Carlsen and Nepomniachtchi get off to strong start in semis
The final four in the $150,000 chess24 Legends of Chess event got underway on Friday with World Champion Magnus Carlsen in frightening form. Having won nine matches on the trot in the prelim stage, the Norwegian picked up where he left off after yesterday’s rest day by taking a swift first set lead in his semi. Carlsen rattled off a […]
Nino Batsiashvili wins Georgian Women’s Championship
The 77th Georgian Women’s Championship was held in a round-robin format on 21-30 July at the Chess Palace in Tbilisi and boasted of a very strong lineup with eight out of the top-10 national players taking part. The eventual champion Nino Batsiashvili started slowly with 1.5/3, losing to Salome Melia in the third round, but then she picked up […]