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My thanks to Olexandr Prohorov, Holger Lieske, Mikhail Golubev, Christophe Bouton, Rakesh Kulkarni, Gerard Demuydt, Dalibor Milenkovic, Robert Baskin, Alex Holowczak, David Barnes and everyone else who helped both with this issue.
Much online chess was announced this week. Magnus Carlsen announced a rapid series that will take place until the Autumn this starts tomorrow with the Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge and that runs for the rest of May and into early June. Saint Louis dipped their toe in with a new Clutch Chess Format and an event at the end of the month, FIDE have said they want 2000 online events in the coming months. This week we had Alexander Grischuk playing the Chessbrahs event as well as the Steinitz Memorial one after the other for a couple of days, this didn't go well. However earlier in the week Grischuk did win the very strong Play For Russia tournament beating Tomashevsky in the final. Magnus Carlsen sounded disappointed with his play but he won the FIDE Online Steinitz Memorial event by two points which is about as comfortable as it can get. Top seed Kateryna Lagno won the women's event but only after an Armageddon game against Lei Tingjie. Elsewhere there was lots of blitz online to look at with many of the best players in the world.
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Mark
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The FIDE Online Steinitz Memorial took place 15th to 17th May 2020. Two 10 player events an Open and a Women's event - 18 Round Double Round Robin over 3 days.
Invited players open: Magnus Carlsen, Alexander Grischuk, Le Quang Liem, Daniil Dubov, Peter Svidler, Jeffery Xiong, Anton Korobov, David Anton, Sergey Karjakin Shakhriyar Mamedyarov. In the women's section: Kateryna Lagno, Elisabeth Paehtz, Alexandra Kosteniuk, Antoaneta Stefanova and Tan Zhongyi, Lei Tingjie, Zhansaya Abdumalik, Deysi Cori, Sarasadat Khademalsharieh.
Magnus Carlsen won the Open event by a full two points from Daniil Dubov who had a bad final day but did at least hold on to second place in the final round. Although Carlsen wasn't at his very best it was good enough to win comfortably in the end. Favourite Kateryna Lagno won the women's event after an Armageddon blitz tie-break against Lei Tingjie. The next event is on Tuesday with the Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge: May 19 - June 3.
| FIDE Steinitz Mem Open chess24.com INT (INT), 15-17 v 2020 | cat. XX (2734) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1. | Carlsen, Magnus | g | NOR | 2863 | * | * | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 12.0 | 2844 |
| 2. | Dubov, Daniil | g | RUS | 2699 | 1 | ½ | * | * | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10.0 | 2780 |
| 3. | Svidler, Peter | g | RUS | 2723 | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | * | * | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 9.5 | 2756 |
| 4. | Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | g | AZE | 2764 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | * | * | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 2730 |
| 5. | Xiong, Jeffery | g | USA | 2709 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | * | * | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 9.0 | 2736 |
| 6. | Le, Quang Liem | g | VIE | 2709 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | * | * | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 9.0 | 2736 |
| 7. | Korobov, Anton | g | UKR | 2688 | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | * | * | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8.5 | 2718 |
| 8. | Bu, Xiangzhi | g | CHN | 2705 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | * | * | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8.5 | 2716 |
| 9. | Anton Guijarro, David | g | ESP | 2703 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | * | * | 0 | 1 | 7.5 | 2680 |
| 10. | Grischuk, Alexander | g | RUS | 2777 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | * | * | 7.0 | 2649 |
| FIDE Steinitz Mem Women chess24.com INT (INT), 15-17 v 2020 | cat. X (2477) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1. | Lagno, Kateryna | g | RUS | 2546 | * | * | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12.0 | 2593 |
| 2. | Lei, Tingjie | g | CHN | 2505 | ½ | 1 | * | * | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12.0 | 2598 |
| 3. | Abdumalik, Zhansaya | m | KAZ | 2478 | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | * | * | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11.5 | 2578 |
| 4. | Kosteniuk, Alexandra | g | RUS | 2471 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | * | * | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10.5 | 2534 |
| 5. | Tan, Zhongyi | g | CHN | 2510 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | * | * | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 10.0 | 2515 |
| 6. | Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat | m | IRI | 2494 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | * | * | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9.0 | 2474 |
| 7. | Stefanova, Antoaneta | g | BUL | 2462 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | * | * | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 9.0 | 2478 |
| 8. | Sebag, Marie | g | FRA | 2438 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | * | * | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8.5 | 2459 |
| 9. | Paehtz, Elisabeth | m | GER | 2473 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | * | * | 1 | 0 | 4.5 | 2283 |
| 10. | Cori T., Deysi | wg | PER | 2388 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | * | * | 3.0 | 2213 |
| FIDE Steinitz Women TB chess24.com INT Fri 15th May 2020 - Sun 17th May 2020
Leading Final Round 1 Standings: |
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| Rk | Name | Ti | FED | 1 | Pts |
| 1 | Lagno, Kateryna | GM | RUS | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Lei, Tingjie | GM | CHN | 0 | 0 |
| 2 players | |||||
The Play for Russia tournament is a blitz event that took place Tue 12th May to Thu 14th May 2020. The charity tournament prize pool will be distributed among regional hospitals and doctors fighting the COVID-19 epidemic. The players nominated precisely the charity they want to help. The tournament was held with the support of the Ramaks Group of Companies. The event will be broadcast live on "Match TV". The event was held on lichess. Time control 5 minutes + 2 seconds a move. 8 player double round robin followed by a semi-final and final to decide the winner from the top 4 players. Play starts at 3pm Moscow time 1pm BST. Players: Nepomniachtchi, Grischuk, Kramnik, Karjakin, Svidler, Tomashevsky, Inarkiev and Riazantsev. Grischuk beat Tomashevsky 3-0 in the final. Earlier Kramnik had dominated the all-play-all stage.
| Play for Russia Prelim lichess.org INT (INT), 12-14 v 2020 | cat. XIX (2724) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1. | Kramnik, Vladimir | g | RUS | 2753 | * | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10.5 | 2913 |
| 2. | Svidler, Peter | g | RUS | 2723 | ½ | ½ | * | * | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 9.0 | 2826 |
| 3. | Tomashevsky, Evgeny | g | RUS | 2706 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | * | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 8.0 | 2776 |
| 4. | Grischuk, Alexander | g | RUS | 2777 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | * | * | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 8.0 | 2766 |
| 5. | Karjakin, Sergey | g | RUS | 2752 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | * | * | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 7.5 | 2749 |
| 6. | Inarkiev, Ernesto | g | RUS | 2661 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | * | * | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 5.5 | 2653 |
| 7. | Nepomniachtchi, Ian | g | RUS | 2784 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | * | * | 1 | 1 | 5.0 | 2613 |
| 8. | Riazantsev, Alexander | g | RUS | 2638 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | * | * | 2.5 | 2474 |
| Round 1 (May 12, 2020) | ||||||
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| Kramnik, Vladimir | - Riazantsev, Alexander | 1-0 | 53 | D02 | Queen's Pawn Game | |
| Grischuk, Alexander | - Svidler, Peter | 1-0 | 42 | A07 | Barcza System | |
| Karjakin, Sergey | - Tomashevsky, Evgeny | ½-½ | 51 | C50 | Giuoco Piano | |
| Nepomniachtchi, Ian | - Inarkiev, Ernesto | ½-½ | 62 | A11 | Reti Opening | |
| Round 2 (May 12, 2020) | ||||||
| Kramnik, Vladimir | - Nepomniachtchi, Ian | 1-0 | 38 | A36 | English Botvinnik | |
| Tomashevsky, Evgeny | - Grischuk, Alexander | ½-½ | 24 | E68 | King's Indian Fianchetto | |
| Inarkiev, Ernesto | - Karjakin, Sergey | ½-½ | 55 | D37 | QGD 5.Bf4 | |
| Riazantsev, Alexander | - Svidler, Peter | ½-½ | 53 | D82 | Gruenfeld 4.Bf4 | |
| Round 3 (May 12, 2020) | ||||||
| Svidler, Peter | - Tomashevsky, Evgeny | ½-½ | 42 | C65 | Ruy Lopez Berlin | |
| Grischuk, Alexander | - Inarkiev, Ernesto | ½-½ | 62 | D02 | Queen's Pawn Game | |
| Karjakin, Sergey | - Kramnik, Vladimir | ½-½ | 62 | D00 | Queen's Pawn Game | |
| Nepomniachtchi, Ian | - Riazantsev, Alexander | 1-0 | 23 | B03 | Alekhine's Defence | |
| Round 4 (May 12, 2020) | ||||||
| Kramnik, Vladimir | - Grischuk, Alexander | 0-1 | 46 | A10 | Dutch, QI and KID Systems | |
| Inarkiev, Ernesto | - Svidler, Peter | ½-½ | 52 | E63 | King's Indian 6...Nc6 | |
| Nepomniachtchi, Ian | - Karjakin, Sergey | ½-½ | 65 | A28 | English Four Knights | |
| Riazantsev, Alexander | - Tomashevsky, Evgeny | ½-½ | 35 | E12 | Queens Indian Petrosian | |
| Round 5 (May 12, 2020) | ||||||
| Svidler, Peter | - Kramnik, Vladimir | ½-½ | 83 | A07 | Barcza System | |
| Tomashevsky, Evgeny | - Inarkiev, Ernesto | 1-0 | 65 | A06 | Zukertort Opening | |
| Grischuk, Alexander | - Nepomniachtchi, Ian | ½-½ | 31 | A48 | King's Indian Defence /c2-c4 | |
| Karjakin, Sergey | - Riazantsev, Alexander | ½-½ | 42 | B04 | Alekhine's Defence | |
| Round 6 (May 12, 2020) | ||||||
| Svidler, Peter | - Karjakin, Sergey | ½-½ | 25 | A13 | Reti Opening | |
| Tomashevsky, Evgeny | - Nepomniachtchi, Ian | 1-0 | 46 | A35 | English Symmetrical | |
| Grischuk, Alexander | - Riazantsev, Alexander | 1-0 | 26 | A06 | Zukertort Opening | |
| Inarkiev, Ernesto | - Kramnik, Vladimir | 0-1 | 36 | D02 | Queen's Pawn Game | |
| Round 7 (May 12, 2020) | ||||||
| Kramnik, Vladimir | - Tomashevsky, Evgeny | 1-0 | 32 | D35 | QGD Exchange | |
| Karjakin, Sergey | - Grischuk, Alexander | 0-1 | 74 | B90 | Sicilian Najdorf Variation | |
| Nepomniachtchi, Ian | - Svidler, Peter | ½-½ | 65 | A10 | Dutch, QI and KID Systems | |
| Riazantsev, Alexander | - Inarkiev, Ernesto | ½-½ | 65 | D27 | QGA | |
| Round 8 (May 13, 2020) | ||||||
| Svidler, Peter | - Grischuk, Alexander | 1-0 | 53 | B31 | Sicilian Rossolimo | |
| Tomashevsky, Evgeny | - Karjakin, Sergey | 0-1 | 55 | D37 | QGD 5.Bf4 | |
| Inarkiev, Ernesto | - Nepomniachtchi, Ian | 1-0 | 50 | A40 | Unusual Replies to 1.d4 | |
| Riazantsev, Alexander | - Kramnik, Vladimir | 0-1 | 43 | D30 | Queen's Gambit (without Nc3) | |
| Round 9 (May 13, 2020) | ||||||
| Svidler, Peter | - Riazantsev, Alexander | 1-0 | 44 | A07 | Barcza System | |
| Grischuk, Alexander | - Tomashevsky, Evgeny | ½-½ | 63 | D02 | Queen's Pawn Game | |
| Karjakin, Sergey | - Inarkiev, Ernesto | 1-0 | 32 | D27 | QGA | |
| Nepomniachtchi, Ian | - Kramnik, Vladimir | 0-1 | 38 | C11 | French Defence | |
| Round 10 (May 13, 2020) | ||||||
| Kramnik, Vladimir | - Karjakin, Sergey | 1-0 | 69 | A28 | English Four Knights | |
| Tomashevsky, Evgeny | - Svidler, Peter | ½-½ | 46 | A15 | English counter King's Fianchetto | |
| Inarkiev, Ernesto | - Grischuk, Alexander | ½-½ | 50 | A40 | Unusual Replies to 1.d4 | |
| Riazantsev, Alexander | - Nepomniachtchi, Ian | 0-1 | 38 | A40 | Unusual Replies to 1.d4 | |
| Round 11 (May 13, 2020) | ||||||
| Svidler, Peter | - Inarkiev, Ernesto | 1-0 | 35 | A09 | Reti Opening | |
| Tomashevsky, Evgeny | - Riazantsev, Alexander | 1-0 | 36 | D35 | QGD Exchange | |
| Grischuk, Alexander | - Kramnik, Vladimir | 0-1 | 49 | A06 | Zukertort Opening | |
| Karjakin, Sergey | - Nepomniachtchi, Ian | 1-0 | 35 | D87 | Gruenfeld Botvinnik | |
| Round 12 (May 13, 2020) | ||||||
| Kramnik, Vladimir | - Svidler, Peter | ½-½ | 51 | A36 | English Botvinnik | |
| Inarkiev, Ernesto | - Tomashevsky, Evgeny | ½-½ | 76 | D02 | Queen's Pawn Game | |
| Nepomniachtchi, Ian | - Grischuk, Alexander | ½-½ | 57 | A01 | Larsen Opening | |
| Riazantsev, Alexander | - Karjakin, Sergey | ½-½ | 30 | D30 | Queen's Gambit (without Nc3) | |
| Round 13 (May 13, 2020) | ||||||
| Svidler, Peter | - Nepomniachtchi, Ian | 1-0 | 49 | A07 | Barcza System | |
| Tomashevsky, Evgeny | - Kramnik, Vladimir | 1-0 | 51 | A06 | Zukertort Opening | |
| Grischuk, Alexander | - Karjakin, Sergey | 0-1 | 54 | D02 | Queen's Pawn Game | |
| Inarkiev, Ernesto | - Riazantsev, Alexander | 1-0 | 38 | D02 | Queen's Pawn Game | |
| Round 14 (May 13, 2020) | ||||||
| Kramnik, Vladimir | - Inarkiev, Ernesto | 1-0 | 48 | A20 | English Opening | |
| Karjakin, Sergey | - Svidler, Peter | 0-1 | 77 | B42 | Sicilian Paulsen | |
| Nepomniachtchi, Ian | - Tomashevsky, Evgeny | ½-½ | 37 | C47 | Four Knights | |
| Riazantsev, Alexander | - Grischuk, Alexander | 0-1 | 53 | A40 | Unusual Replies to 1.d4 | |
| Play for Russia Final lichess.org INT Tue 12th May 2020 - Thu 14th May 2020
Leading Final Round 2 Standings: |
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| Rk | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | 1 | 2 | 3 | Pts |
| Final | ||||||||
| 1 | Grischuk, Alexander | GM | RUS | 2777 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | Tomashevsky, Evgeny | GM | RUS | 2706 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Semifinal | ||||||||
| 1 | Grischuk, Alexander | GM | RUS | 2777 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | Kramnik, Vladimir | GM | RUS | 2753 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | Tomashevsky, Evgeny | GM | RUS | 2706 | 1 | = | 1.5 | |
| 2 | Svidler, Peter | GM | RUS | 2723 | 0 | = | 0.5 | |
| 8 players | ||||||||
| Play for Russia Final lichess.org INT Tue 12th May 2020 - Thu 14th May 2020
Leading Final Round 2 Standings: |
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| Rk | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | 1 | 2 | 3 | Pts |
| Final | ||||||||
| 1 | Grischuk, Alexander | GM | RUS | 2777 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | Tomashevsky, Evgeny | GM | RUS | 2706 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Semifinal | ||||||||
| 1 | Grischuk, Alexander | GM | RUS | 2777 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | Kramnik, Vladimir | GM | RUS | 2753 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | Tomashevsky, Evgeny | GM | RUS | 2706 | 1 | = | 1.5 | |
| 2 | Svidler, Peter | GM | RUS | 2723 | 0 | = | 0.5 | |
| 8 players | ||||||||
The Chessbrah May Invitational took place May 15th to 16th 2020 on Chess.com. Alireza won the 6 player Double Elimination Format blitz event beating MVL in the first round, Alexander Grischuk in the second Round and Anish Giri in the final. Grischuk lost to Giri in the first round but had a second chance in the repechage double round all-play-all where he scored 3/4, MVL 2/4 and Caruana scored 1/4. Grischuk's attempt to play this event and the Steinitz Memorial on the same days seems to have affected his chances in both. On the naming of the event it was officially called the Chessbrah Invitational but it's entirely possible there will be more of these in the future.
| Chessbrah Inv May 2020 chess.com INT Fri 15th May 2020 - Sat 16th May 2020
Leading Final Round 3 Standings: |
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| Rk | Name | Pts |
| Final | ||
| 1 | Firouzja, Alireza | 5.5 |
| 2 | Giri, Anish | 1.5 |
| Semi-final | ||
| 1 | Giri, Anish | 3 |
| 2 | Nepomniachtchi, Ian | 1 |
| 1 | Firouzja, Alireza | 3 |
| 2 | Grischuk, Alexander | 2 |
| Quarter Final | ||
| 1 | Giri, Anish | 2.5 |
| 2 | Grischuk, Alexander | 1.5 |
| 1 | Nepomniachtchi, Ian | 2.5 |
| 2 | Caruana, Fabiano | 1.5 |
| 1 | Firouzja, Alireza | 2.5 |
| 2 | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | 1.5 |
| Double-elimination repechage | ||
| 1 | Grischuk, Alexander | 3.0 |
| 2 | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | 2.0 |
| 3 | Caruana, Fabiano | 1.0 |
| 19 players | ||
The IM Not A GM Speed Chess tournament takes place on chess.com. The event started on April 18th and will most likely run through until late April or early May. Some of the most well known figures in online broadcasting and chess provision compete in long blitz matches consisting of 75 minutes of 5+1 blitz, 45 minutes of 3+1 blitz, and 25 minutes of 1+1 bullet chess. The Semi-Finals took place on the 14th and 16th May. John Bartholomew meets Alina Kashlinskaya in the final.
| IM Not A GM Speed Chess chess.com INT Sat 18th Apr 2020 - Sat 18th Apr 2020
Leading Round 3 (of 4) Standings: |
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| Rk | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | Pts |
| Final | |||||
| 1 | Bartholomew, John | IM | USA | 2446 | |
| 1 | Kashlinskaya, Alina | IM | RUS | 2494 | |
| Semi-Finals | |||||
| 1 | Kashlinskaya, Alina | IM | RUS | 2494 | 17.5 |
| 2 | Coleman, Teddy | IM | USA | 2333 | 6.5 |
| 1 | Bartholomew, John | IM | USA | 2446 | 15.5 |
| 2 | Shahade, Gregory | IM | USA | 2476 | 6.5 |
| Quarter-Finals | |||||
| 1 | Kashlinskaya, Alina | IM | RUS | 2494 | 13 |
| 2 | Rosen, Eric | IM | USA | 2353 | 8 |
| 1 | Coleman, Teddy | IM | USA | 2333 | 11.5 |
| 2 | Rozman, Levy | IM | USA | 2343 | 9.5 |
| 1 | Bartholomew, John | IM | USA | 2446 | 15.5 |
| 2 | Trent, Lawrence | IM | ENG | 2399 | 7.5 |
| 1 | Shahade, Gregory | IM | USA | 2476 | 12.5 |
| 2 | Yip, Carissa | IM | USA | 2420 | 9.5 |
| Round 1 | |||||
| 1 | Bartholomew, John | IM | USA | 2446 | 20 |
| 2 | Pruess, David | IM | USA | 2336 | 6 |
| 1 | Rozman, Levy | IM | USA | 2343 | 14.5 |
| 2 | Tania, Sachdev | IM | IND | 2392 | 5.5 |
| 1 | Kashlinskaya, Alina | IM | RUS | 2494 | 13 |
| 2 | Sielecki, Christof | IM | GER | 2431 | 11 |
| 1 | Shahade, Gregory | IM | USA | 2476 | 14 |
| 2 | Zatonskih, Anna | IM | USA | 2420 | 9 |
| 1 | Rosen, Eric | IM | USA | 2353 | 17 |
| 2 | Paehtz, Elisabeth | IM | GER | 2473 | 7 |
| 1 | Trent, Lawrence | IM | ENG | 2399 | 15.5 |
| 2 | Kavutskiy, Konstantin | IM | USA | 2391 | 6.5 |
| 1 | Coleman, Teddy | IM | USA | 2333 | 15 |
| 2 | Rensch, Daniel | IM | USA | 2402 | 13 |
| 1 | Yip, Carissa | IM | USA | 2420 | 13.5 |
| 2 | Ippolito, Dean | IM | USA | 2369 | 8.5 |
| 34 players | |||||
The final of the 1st English Online Blitz Championship took place on 16th May 2020. FM Marcus Harvey beat IM Andrew Horton 3-0 in the final. GMs Gawain Jones, Danny Gormally and Simon Williams all reached the final stages. WFM Svetlana Sucikova beat WFM Shohreh Bayat 2.5-0.5 in the final to win the women's event.
| English Online Blitz Open chess.com INT Sat 9th May 2020 - Sat 16th May 2020
Leading Final Round 4 Standings: |
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| Rk | Name | Ti | FED | Gms | + | - |
| 1 | Marcus Harvey | FM | ENG | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| 2 | Andrew Horton | IM | ENG | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| 3 | Gawain Jones | GM | ENG | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 3 | Ameet Ghasi | IM | ENG | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 5 | Sam Chow | FM | AUS | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | Ravi Haria | IM | ENG | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | Jonah Willow | FM | ENG | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | Daniel Gormally | GM | ENG | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | Peter Roberson | IM | ENG | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Koby Kalavannan | FM | ENG | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Henrik Stepanyan | ENG | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 9 | David Haydon | FM | ENG | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Richard Pert | IM | ENG | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Andrew Greet | IM | SCO | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Simon Williams | GM | ENG | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Matthew Wadsworth | IM | ENG | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 players | ||||||
| ENG Online Blitz Women chess.com INT Sat 9th May 2020 - Sat 16th May 2020
Leading Final Round 4 Standings: |
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| Rk | Name | Ti | FED | Gms | + | - |
| 1 | Svetlana Sucikova | WFM | SVK | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| 2 | Shohreh Bayat | WFM | IRI | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| 3 | Anita Somton | ENG | 3 | 2 | 1 | |
| 3 | Ekaterina Diakonova | RUS | 3 | 2 | 1 | |
| 5 | Rasa Norinkeviciute | WFM | LTU | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | Zoe Varney | ENG | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| 5 | Elis Dicen | ENG | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| 5 | Eugenia Karas | ENG | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| 9 | Maaike Keetman | NED | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 9 | Imogen Dicen | ENG | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 9 | Niamh Bridgeman | ENG | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 9 | Nina Pert | ENG | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 9 | Julie Oh | ENG | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 9 | Sarah Longson | WFM | ENG | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Alaa Gamal | ENG | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 9 | Rayelynn Posadas | ENG | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 16 players | ||||||
| English Online Blitz Gp1 chess.com INT Sat 9th May 2020 - Sat 16th May 2020
Leading Final Round 11 Standings: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | SNo | Name | Ti | FED | Pts | TB1 |
| 1 | 1 | Gawain Jones | GM | GBR | 9.5 | 73.5 |
| 2 | 8 | Andy Horton | IM | GBR | 9 | 65.5 |
| 3 | 6 | Jonah Willow | FM | GBR | 9 | 64.25 |
| 4 | 4 | Ameet Ghasi | IM | GBR | 9 | 63 |
| 5 | 7 | Sam Chow | FM | AUS | 8.5 | 55 |
| 6 | 2 | Thomas Rendle | IM | GBR | 8.5 | 54.25 |
| 7 | 9 | David Haydon | FM | GBR | 8 | 53.5 |
| 8 | 14 | Andrew Greet | IM | GBR | 8 | 53 |
| 9 | 11 | Koby Kalavannan | FM | GBR | 8 | 52.25 |
| 10 | 18 | Mark Hebden | GM | GBR | 8 | 50.5 |
| 10 | 28 | Henrik Stepanyan | GBR | 8 | 50.5 | |
| 10 | 22 | Richard Pert | IM | GBR | 8 | 50.5 |
| 13 | 13 | Peter Roberson | IM | GBR | 8 | 49.75 |
| 14 | 12 | Keith Arkell | GM | GBR | 8 | 49.5 |
| 15 | 10 | James Adair | IM | GBR | 8 | 48.75 |
| 15 | 73 | ricardogardener | GBR | 8 | 48.75 | |
| 17 | 19 | Simon Williams | GM | GBR | 8 | 48.5 |
| 18 | 17 | Matthew Wadsworth | IM | GBR | 8 | 46.25 |
| 19 | 100 | Lawrence Cooper | IM | GBR | 7.5 | 51.75 |
| 20 | 16 | Nghia Dong | CM | GBR | 7.5 | 50.5 |
| 21 | 27 | Will Claridge-Hansen | FM | GBR | 7.5 | 48 |
| 22 | 3 | Daniel Fernandez | GM | AUS | 7.5 | 46.75 |
| 23 | 60 | Szymon Palucha | GBR | 7.5 | 46.25 | |
| 24 | 53 | Maaikee | NLD | 7.5 | 45.75 | |
| 24 | 182 | Jake | GBR | 7.5 | 45.75 | |
| 26 | 38 | Alan Walton | GBR | 7.5 | 45.25 | |
| 27 | 44 | Mikhail Sedykh | GBR | 7.5 | 44.75 | |
| 28 | 20 | David Zakarian | FM | GBR | 7.5 | 44.5 |
| 29 | 26 | Jason Leverett | GBR | 7.5 | 44.25 | |
| 30 | 5 | Marcus Harvey | FM | GBR | 7.5 | 42.5 |
| 31 | 43 | pirategav | GBR | 7.5 | 42 | |
| 32 | 39 | RIPOL | BEL | 7.5 | 41.75 | |
| 33 | 15 | Ritvars Reimanis | FM | LVA | 7 | 45.25 |
| 34 | 35 | ukchessbomber | FRA | 7 | 43.5 | |
| 35 | 36 | David Walker | FM | GBR | 7 | 43 |
| 36 | 33 | Tomasz Sygnowski | POL | 7 | 42.5 | |
| 37 | 104 | Diamonaut | INT | 7 | 41.75 | |
| 38 | 34 | Heretoflag | GBR | 7 | 41.5 | |
| 39 | 110 | Flobadob0 | GBR | 7 | 41 | |
| 40 | 47 | kidagent | FM | GBR | 7 | 39.5 |
| 248 players | ||||||
| English Online Blitz Gp2 chess.com INT Sat 9th May 2020 - Sat 16th May 2020
Leading Final Round 11 Standings: |
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| Rk | SNo | Name | Ti | FED | Pts | TB1 |
| 1 | 1 | Justin Tan | GM | AUS | 9.5 | 72.5 |
| 2 | 9 | Ravi Haria | IM | GBR | 9 | 62.5 |
| 3 | 30 | Daniel Gormally | GM | GBR | 8.5 | 62.5 |
| 4 | 5 | Marcus Harvey | FM | GBR | 8.5 | 60.5 |
| 5 | 7 | Koby Kalavannan | FM | GBR | 8.5 | 58.75 |
| 6 | 14 | Matthew Wadsworth | IM | GBR | 8.5 | 57.25 |
| 7 | 10 | Andrew Greet | IM | GBR | 8.5 | 56.5 |
| 8 | 17 | Nikola Nikolovski | IM | MKD | 8.5 | 47.75 |
| 9 | 3 | Sam Chow | FM | AUS | 8 | 55.5 |
| 10 | 13 | Nghia Dong | CM | GBR | 8 | 52.75 |
| 11 | 19 | Richard Pert | IM | GBR | 8 | 52 |
| 12 | 4 | David Haydon | FM | GBR | 8 | 51.75 |
| 13 | 27 | Henrik Stepanyan | GBR | 8 | 49.25 | |
| 14 | 18 | Simon Williams | GM | GBR | 8 | 47.5 |
| 15 | 8 | Adam Taylor | GBR | 8 | 46.75 | |
| 16 | 20 | ricardogardener | GBR | 8 | 46.25 | |
| 17 | 11 | Peter Roberson | IM | GBR | 8 | 46 |
| 18 | 51 | snap_man | RUS | 8 | 45.5 | |
| 19 | 12 | Mark Hebden | GM | GBR | 7.5 | 53.5 |
| 20 | 16 | Keith Arkell | GM | GBR | 7.5 | 50 |
| 21 | 38 | Alan Walton | GBR | 7.5 | 46 | |
| 21 | 32 | ukchessbomber | FRA | 7.5 | 46 | |
| 23 | 2 | PeshkaTheGreat | GBR | 7.5 | 45.25 | |
| 24 | 22 | Adam Taylor | GBR | 7.5 | 42.75 | |
| 25 | 72 | Lawrence Cooper | IM | GBR | 7.5 | 41.5 |
| 26 | 23 | Jack Rudd | IM | TTO | 7.5 | 41.25 |
| 27 | 28 | Jason Leverett | GBR | 7 | 46.5 | |
| 28 | 29 | Viktor Stoyanov | GBR | 7 | 44 | |
| 29 | 34 | Heretoflag | GBR | 7 | 43.5 | |
| 30 | 42 | fischerfan230804 | GBR | 7 | 43.25 | |
| 31 | 167 | Amenhotep04 | GBR | 7 | 41.5 | |
| 32 | 15 | Ritvars Reimanis | FM | LVA | 7 | 41.25 |
| 33 | 36 | piscatorox | CM | GBR | 7 | 40 |
| 33 | 33 | Harry Grieve | FM | GBR | 7 | 40 |
| 35 | 39 | Thomas | GBR | 7 | 39.5 | |
| 36 | 21 | Ali Mortazavi | IM | GBR | 7 | 38.5 |
| 36 | 174 | UR_A_MUG | GBR | 7 | 38.5 | |
| 38 | 75 | nasir rizvi | GBR | 7 | 37 | |
| 39 | 55 | KarmaPuncher | GBR | 7 | 35.5 | |
| 40 | 65 | gmnorfolk | GBR | 7 | 35 | |
| 216 players | ||||||
The Titled Tuesday Blitz 12th May was won by Hikaru Nakamura with 9.5/10.
| Titled Tuesday 12th May chess.com INT Tue 12th May 2020 - Tue 12th May 2020
Leading Final Round 10 Standings: |
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| Rk | SNo | Name | Ti | FED | Pts | TB1 |
| 1 | 1 | Hikaru Nakamura | GM | USA | 9.5 | 61.75 |
| 2 | 2 | Alireza Firouzja | GM | IRN | 9 | 60 |
| 3 | 11 | Liem Le | GM | VNM | 9 | 48.5 |
| 4 | 9 | Oleksandr Bortnyk | GM | UKR | 8.5 | 57.5 |
| 5 | 6 | Shakhriyar Mammadyarov | GM | AZE | 8.5 | 55.5 |
| 6 | 39 | Radoslaw Wojtaszek | GM | POL | 8.5 | 55 |
| 7 | 8 | Parham Maghsoodloo | GM | IRN | 8.5 | 54.5 |
| 8 | 99 | Anuar Ismagambetov | GM | KAZ | 8.5 | 54.25 |
| 9 | 16 | Vidit Gujrathi | GM | IND | 8.5 | 52.75 |
| 10 | 85 | Milos Perunovic | GM | SRB | 8.5 | 50.75 |
| 11 | 69 | Siva Mahadevan | IM | IND | 8.5 | 50.25 |
| 12 | 262 | Perro Loko | IM | ESP | 8.5 | 49.25 |
| 13 | 62 | Raunak Sadhwani | GM | IND | 8.5 | 43 |
| 14 | 45 | Klementy Sychev | GM | RUS | 8 | 50 |
| 15 | 91 | Igor Lysyj | GM | RUS | 8 | 48.5 |
| 16 | 31 | Matthias Bluebaum | GM | DEU | 8 | 47.5 |
| 17 | 165 | Vincent Keymer | GM | DEU | 8 | 46.5 |
| 18 | 95 | Alex Fier | GM | BRA | 8 | 46 |
| 19 | 33 | Vladislav Kovalev | GM | BLR | 8 | 45.5 |
| 20 | 86 | Vasif Durarbayli | GM | USA | 8 | 44.5 |
| 21 | 102 | Harshit Raja | IM | IND | 8 | 43.5 |
| 22 | 188 | Thomas Beerdsen | IM | NLD | 8 | 42.5 |
| 23 | 19 | Andrey Esipenko | GM | RUS | 8 | 42 |
| 24 | 57 | Renato Terry | IM | PER | 8 | 40.5 |
| 25 | 52 | Rinat Jumabayev | GM | KAZ | 8 | 39.5 |
| 25 | 177 | Nikita Meshkovs | GM | LVA | 8 | 39.5 |
| 27 | 121 | Nils Grandelius | GM | SWE | 8 | 37.5 |
| 28 | 141 | Eldar Gasanov | GM | UKR | 8 | 37 |
| 29 | 29 | Christopher Woojin Yoo | IM | USA | 8 | 35.5 |
| 30 | 113 | Alejandro Ramirez | GM | USA | 7.5 | 44.25 |
| 30 | 64 | Kirill Shevchenko | GM | UKR | 7.5 | 44.25 |
| 32 | 410 | Morozevich, Alexander | GM | RUS | 7.5 | 43.75 |
| 33 | 59 | Tomas Laurusas | IM | LTU | 7.5 | 43.5 |
| 33 | 82 | Khegay, Dmitry | GM | RUS | 7.5 | 43.5 |
| 35 | 89 | Kezin, Roman | IM | RUS | 7.5 | 43.25 |
| 36 | 172 | Nikita Matinian | GM | RUS | 7.5 | 41.75 |
| 37 | 71 | Sergey Grigoriants | GM | RUS | 7.5 | 40.75 |
| 37 | 119 | Axel Bachmann | GM | PRY | 7.5 | 40.75 |
| 37 | 255 | Daniel Dardha | IM | BEL | 7.5 | 40.75 |
| 40 | 106 | Ivan Cheparinov | GM | GEO | 7.5 | 40.5 |
| 1084 players | ||||||
The FISCA Online U14 Open took place 9th to 17th May. In June there will be an open. Normal time controls. Andrei-Octavian Ulian won with 7.5/9.
| FISCA Online U14 Op 2020 chess.com INT Sat 9th May 2020 - Sun 17th May 2020
Leading Final Round 9 Standings: |
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| Rk | SNo | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | Pts | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | 14 | Ulian Andrei-Octavian | AIM | ROU | 1589 | 7.5 | 42.0 | 43.50 | 0.0 |
| 2 | 3 | Toktomushev Teimur | UKR | 1828 | 7.0 | 39.0 | 39.25 | 0.0 | |
| 3 | 20 | Cazan Mircea-Andrei | ROU | 1494 | 7.0 | 39.0 | 38.00 | 0.0 | |
| 4 | 5 | Basilio Rodrigo | POR | 1776 | 6.5 | 40.5 | 34.75 | 0.0 | |
| 5 | 1 | Chilukuri Sai Varshith | FM | IND | 1943 | 6.5 | 40.0 | 35.25 | 0.0 |
| 6 | 9 | Medhansh Saxena | IND | 1657 | 6.5 | 39.5 | 35.25 | 0.0 | |
| 7 | 10 | Banh Gia Huy | VIE | 1633 | 6.5 | 39.5 | 33.25 | 0.0 | |
| 8 | 7 | Pal Rohan | ENG | 1712 | 6.5 | 38.0 | 29.50 | 0.0 | |
| 9 | 2 | Dumitrescu Daniel | ROU | 1926 | 6.0 | 40.0 | 31.25 | 0.0 | |
| 10 | 4 | Cojocaru Filip | ROU | 1812 | 6.0 | 37.5 | 30.75 | 0.0 | |
| 11 | 33 | Wandor Adam | POL | 1326 | 6.0 | 36.0 | 27.00 | 0.0 | |
| 12 | 19 | Mahi Amit Doshi | IND | 1502 | 6.0 | 34.5 | 28.00 | 0.0 | |
| 13 | 34 | Paulet Elena-Cristiana | ROU | 1308 | 6.0 | 34.0 | 27.50 | 0.0 | |
| 14 | 15 | Shevchuk Yuriy | UKR | 1584 | 6.0 | 33.5 | 26.75 | 0.0 | |
| 15 | 8 | Jaiveer Mahendru | IND | 1695 | 5.5 | 41.0 | 28.75 | 0.0 | |
| 16 | 6 | Arsh Shah | HKG | 1751 | 5.5 | 40.5 | 29.00 | 0.0 | |
| 17 | 16 | Taran Sebastian | ROU | 1561 | 5.5 | 38.0 | 27.25 | 0.0 | |
| 18 | 11 | Iuga Ioan-Alexandru | II | ROU | 1613 | 5.5 | 38.0 | 26.50 | 0.0 |
| 19 | 23 | Korniychuk Igor | UKR | 1426 | 5.5 | 36.5 | 23.25 | 0.0 | |
| 20 | 31 | Slobozeanu Ioana-Raluca | II | ROU | 1346 | 5.5 | 34.0 | 22.75 | 0.0 |
| 21 | 32 | Santimbrean Mihnea-Nicolae | ROU | 1336 | 5.5 | 32.5 | 24.25 | 0.0 | |
| 22 | 77 | Shaurya Naithani | USA | 0 | 5.5 | 32.5 | 21.00 | 0.0 | |
| 23 | 17 | Nguyen Vuong Tung Lam | VIE | 1528 | 5.5 | 32.0 | 21.50 | 0.0 | |
| 24 | 40 | Burja-Udrea Razvan-Andrei | ROU | 1246 | 5.5 | 31.0 | 20.25 | 0.0 | |
| 25 | 25 | Garbowska Maja | POL | 1405 | 5.5 | 30.5 | 22.50 | 0.0 | |
| 26 | 26 | Giugiuc Andrei-Calin | ROU | 1395 | 5.0 | 37.0 | 22.75 | 0.0 | |
| 27 | 28 | Teerthala Abhinav | IND | 1387 | 5.0 | 36.5 | 22.75 | 0.0 | |
| 28 | 29 | Popescu Alexandru-Mihai | ROU | 1360 | 5.0 | 35.0 | 22.50 | 0.0 | |
| 29 | 13 | Jaivardhan Raj | IND | 1590 | 5.0 | 35.0 | 21.50 | 0.0 | |
| 30 | 12 | Yash Jyoti Bir | IND | 1592 | 5.0 | 34.5 | 21.00 | 0.0 | |
| 31 | 21 | Aarav Lakhani | IND | 1491 | 5.0 | 33.0 | 20.50 | 0.0 | |
| 32 | 35 | Donici-Maier David | ROU | 1262 | 5.0 | 32.0 | 19.00 | 0.0 | |
| 33 | 41 | Vasudeva Varun | IND | 1244 | 4.5 | 36.0 | 20.25 | 0.0 | |
| 34 | 24 | Tzontas Athanasios | GRE | 1406 | 4.5 | 35.0 | 15.75 | 0.0 | |
| 35 | 72 | Nyktaris Minas | GRE | 0 | 4.5 | 34.0 | 21.00 | 0.0 | |
| 36 | 57 | Popa Eduard-Gabriel | II | ROU | 1026 | 4.5 | 34.0 | 20.00 | 0.0 |
| 37 | 22 | Dima Ioan-Radu | II | ROU | 1486 | 4.5 | 33.5 | 18.50 | 0.0 |
| 38 | 39 | Eisler Darius | II | ROU | 1250 | 4.5 | 31.5 | 16.25 | 0.0 |
| 39 | 42 | Pandelescu Maria-Catalina | II | ROU | 1242 | 4.5 | 31.5 | 15.00 | 0.0 |
| 40 | 27 | Petculescu Diana-Silvana | ROU | 1393 | 4.5 | 31.0 | 15.25 | 0.0 | |
| 80 players | |||||||||
The PNWCC Online Blitz - Jackpot X took place on May 16th and Andrey Esipenko edged out Boris Gelfand on tie-break after both scored 9/11.
| PNWCC Online Blitz JP 10 chess.com INT Sat 16th May 2020 - Sat 16th May 2020
Leading Final Round 11 Standings: |
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| Rk | SNo | Name | Ti | FED | Pts | TB1 |
| 1 | 6 | Andrey Esipenko | GM | RUS | 9 | 62.25 |
| 2 | 16 | Boris Gelfand | GM | ISR | 9 | 57.75 |
| 3 | 5 | Aleksey Sarana | GM | RUS | 8.5 | 52.5 |
| 4 | 1 | Nikita Vitiugov | GM | RUS | 8 | 52.75 |
| 5 | 44 | Aleksandr Lenderman | GM | USA | 8 | 51.75 |
| 6 | 10 | S.L. Narayanan | GM | IND | 8 | 47.75 |
| 7 | 35 | Dmitry Gordievsky | GM | RUS | 8 | 41 |
| 8 | 17 | Aleksandar Indjic | GM | SRB | 7.5 | 49 |
| 9 | 8 | Sam Sevian | GM | USA | 7.5 | 43.75 |
| 10 | 3 | Vladimir Fedoseev | GM | RUS | 7.5 | 43 |
| 11 | 32 | Leon Livaic | IM | HRV | 7.5 | 39.5 |
| 12 | 30 | Mikhail Kobalia | GM | RUS | 7.5 | 38 |
| 13 | 2 | Oleksandr Bortnyk | GM | UKR | 7.5 | 37.25 |
| 14 | 24 | Raunak Sadhwani | GM | IND | 7.5 | 34.25 |
| 15 | 23 | Maksim Chigaev | GM | RUS | 7 | 47.75 |
| 16 | 26 | Borki Predojevic | GM | BIH | 7 | 43.75 |
| 17 | 4 | Tuan Minh Le | IM | VNM | 7 | 42.25 |
| 18 | 46 | Artur Gabrielian | GM | RUS | 7 | 39 |
| 19 | 41 | Evgeny Postny | GM | ISR | 7 | 38.5 |
| 20 | 14 | Christopher Woojin Yoo | IM | USA | 7 | 38 |
| 21 | 21 | Renato Terry | IM | PER | 7 | 37.25 |
| 22 | 56 | Daniel Fridman | GM | DEU | 7 | 35 |
| 23 | 39 | Alexandr Triapishko | IM | RUS | 7 | 34.5 |
| 24 | 13 | Grigoriy Oparin | GM | RUS | 6.5 | 39.5 |
| 25 | 50 | Andrey Baryshpolets | GM | USA | 6.5 | 34.25 |
| 26 | 40 | Anthony He | FM | USA | 6.5 | 33.75 |
| 27 | 33 | Marin Bosiocic | GM | HRV | 6.5 | 33.25 |
| 28 | 48 | Alex Huzman | GM | ISR | 6.5 | 32.75 |
| 29 | 52 | Rank30Emz | USA | 6.5 | 31.25 | |
| 30 | 74 | Tashik | GM | UKR | 6.5 | 31 |
| 31 | 28 | Emilio Cordova | GM | PER | 6 | 37.5 |
| 32 | 58 | Semen Khanin | IM | RUS | 6 | 36.25 |
| 33 | 47 | Shyam Sundar | GM | IND | 6 | 35.75 |
| 34 | 69 | Aydin Turgut | FM | USA | 6 | 35 |
| 35 | 19 | Anton Demchenko | GM | RUS | 6 | 33.75 |
| 36 | 64 | Zachary Tanenbaum | NM | USA | 6 | 32.25 |
| 37 | 22 | Pavel Eljanov | GM | UKR | 6 | 32 |
| 38 | 20 | Klementy Sychev | GM | RUS | 6 | 31.5 |
| 39 | 51 | Yuriy Kuzubov | GM | UKR | 6 | 31 |
| 40 | 36 | Andrew Hong | IM | USA | 6 | 30.75 |
| 129 players | ||||||
The French Online Blitz Championship took place 16th to 187th May 2020. In the final Rauf Mamedov beat Christian Bauer 3-1. I need time to sort out the games. Results and report.
The European Online Chess Championship takes place on chess.com 16th to 31st May. At the moment there are qualifiers for lower rated players.
The Battle of the Gladiators seems to be connected with a Ukrainian streaming channel. Matches have taken place over a couple of weeks so far with very strong players: Ponomariov, Eljanov, Korobov, Baklan, Efimenko and Kuzubov.
| Gladiators May 5th 2020 chess.com INT Sun 10th May 2020 - Sun 10th May 2020
Leading Final Round 10 Standings: |
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| Rk | Name | Pts |
| 1 | Ponomariov, Ruslan | 5.5 |
| 2 | Eljanov, Pavel | 1.5 |
| 1 | Korobov, Anton | 6 |
| 2 | Baklan, Vladimir | 4 |
| 1 | Efimenko, Zahar | 5.5 |
| 2 | Kuzubov, Yuriy | 4.5 |
| 6 players | ||
| Gladiators May 14th 2020 chess.com INT Thu 14th May 2020 - Thu 14th May 2020
Leading Final Round 10 Standings: |
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| Rk | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | Pts |
| 1 | Korobov, Anton | GM | UKR | 2688 | 6 |
| 2 | Ponomariov, Ruslan | GM | UKR | 2631 | 4 |
| 1 | Eljanov, Pavel | GM | UKR | 2672 | 5.5 |
| 2 | Efimenko, Zahar | GM | UKR | 2602 | 1.5 |
| 1 | Baklan, Vladimir | GM | UKR | 2587 | 6.5 |
| 2 | Kuzubov, Yuriy | GM | UKR | 2643 | 3.5 |
| 6 players | |||||
The Ramadan Masters took place on chess.com on May 8th Salem AR Saleh won with 11.5/12.
| Ramadan Masters 2020 chess.com INT Fri 8th May 2020 - Fri 8th May 2020
Leading Final Round 12 Standings: |
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| Rk | SNo | Name | Ti | FED | Pts | TB1 |
| 1 | 1 | Salem AR Saleh | GM | ARE | 11.5 | 88.75 |
| 2 | 3 | DuleMudule | GM | SRB | 9.5 | 75.75 |
| 3 | 9 | Konstantin Landa | GM | ARE | 9 | 68.25 |
| 4 | 5 | Viorel Iordachescu | GM | ARE | 9 | 66.75 |
| 5 | 7 | Walter Arencibia | GM | CUB | 9 | 66 |
| 6 | 6 | Ivan Sokolov | GM | NLD | 9 | 64.5 |
| 7 | 16 | Sultan Alzaabi | CM | ARE | 9 | 57 |
| 8 | 2 | Ahmed Adly | GM | EGY | 8.5 | 58.75 |
| 9 | 10 | talal hilwani | SYR | 8.5 | 57.25 | |
| 10 | 21 | Mike | RUS | 8.5 | 54.5 | |
| 11 | 4 | Oliver Dimakiling | IM | PHL | 8.5 | 54 |
| 12 | 17 | ramez samir | ARE | 8 | 52.5 | |
| 13 | 25 | Nelman Lagutin | PHL | 8 | 52 | |
| 14 | 11 | Julius Joseph De Ramos | PHL | 8 | 51 | |
| 15 | 22 | Kush Devnani | ARE | 8 | 49 | |
| 16 | 46 | ArchBishop64 | IND | 8 | 48 | |
| 16 | 129 | Asia Chess Academy | IM | JOR | 8 | 48 |
| 18 | 27 | Bogdan Garbea | NM | ROU | 8 | 47 |
| 19 | 15 | Ali Farahat | IM | USA | 7.5 | 57.25 |
| 20 | 14 | Ammar Alsedrani | FM | ARE | 7.5 | 52.25 |
| 21 | 34 | hamadessam | ARE | 7.5 | 49.25 | |
| 22 | 13 | Franz Barretto | PHL | 7.5 | 47.75 | |
| 23 | 39 | Ravshan Khamroev | USA | 7.5 | 45.75 | |
| 24 | 40 | Masterschess21 | IND | 7.5 | 44.75 | |
| 25 | 26 | Dennisov | ARE | 7.5 | 43.5 | |
| 26 | 52 | Elo Heist | ARE | 7.5 | 37.75 | |
| 26 | 49 | ProPanda27 | ARE | 7.5 | 37.75 | |
| 28 | 29 | Marvin Marcos | PHL | 7 | 46 | |
| 29 | 8 | El Taher Fouad | IM | ARE | 7 | 44 |
| 30 | 30 | Rocky Gonzales | PHL | 7 | 43.5 | |
| 31 | 33 | Abdulrahman Masrahi | CM | SAU | 7 | 42.25 |
| 32 | 31 | mohamed moussa | ARE | 7 | 41.5 | |
| 33 | 1 | ezzeddin | ESP | 7 | 41 | |
| 34 | 50 | Gurmeher Singh | ARE | 7 | 40.75 | |
| 35 | 23 | Dandel Fernandez | PHL | 7 | 40.5 | |
| 36 | 36 | JOSEPH GALINDO | PHL | 7 | 40 | |
| 37 | 82 | Akaitab_Giri_r | ARE | 7 | 38.5 | |
| 38 | 41 | Ernesto Yap | PHL | 7 | 38 | |
| 39 | 38 | Noli Delloro | ARE | 7 | 37 | |
| 39 | 62 | abidali mujawar | ARE | 7 | 37 | |
| 144 players | ||||||
The Sukooon Resort 1st Indian Chess.com League took place on chess.com 15th to 17th May. An all-play-all league produced two teams for a super-final where Chess Gurukul beat Superkids for the title. Games files are complete.
| Sukooon Resort Indian Chess.com chess.com INT Fri 15th May 2020 - Sun 17th May 2020
Leading Final Round 9 Standings: |
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| Rk | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | Chess Gurukul | * | 3½ | 2½ | 3½ | 3½ | 3 | 3 | 2½ | 3 | 4 | 1 | 28.5 | 23 |
| 2 | Superkids | 1½ | * | 2½ | 4½ | 4 | 3 | 3½ | 3½ | 4 | 2½ | 2 | 29.0 | 20 |
| 3 | Desi Boys | 2½ | 2½ | * | 4 | 2 | 3½ | 2½ | 4½ | ½ | 3½ | 0 | 25.5 | 15 |
| 4 | United India | 1½ | ½ | 1 | * | 3 | 3½ | 4 | 4 | 1½ | 3½ | 0 | 22.5 | 15 |
| 5 | Undercover Agents | 1½ | 1 | 3 | 2 | * | 2½ | 2½ | 3 | 3 | 3½ | 0 | 22.0 | 14 |
| 6 | Five Fighters | 2 | 2 | 1½ | 1½ | 2½ | * | 2½ | 3½ | 3 | 3½ | 0 | 22.0 | 11 |
| 7 | Chess Gyaan | 2 | 1½ | 2½ | 1 | 2½ | 2½ | * | 2½ | 4 | 2½ | 0 | 21.0 | 8 |
| 8 | Chess Thulir | 2½ | 1½ | ½ | 1 | 2 | 1½ | 2½ | * | 3½ | 3½ | 0 | 18.5 | 8 |
| 9 | Chess Pathshala | 2 | 1 | 4½ | 3½ | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1½ | * | ½ | 0 | 18.0 | 6 |
| 10 | Cheeky Cheetahs | 1 | 2½ | 1½ | 1½ | 1½ | 1½ | 2½ | 1½ | 4½ | * | 0 | 18.0 | 5 |
| 10 players | ||||||||||||||
| Sukooon Resort Indian Chess.com Final chess.com INT Fri 15th May 2020 - Sun 17th May 2020
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| Rk | Name | Ti | FED | Elo | FIDE Id |
| 1 | Aravindh, Chithambaram VR. | GM | IND | 2641 | 5072786 |
| 2 | Nihal, Sarin | GM | IND | 2620 | 25092340 |
| 3 | Praggnanandhaa, R | GM | IND | 2608 | 25059530 |
| 4 | Karthikeyan, Murali | GM | IND | 2606 | 5074452 |
| 5 | Erigaisi, Arjun | GM | IND | 2559 | 35009192 |
| 6 | Sadhwani, Raunak | GM | IND | 2545 | 35093487 |
| 7 | Narayanan, Srinath | GM | IND | 2540 | 5018420 |
| 8 | Aditya, Mittal | IM | IND | 2438 | 35042025 |
| 9 | Vaishali, R | WGM | IND | 2393 | 5091756 |
| 10 | Divya, Deshmukh | WIM | IND | 2305 | 35006916 |
Mikhail Golubev reports on the Live Chess World League Final between Russia and Ukraine.
The fate of the title of the 5th season of the Live Chess World League, which is played on chess.com , was decided in the giant match between Team Ukraine and Team Russia.
Russia needed to win no less than two of three sections of the match for being able to take gold. Such outcome wasn’t looking impossible, because on the preliminary stage Russia defeated Ukraine, even if Russian team lost several match points in their encounters with other teams.
But Team Ukraine learned the lesson, consolidated extremely well on the decisive day, and won confidently in all three sections: 808-396 in the 1+1 Bullet (602 boards), 942-506 in the 5+2 Blitz (724 boards) and 650,5-493,5 in the 10+2 Rapid: (572 boards). Thus, Team Ukraine remains the Live Chess World League champions.
Some players even on the top boards preferred to play anonymously, but no less than 30 grandmasters participated in the decisive match: majority of GMs were Ukrainians, including Pavel Eljanov, Yuriy Kuzubov and many other strong professionals.
A number of players from the third federations decided to play for Ukraine or Russia: membership in the national federation is not required at all for playing in the league’s teams. Earlier this year GM Stanislav Bogdanovich’s decision to play for Team Russia against Team Ukraine on the LCWL preliminary stage provoked a huge scandal in media. Unfortunately, the Ukrainian grandmaster and his girlfriend Alexandra Vernigora tragically died in Moscow on March, 5, in a less than a week after that ill-fated match.
The 4NCL Online League takes place Tue 7th Apr to Sat 6th Jun 2020. The league replaces the regular season that has been halted due to the coronavirus. The time control is 45 minutes + 10 seconds a move. Games are played a 7:30pm on a Tuesday on Lichess. There is a 32 team top league - 10 rounds will be played followed by an 8 team knockout final phase to decide the winner. There are 5 divisions of varying strengths - who knows - I may turn up playing in one of the lower sections. Anti-cheating measures are in place.
Note that most of these events will not take place now. The big news is the online Magnus Carlsen Invitational. Many of the events left in the calendar for the next months will surely be cancelled. Some European events such as the men's and women's championship have been moved towards the end of the year, still no guarantee they will take place. As an amateur player I think it likely I won't play over the board chess again this year.
