ESP	0	1.5
133		Abreu Delgado, Atteneri	ESP	0	1.5
134		Janina Cabrera, Candido D.	ESP	1494	1
135		Perez Betancor, Jose Luis	ESP	1775	0.5
136		Aguiar Medina, Adrian	ESP	0	0.5
137		Abreu Delgado, Erik	ESP	0	0
138		Bolanos Aguiar, Carlos Antonio	ESP	0	0
139		Diaz Mendoza, Eladio	ESP	1679	0
140		Krisha, Tamhant Jain	IND	1611	0
141		Ramirez Castellano, Jacob	ESP	1624	0
142		Martin Ramos, Daniel	ESP	2099	0
		Godoy Suarez, Daniel	ESP	0	0
		Santiago Jimenez, Alejandro	ESP	0	0
145	FM	Namitbir, Singh Walia	IND	2351	0
146		Daksh, Jain	IND	1961	0
147		Bolanos Hernandez, Sergio Raul	ESP	1944	0

Ajedrez Ciudad de Galdar 2024 LIVE

Sergio — Mon, 02 Sep 2024 20:55:12 +0000

Ajedrez Ciudad de Galdar 2024 is taking place from the 2nd to the 9th of September in Gáldar, Gran Canaria, Spain. It is a 9 round Swiss event with strong participation including Vignir Vatnar Stefansson, Julen Luis Arizmendi Martinez, Andrey Sumets, Thomas Beerdsen, Nico Zwirs, Marius Fromm, Jose Fernando Cuenca Jimenez, etc. Scroll down for the full participants list.

Ajedrez Ciudad de Galdar 2024 participants

1	GM	Stefansson, Vignir Vatnar	ISL	2531
2	GM	Arizmendi Martinez, Julen Luis	ESP	2517
3	GM	Sumets, Andrey	UKR	2517
4	GM	Beerdsen, Thomas	NED	2509
5	IM	Zwirs, Nico	NED	2485
6	IM	Fromm, Marius	GER	2477
7	GM	Cuenca Jimenez, Jose Fernando	ESP	2466
8	IM	Camacho Collados, Marcos	ESP	2460
9	GM	Lopez Martinez, Josep Manuel	ESP	2448
10	GM	Movsziszian, Karen	ARM	2444
11	IM	Rakotomaharo, Fy Antenaina	MAD	2440
12	IM	Koelle, Tobias	GER	2433
13	GM	Yankelevich, Lev	GER	2420
14	FM	Fiorito, Francisco	ARG	2416
15	GM	Kurajica, Bojan	CRO	2409
16	IM	Fiorito, Joaquin	ARG	2402
17	FM	Balaji, Aaravamudhan	ENG	2396
18	IM	Suarez Uriel, Adrian	ESP	2383
19	GM	Del Rio De Angelis, Salvador G.	ESP	2376
20	GM	Barlov, Dragan	SRB	2375
21	IM	Ladron De Guevara Pinto, Paolo	ESP	2371
22	IM	Fernandez Garcia, Jose Miguel	ESP	2368
23	IM	Domalchuk-Jonasson, Aleksandr	ISL	2366
24	FM	Garcia Blanco, Omar	ESP	2365
25	FM	Namitbir, Singh Walia	IND	2351
26	IM	Ragnarsson, Dagur	ISL	2332
27	IM	Perez Garcia, Rodney Oscar	CUB	2313
28	FM	Gil Alba, Hector Luis	CUB	2292
29	IM	Fiorito, Fabian	ARG	2285
30	FM	Barrish, Daniel	RSA	2281
31	WGM	Sieber, Fiona	GER	2270
32	FM	Mouhamad, Joachim	FRA	2260
33	IM	Brito Garcia, Alfredo	ESP	2240
34	FM	Hernandez Leon, Alberto	ESP	2233
35		Mamani Beltran, Deniman	ESP	2229
36		Prudhvi, Kumar V	IND	2214
37		Villar Nieves, Antonio	ESP	2193
38	CM	Perez Perez, Gabriel	ESP	2192
39		Mai, Alexander Oliver	ISL	2182
40		Marrero Rodriguez, Jorge	ESP	2169
41		Moreno Diepa, Diego	ESP	2168
42	WIM	Sucikova, Svetlana	SVK	2145
43	FM	Cruz Alvarez De Ron, Dan	ESP	2137
44		Hernandez Leon, Sergio	ESP	2136
45		Marrero Cardenes, Agustin	ESP	2111
46		Martin Ramos, Daniel	ESP	2099
47		Cabanas Jimenez, Manuel	ESP	2080
48		Cruz Ramirez, Nauzet	ESP	2059
49		Niharika, Challa	IND	2051
50		Golbach, Floris	NED	2032
51		Rodriguez Melian, Jose Luis	ESP	2026
52	WFM	Sosa Suarez, Carla Cristina	ESP	2016
53	CM	Camino Carrio, Nicanor	ESP	2008
54		Ramirez Maillo, Cristian	ESP	1995
55		Sanchez Gonzalez, Diego	ESP	1995
56		Guerrero Orihuela, Jose Luis	ESP	1992
57		Lagarejos Gonzalez, Eduardo	ESP	1971
58		Blanco Garcia Bajo, David	ESP	1969
59	FM	Sarmiento Afonso, Santiago	ESP	1965
60		Ramirez Maillo, Juan Adonay	ESP	1965
61		Crespo Ruiz, Manuel Maria	ESP	1963
62		Daksh, Jain	IND	1961
63		Quiceno Ramirez, Edwin Alejandro	COL	1946
64	CM	Sanchez Quintero, Raul	CUB	1944
65		Bolanos Hernandez, Sergio Raul	ESP	1944
66		Betancourt Echazabal, Antonio	CUB	1927
67		Navarro Cabrera, Agustin	ESP	1921
68		Hernandez Guerra, Luna Yue	ESP	1917
69		De Leon Navarro, Claudio	ESP	1916
70		Rivero Tacoronte, Gabriel	ESP	1912
71		Alonso Perez, Alfredo	ESP	1895
72		Garcia Rodriguez, Adriana	ESP	1884
73		Olive Garcia, Victor	ESP	1877
74	WCM	Bibilashvili, Lali	GEO	1865
75		Almeida Sanchez, Juan Sebastian	ESP	1863
76		Almeida Cubas, Mirella	ESP	1861
77		Yuan, Yingjie	ESP	1847
78		Bangiev, Katharina	ESP	1831
79		Rivero Reyes, Alejandro	ESP	1820
80		Gonzalez Perdomo, Sergio	ESP	1810
81		Sanchez Montesdeoca, Isaac	ESP	1806
82		Castro Miguelez, Jose	ESP	1785
83		Perez Betancor, Jose Luis	ESP	1775
84		Cobo Mazorra, Alejandro	ESP	1773
85		Vargas Tinoco, Martin Alonso	ESP	1769
86		Quevedo Olivares, Carlos Tomas	ESP	1766
87		Basualdo De Ornelas, Jorge	POR	1763
88		Gallardo Palenzuela, Jose Luis	ESP	1762
89		Reinoso Andre, Lazaro Javier	ESP	1760
90		Guerra Aleman, Marcial	ESP	1759
91		Julien Casteleiro, Ariel	CUB	1755
92		Matos Espino, Carlos Silverio	ESP	1732
93		Bangiev, Anton	ESP	1731
94		Mukhi Talreja, Ishita Tina	ESP	1730
95		Moreno Ramos, Aristides	ESP	1728
96		Rodriguez Muela, Juan Argelio	ESP	1717
97		Quintero Cruz, Eduardo	ESP	1687
98		Diaz Mendoza, Eladio	ESP	1679
99		Fernandez Hernandez, Javier	ESP	1673
100		Illana Elorduy, Jesus Eusebio	ESP	1668
101		Macias Reyes, Jose Luis	ESP	1665
102		Delgado Armas, Francisco David	ESP	1664
103		Morales Sanchez, Ailin Belen	ESP	1660
104		Roca Marrero, Fernando	ESP	1652
105		Morell Rojas, Samuel	ESP	1637
106		Martinez Correa, Rafael	ESP	1632
107		Quesada Mederos, Victoriano	ESP	1624
108		Ramirez Castellano, Jacob	ESP	1624
109		Oramas Medina, Miguel	ESP	1622
110		Krisha, Tamhant Jain	IND	1611
111		Zowain Armas, Pedro Tomas	ESP	1598
112		Marrero Esser, Luis	ESP	1592
113		Almeida Afonso, Dolores Francisca	ESP	1590
114		Angulo Diaz, Dario	ESP	1587
115		Monteiro Rodrigues, Carlos	ESP	1587
116		Rivero Nunez, Roberto	ESP	1585
117		Garcia Almeida, Valeria	ESP	1579
118		Gavilan Ledezma, Kevin	ESP	1557
119		Segura Acosta, Rafael	ESP	1554
120		Rodriguez Alamo, Idir	ESP	1553
121		Martinez Lopez, Elena	ESP	1547
122		De Gabriel Stella, Alejandro	ESP	1541
123		Quintana Arcila, Yaiza	ESP	1533
124		Sancho Quesada, Juan Pedro	ESP	1530
125		Mykhyeyev, Serafim	ESP	1518
126		Rodriguez Trujillo, Cristian	ESP	1508
127		Janina Cabrera, Candido D.	ESP	1494
128		Fontanilla Ibanez, David	ESP	1455
129		Formoso Rodriguez, Brais	ESP	1448
130		Abreu Delgado, Atteneri	ESP	0
131		Abreu Delgado, Erik	ESP	0
132		Aguiar Medina, Adrian	ESP	0
133		Bolanos Aguiar, Carlos Antonio	ESP	0
134		De Gabriel Stella, Catherina	ESP	0
135		Garcia Castellano, Melchor Luis	ESP	0
136		Garcia Mederos, Jose Francisco	ESP	0
137		Garcia Roque, Gabriel	ESP	0
138		Gil Quesada, Juan	ESP	0
139		Godoy Mendoza, Rosa Maria	ESP	0
140		Godoy Suarez, Daniel	ESP	0
141		Molina Suarez, Dylan	ESP	0
142		Mykhyeyeva, Maria	ESP	0
143		Perez Sauca, Miguel	ESP	0
144		Roldan Vazquez, Daniel	ESP	0
145		Santiago Jimenez, Alejandro	ESP	0
146		Suarez Medina, Neyzan	ESP	0
147		Vega Molina, Silvia	ESP	0

Dutch Open Championship 2023 – LIVE

Kamen — Mon, 24 Jul 2023 11:40:00 +0000

The Dutch Open Championship is taking place from 25 July – 3 August 2023 in Dieren, Netherlands. Players receive 90 minutes for 40 moves, then 30 minutes for the rest of the game plus 30 seconds per move starting from move 1. It is a 9-round Swiss open tournament with participation of Max Warmerdam, Erik Van den Doel, Thomas Beerdsen, Casper Schoppen, Gupta Sankalp, Prraneeth Vuppala, Nico Zwirs, Daniel Hausrath, Stefan Beukema,Anuj Shrivatri, etc.

Parallel : Biel Chess Festival MTO 2023 / Biel GM Triathlon 2023 / Swiss Championship Masters / Swiss Championship Titled Open / Uralsk Open 2023 / Austrian Championship / British Championship / Czech Open Pardubice / Paul Keres Memorial (Pärnu)
More : FIDE Women’s World Chess Championship 2023 / Aktobe Open Classic 2023 / Wood Green Invitational 2023 / Dutch Championship 2023 / 2023 Dutch Women’s Championship / Slovak Championship GM 2023 / U.S. Junior Championship 2023 / US Junior Girls Championship / U.S. Senior Championship 2023 / V. Geza Hetenyi Memorial Super GM

Dutch Open Championship 2023

Kamen — Mon, 24 Jul 2023 11:14:00 +0000

The Dutch Open Championship is taking place from 25 July – 3 August 2023 in Dieren, Netherlands. Players receive 90 minutes for 40 moves, then 30 minutes for the rest of the game plus 30 seconds per move starting from move 1. It is a 9-round Swiss open tournament with participation of Max Warmerdam, Erik Van den Doel, Thomas Beerdsen, Casper Schoppen, Gupta Sankalp, Prraneeth Vuppala, Nico Zwirs, Daniel Hausrath, Stefan Beukema,Anuj Shrivatri, etc.
Chessdom.com will daily follow the live games.

Parallel : Biel Chess Festival MTO 2023 / Biel GM Triathlon 2023 / Swiss Championship Masters / Swiss Championship Titled Open / Uralsk Open 2023 / Austrian Championship / British Championship / Czech Open Pardubice / Paul Keres Memorial (Pärnu)
More : FIDE Women’s World Chess Championship 2023 / Aktobe Open Classic 2023 / Wood Green Invitational 2023 / Dutch Championship 2023 / 2023 Dutch Women’s Championship / Slovak Championship GM 2023 / U.S. Junior Championship 2023 / US Junior Girls Championship / U.S. Senior Championship 2023 / V. Geza Hetenyi Memorial Super GM

Full list of players :

1	Warmerdam, Max	0/0	2607
2	Van den Doel, Erik	0/0	2576
3	Beerdsen, Thomas	0/0	2520
4	Schoppen, Casper	0/0	2498
5	Sankalp Gupta	0/0	2497
6	Prraneeth Vuppala	0/0	2486
7	Zwirs, Nico	0/0	2443
8	Hausrath, Daniel	0/0	2442
9	Beukema, Stefan	0/0	2435
10	Anuj Shrivatri	0/0	2427
11	Hendriks, Willy	0/0	2420
12	Sidhant, Mohapatra	0/0	2419
13	De Winter, Arthur	0/0	2378
14	Van Delft, Merijn	0/0	2369
15	Maatman, Nick	0/0	2362
16	Pham, Khoi	0/0	2361
17	Baselmans, Luuk	0/0	2338
18	Raahul V S	0/0	2319
19	Van Foreest, Machteld	0/0	2291
20	Sai Agni Jeevitesh, J	0/0	2289
21	Srinath, Rao S.V.	0/0	2287
22	De Boer, Eelke	0/0	2270
23	Slagboom, Leandro	0/0	2270
24	Mahitosh Dey	0/0	2210
25	Duijker, Rick	0/0	2198
26	Labruyere, Roger	0/0	2191
27	Bollen, Guus	0/0	2183
28	Vos, Tjark	0/0	2178
29	De Jong, Tom	0/0	2176
30	Otten, Martijn	0/0	2166
31	Shakhverdian, William	0/0	2129
32	Weidemann, Jakob	0/0	2114
33	Evengroen, Jan	0/0	2112
34	Binnendijk, Ferdinand	0/0	2112
35	Kools, Thomas	0/0	2112
36	Brouwer, Tim	0/0	2107
37	Van Helvoort, Rob	0/0	2102
38	Rounaiv Rana	0/0	2102
39	Bus, Tom	0/0	2100
40	Margarido, Jose Miguel Teixeira	0/0	2100
41	Op den Dries, Johan	0/0	2093
42	Bakija, Alan	0/0	2089
43	Noordenbos, Daan	0/0	2077
44	Hu, Yu A.	0/0	2056
45	Koster, Chiel	0/0	2052
46	Decrop, Hendrik	0/0	2033
47	Schuricht, Emil Frederick	0/0	2018
48	Jaivardhan Raj	0/0	2009
49	Ritzerveld, Noah	0/0	2007
50	Boesel, Alexander	0/0	2002
51	Markus, John Raymond	0/0	2001
52	Van Kuijk, Vadim	0/0	1997
53	Pattnayak Nilsu	0/0	1994
54	Brouwer, Mason	0/0	1990
55	Kurt, Sascha	0/0	1986

Tata Steel Challengers 2023 – Round 8 pairings

nikita — Sun, 22 Jan 2023 11:19:32 +0000

After 7 played rounds at the Tata Steel Challengers 2023, Alexander Donchenko emerged as the sole leader of the event with 5.5 points. Javokhir Sindarov follows with 5 points, while three players tie for third with 4.5 points, each: Mustafa Yilmaz, Velimir Ivic, and Thomas Beerdse.

The 8th round starts today at 14:00 CEST, with the live broadcast starting with 15-min delay and brings interesting encounters. Donchenko will have black against Abhimanyu Mishra, Mustafa Yilmaz faces Javokhir Sindarov, and Velimir Ivic goes against Jergus Pechac. // LIVE games

Round 8 pairings:

Abhimanyu Mishra – Alexander Donchenko
Mustafa Yilmaz – Javokhir Sindarov
Velimir Ivic – Jergus Pechac
Erwin L’Ami – Thomas Beerdsen
Max Warmerdam – Amin Tabatabaei
Eline Roebers – Vaishali R
Luis Paulo Supi – Adhiban B

Photo Jurriaan Hoefsmit – Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2023

Alexander Donchenko emerges on the top of the Tata Steel Challengers 2023

nikita — Sun, 22 Jan 2023 09:31:00 +0000

Alexander Donchenko emerged as the sole leader of the Tata Steel Challengers 2023 after defeating Mustafa Yilmaz, his co-leader from the previous round. It was a round with lots of victories, and only one game finished in a draw.

Donchenko had a better position from the opening but the Turkish Champion made a huge mistake with 35…Qf6 and resigned after only 20 minutes and 12 moves of play.

Photo: Jurriaan Hoefsmit – Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2023

Javokhir Sindarov was victorious against Eline Roebers, emerging on second place with 5 points. Mustafa Yilmaz, Velimir Ivic and Thomas Beerdsen follow with 4.5 points, each.

Rankings after 7 played rounds:

1	Donchenko, Alexander	5½/7	2627
2	Sindarov, Javokhir	5/7	2654
3	Yilmaz, Mustafa	4½/7	2609
4	Ivic, Velimir	4½/7	2585
5	Beerdsen, Thomas	4½/7	2515
6	Tabatabaei, M. Amin	4/7	2686
7	L’Ami, Erwin	3/7	2627
8	Vaishali, Rameshbabu	3/7	2425
9	Supi, Luis Paulo	3/7	2608
10	Adhiban, B.	3/7	2610
11	Warmerdam, Max	3/7	2616
12	Mishra, Abhimanyu	2½/7	2559
13	Roebers, Eline	2/7	2361
14	Pechac, Jergus	1½/7	2637

Tata Steel Challengers 2023 – Round 4 pairings

nikita — Tue, 17 Jan 2023 11:07:57 +0000

After three played rounds at the Tata Steel Challengers 2023, six players co-lead in the event scoring 2 points, each: Velimir Ivic, Mustafa Yilmaz, Javokhir Sindarov, Alexander Donchenko, Amin Tabatabaei and Max Warmerdam. The 4th round starts at 14:00 CEST with live broadcast starting 15 minutes later.

Tata Steel Challengers 2023 – Round 3 recap / LIVE games

Round 4 pairings:

Eline Roebers – Amin Tabatabaei
Velimir Ivic – Vaishali R
Adhiban – Javokhir Sindarov
Mustafa Yilmaz – Max Warmerdam
Jergus Pechac – Alexander Donchenko
Luis Paulo Supi – Thomas Beerdsen
Abhimanyu Mishra – Erwin L’Ami

Photo Lennart Ootes Tata Steel Tournament 2023

Tata Steel Challengers 2023 – Round 2 pairings

nikita — Sun, 15 Jan 2023 11:57:53 +0000

The Tata Steel Masters 2023 and the Tata Steel Challengers 2023 kicked off yesterday in Wijk aan Zee. Two players emerged as the early leaders of the challengers group: Abhimanyu Mishra and Max Warmerdam, as Ding Liren and Nodirbek Abdusattorov took early co-lead in Masters tournament.

The second round starts today at 14:00 CEST, with broadcast delay of 15 minutes. Round 2 pairings are:

1	GM	Ivic Velimir	GM	Sindarov Javokhir
2	IM	Vaishali Rameshbabu	GM	Donchenko Alexander
3	GM	Adhiban B.	IM	Beerdsen Thomas
4	GM	Pechac Jergus	GM	Tabatabaei M. Amin
5	GM	Supi Luis Paulo	GM	Warmerdam Max
6	IM	Roebers Eline	GM	L’ami Erwin
7	GM	Yilmaz Mustafa	GM	Mishra Abhimanyu

Tata Steel Masters 2023 – LIVE / Tata Steel Challengers 2023 – LIVE

Tata Steel Challengers 2023 – Round 1 pairings

nikita — Sat, 14 Jan 2023 11:50:16 +0000

The 2023 Tata Steel Challengers kicks off today in Wijk aan Zee, simultaneously with the Tata Steel Masters 2023, with the first round starting at 14:00 CET. The live broadcast of the games will start with 15 minutes delay, in accordance with anti-cheating measures taken by the organizers.

The first round brings seven interesting clashes. GM Mustafa Yilmaz will be White against GM Velimir Ivic, GM Abhimanyu Mishra plays against IM Eline Roebers, GM Max Warmerdam goes against GM Jergus Pechac. Round 1 pairings can be found below:

1	GM	Yilmaz Mustafa	GM	Ivic Velimir	2585
2	GM	Mishra Abhimanyu	IM	Roebers Eline	2361
3	GM	L’ami Erwin	GM	Supi Luis Paulo	2608
4	GM	Warmerdam Max	GM	Pechac Jergus	2637
5	GM	Tabatabaei M. Amin	GM	Adhiban B.	2610
6	IM	Beerdsen Thomas	IM	Vaishali Rameshbabu	2425
7	GM	Donchenko Alexander	GM	Sindarov Javokhir	2654

Tata Steel Masters 2023 – LIVE / Tata Steel Challengers 2023 – LIVE

Tata Steel Challengers 2023

nikita — Fri, 13 Jan 2023 10:35:00 +0000

Simultaneously with the Tata Steel Chess Masters 2023, Wijk aan Zee will host the Tata Steel Chess Challengers tournament. The event will take place from 13-29 February and it will be played in 13 round-robin rounds. The field consists of a mix of established players and promising young talents and the winner of the event will earn a starting ticket for the Masters of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament in 2024.

The participants are:

Amin Tabatabaei (IRI, 2686)
Javokhir Sindarov (UZB, 2654)
Jergus Pechac (SVK, 2637)
Alexander Donchenko (GER, 2627)
Erwin L’Ami (NED, 2627)
Max Warmerdam (NED, 2616)
Adhiban Baskaran (IND, 2610)
Mustafa Yilmaz (TUR, 2609)
Luis Paulo Supi (BRA, 2608)
Velimir Ivic (SRB, 2585)
Abhimanyu Mishra (IND, 2559)
Thomas Beerdsen (NED, 2515)
Rameshbabu Vaishali (IND, 2425)
Eline Roebers (NED, 2361)