Tata Steel Chess 2020: Five players atop after two rounds
White completely dominated in the second round of Tata Steel Masters 2020 winning 4 games out of 7. There are five leaders after two rounds with heavy favorites Magnus Carlsen and Fabiano Caruana still at the 50% mark. Iranian sensation Alireza Firouzja had a chance to grab the sole lead as he was clearly better after the opening […]
WWCC Game 6: Goryachkina puts pressure with black
The sixth game of the match, the last one to be played in Shanghai, ends in a draw. This leaves the score in 3-3 before the championship takes a short break and moves to the next host city: Vladivostok. Play will be resumed on Thursday, January 16. Arkady Dvorkovich, FIDE President, and Lu Lin, vice-secretary of […]
Tata Steel Chess 2020: Young guns take the lead
After several rapid and mix events, traditional Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2020 in Wijk aan Zee looks like a window into the glorified past of chess. A true classical super-tournament presents an interesting combination of established stars and ambitious newcomers in which every round is sure to deliver a lot of amazing encounters. Sometimes spectators and chess analytics will […]