Yaroslavl
Predke - Tifomeev
Everlasting motive: 21.Bxh7+! Alexandr Predke is leading the race in Russian Championship Higher League.
Official website >>
Zagreb
Mamedyarov - Nepomniachtchi
An extra pawn doesn't bring happiness: White resigned after 32...Bh6!. Ian Nepomniachtchi won the third game in a row in Croatia Grand Chess Tour.
Official website >>
Yaroslavl
Iljiushenok - Fedoseev
Mass invasion: 20.Nb5! Qc6 21.Qf6 Rg8 22.Bd5!, and Black resigned. The Russian Championships Higher League started in Yaroslavl.
Official website >>
Zagreb
Giri - Carlsen
The assault stole up unnoticed: 19...g5! The second stage of the 2019 Grand Chess Tour started in Croatia.
Official website >>
Netanya
Smirin - Postny
Where is the king going? That's a big secret: 31.Ke2! A big chess festival is taking place in Israel.
Official website >>
Netanya
Rodshtein - McShane
Curses like chickens: 31.Re7? Qd6, and White resigned. A big chess festival started in Israel.
Official website >>
Netanya
Huzman - Tzidkiya
Reaching the darkest corner of the board: 42.Qh8! Kf8 43.Nf6! A big chess festival is taking place in Israel.
Official website >>
Maribor
Mikhalchishin - Sveshnikov
No step backwards: 27...Nxf2! 28.Kxf2 Qxh3. A friendly match of chess veterans took place in Slovenia.
Official website >>
Voronezh
Maiorov - Rozum
My kingdom for a queen: 26.Bxe8! Rxe3 27.Nxe3! cxd5 28.Nxd5 Qf8 29.Bxg6. The Alekhine Memorial is drawing to its close in Voronezh.
Official website >>
Kazan
M. Muzychuk - Goryachkina
Invasion: 24.Ra7! Rd8 25.Nc6 Re8 26.Ne7! The FIDE Women's Candidates Tournament finished in the capital of Tatarstan.
Official website >>
Kazan
Kosteniuk - M. Muzychuk
Divide et impera: 38.Nc5!! The FIDE Women's Candidates Tournament is drawing to its close in the capital of Tatarstan.
Official website >>
Kazan
Fedoseev - Esipenko
After 38...Rh3! 39.Qf2, Black could have survived by 39...Qh2+ 40.Kf1 Bxg2+! 41.Qxg2 Qf4+ 42.Ke2 Re3+ 43.Kd1 Re1+! The 20th International Anatoly Karpov Tournament is drawing to its close in Yugra.
Official website >>