2021 Superbet Chess Classic – Day 5 Recap

World No. 9 GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov scored the only victory of the day today as he defeated GM Constantin Lupulescu with the Black pieces, catching up to the leaders with a score of 3.0/5. With all four other games drawn, Mamedyarov, So, and Grischuk lead the event heading into the first and only rest day. […]

PhosAgro and FIDE sign strategic partnership

Moscow, June 09, 2021 PhosAgro, one of the world’s leading vertically integrated phosphate-based fertilizer producers, and the International Chess Federation (FIDE) have signed a strategic partnership. The contract was signed by the President of the International Chess Federation (FIDE), chairman of the Skolkovo Foundation Arkady Dvorkovich and PhosAgro CEO Andrey Guryev in the Mikhail Botvinnik Central Chess Club in Moscow. […]

2021 Superbet Chess Classic – Day 4 Recap

Round 4 of the 2021 Superbet Chess Classic saw two new leaders emerge, as Wesley So and Alexander Grischuk both won their games against the previous day’s leaders, Fabiano Caruana and Bogdan-Daniel Deac. With the three other games drawn, So and Grischuk now lead the field with 2.5/4, heading into the halfway mark of the tournament. Mamedyarov – Radjabov   The first game […]

Ehsan Ghaem Maghami wins Zone 3.1 Championship

Ehsan Ghaem Maghami (pictured below) became the winner of Zone 3.1 Championship and secured his spot in FIDE World Cup 2021. Ehsan scored 6 out of 7 possible points and tied for first place with his countryman Aryan Gholami but came out on top thanks to better tiebreaks (higher average rating of his opponents). Photo: David Llada The […]