Wide-open race in the World Blitz as Carlsen suffers three defeats
An open field in the World Blitz Chess Championships as defending champions Carlsen and Lagno underperform on the first day Defending champion Magnus Carlsen got off to a bad start in the World Blitz Chess Championship, having suffered three losses on the first day and is a point and a half behind the tournament leader Levon Aronian. Sitting […]
Vachier-Lagrave and Aronian forge into the lead
Day 1 of the quarterfinals at the Airthings Masters featured four mini-matches of four 15+10 games. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave defeated Wesley So 3-1 winning two games with Black in the sharpest lines of the Sicilian. The second game with unusual material balance (a rook and four pawns vs. a pair of bishops) was particularly exciting. The Frenchman proved once […]