Round 03 tiebreaks: Giri and Mamedyarov eliminated!
The new generation creates havoc in the tiebreaks. Tuesday, July 20th, 2021 – Great action this afternoon in the tiebreak session of the third round. Seventeen encounters had to be decided today (13 in the open group and 4 in the women’s group), in order to pair the players for the fourth round, scheduled for Thursday. […]
FIDE and NBC Sports announce chess partnership for the World Championship Match 2021
Each of Night of Event Followed by 30-Minute Next-Day Highlight Show on NBCSN NBCSN To Present More Than 20 Hours of Chess Coverage for Duration of Match The International Chess Federation is pleased to announce a new media partnership for the FIDE World Championship Match 2021 with NBC Sports, which will present coverage of each game […]
Round 03 Game 02: Fabiano Caruana eliminated from the World Cup
17 third-round matches go to tie-beaks tomorrow Monday, July 19th, 2021 – Rinat Jumabayev, Kazakhstan’s top player, rated 2637, advanced to the fourth round of the World Cup this afternoon by eliminating World’s number 2 player Fabiano Caruana. The first game of the two ended yesterday in a solid draw and it seemed logical that Caruana would be pressing […]