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My thanks to Olexandr Prohorov, Holger Lieske, Etienne VanLeeuwen, Robert Baskin, Sava Christiansen, David Navara, Christophe Bouton, Peter Doggers, Heinz Herzog, Gerard Demuydt, Mikhail Golubev and everyone else who helped both with this issue.
The Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge is well under way with the Quarterfinals. Magnus Carlsen is there, Hikarua Nakamura is there and so is Ding Liren, players such as Daniil Dubov have impressed, although I'm still missing the long time control tournaments these elite rapids are certainly a decent replacement and also making their case for a longer term future. Elsewhere the IM not a GM final saw Chessable's John Bartholomew beat Alina Kashlinskaya 11.5-8.5. This has been a very worthwhile event and I'm sure we'll see something similar again. As mentioned in the text I wrote a program to help me process the chess.com events and nicknames, it looks good to me but if something has gone drastically wrong don't hesitate tto let me know.
Hope you enjoy this issue.
Mark
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The Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge online chess tournament takes place on Chess24 19th May to 6th June 2020. The event is part of the Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour and the winner will qualify for the finals in August. There are two phases a 12 player all-play-all followed by a mini-match knockout system for the top 8 finishers. Players: Carlsen, Ding Liren, Nakamura, Grischuk, Aronian, Duda, Dubov, Wei Yi, Wesley So, Yu Yangyi Karjakin and Firouzja.
| Lindores Abbey Prelim chess24.com INT Tue 19th May 2020 - Wed 3rd Jun 2020
Leading Final Round 11 Standings: |
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| Rk | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Pts | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | Nakamura Hikaru | GM | USA | 2829 | * | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 7.5 | 0 | 4 | 39.75 |
| 2 | Karjakin Sergey | GM | RUS | 2709 | 0 | * | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 34.25 |
| 3 | Yu Yangyi | GM | CHN | 2738 | ½ | 0 | * | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 30.75 |
| 4 | So Wesley | GM | USA | 2741 | ½ | ½ | 1 | * | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 31.5 |
| 5 | Carlsen Magnus | GM | NOR | 2881 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | * | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 31.25 |
| 6 | Ding Liren | GM | CHN | 2836 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | * | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 30.25 |
| 7 | Dubov Daniil | GM | RUS | 2770 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | * | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 5.5 | 1.5 | 3 | 31 |
| 8 | Aronian Levon | GM | ARM | 2778 | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 5.5 | 1 | 2 | 28.75 |
| 9 | Grischuk Alexander | GM | RUS | 2784 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | * | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5.5 | 0.5 | 3 | 28.5 |
| 10 | Firouzja Alireza | GM | FID | 2703 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | * | 1 | ½ | 4.5 | 0 | 2 | 22.5 |
| 11 | Duda Jan-Krzysztof | GM | POL | 2774 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 0 | * | ½ | 4 | 0 | 2 | 21.5 |
| 12 | Wei Yi | GM | CHN | 2752 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | * | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | 13.5 |
| 12 players | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Lindores Abbey Prelim chess24.com INT Tue 19th May 2020 - Wed 3rd Jun 2020. Category: 21. Ave: (2757) | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Rk | Name | Title | FED | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Pts | TPR |
| 1 | Nakamura, Hikaru | GM | USA | 2736 | # | 1 | = | = | = | = | = | 1 | = | 1 | 1 | = | 7.5 | 2892 |
| 2 | Karjakin, Sergey | GM | RUS | 2752 | 0 | # | = | = | 1 | = | = | = | = | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2859 |
| 3 | So, Wesley | GM | USA | 2770 | = | = | # | = | 1 | = | 0 | = | = | = | = | 1 | 6 | 2792 |
| 4 | Carlsen, Magnus | GM | NOR | 2863 | = | = | = | # | 0 | = | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2783 |
| 5 | Yu, Yangyi | GM | CHN | 2709 | = | 0 | 0 | 1 | # | 1 | 1 | 0 | = | = | = | 1 | 6 | 2797 |
| 6 | Ding, Liren | GM | CHN | 2791 | = | = | = | = | 0 | # | 1 | = | 0 | = | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2790 |
| 7 | Dubov, Daniil | GM | RUS | 2699 | = | = | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | # | = | 1 | = | 0 | = | 5.5 | 2762 |
| 8 | Aronian, Levon | GM | ARM | 2773 | 0 | = | = | 0 | 1 | = | = | # | = | 1 | = | = | 5.5 | 2755 |
| 9 | Grischuk, Alexander | GM | RUS | 2777 | = | = | = | 0 | = | 1 | 0 | = | # | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5.5 | 2755 |
| 10 | Firouzja, Alireza | GM | FID | 2728 | 0 | 0 | = | 0 | = | = | = | 0 | 1 | # | 1 | = | 4.5 | 2695 |
| 11 | Duda, Jan-Krzysztof | GM | POL | 2753 | 0 | 0 | = | 1 | = | 0 | 1 | = | 0 | 0 | # | = | 4 | 2655 |
| 12 | Wei, Yi | GM | CHN | 2732 | = | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | = | = | 0 | = | = | # | 2.5 | 2548 |
| Round 1. Tue 19th May 2020 | |||||
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| Carlsen, Magnus | 1-0 | Grischuk, Alexander | 46 | C65 | Ruy Lopez |
| Aronian, Levon | 1-0 | Firouzja, Alireza | 51 | D05 | Queen's pawn game, Zukertort variation |
| Ding, Liren | 1-0 | Dubov, Daniil | 60 | B31 | Sicilian |
| Nakamura, Hikaru | 1-0 | Karjakin, Sergey | 34 | A28 | English |
| Yu, Yangyi | 0-1 | So, Wesley | 63 | D35 | QGD |
| Wei, Yi | 1/2-1/2 | Duda, Jan-Krzysztof | 44 | B91 | Sicilian |
| Round 2. Tue 19th May 2020 | |||||
| Grischuk, Alexander | 1-0 | Duda, Jan-Krzysztof | 51 | D11 | QGD Slav |
| So, Wesley | 1-0 | Wei, Yi | 39 | C50 | Giuoco Piano |
| Karjakin, Sergey | 1-0 | Yu, Yangyi | 42 | D02 | Queen's bishop game |
| Dubov, Daniil | 1/2-1/2 | Nakamura, Hikaru | 38 | E06 | Catalan |
| Firouzja, Alireza | 1/2-1/2 | Ding, Liren | 66 | C65 | Ruy Lopez |
| Carlsen, Magnus | 1-0 | Aronian, Levon | 22 | C42 | Petrov |
| Round 3. Tue 19th May 2020 | |||||
| Aronian, Levon | 1/2-1/2 | Grischuk, Alexander | 52 | D04 | Queen's pawn game |
| Ding, Liren | 1/2-1/2 | Carlsen, Magnus | 48 | E01 | Catalan |
| Nakamura, Hikaru | 1-0 | Firouzja, Alireza | 21 | D05 | Queen's pawn game |
| Yu, Yangyi | 1-0 | Dubov, Daniil | 51 | D35 | QGD |
| Wei, Yi | 0-1 | Karjakin, Sergey | 41 | C67 | Ruy Lopez |
| Duda, Jan-Krzysztof | 1/2-1/2 | So, Wesley | 61 | C50 | Giuoco Piano |
| Round 4. Tue 19th May 2020 | |||||
| Grischuk, Alexander | 1/2-1/2 | So, Wesley | 35 | C65 | Ruy Lopez |
| Karjakin, Sergey | 1-0 | Duda, Jan-Krzysztof | 55 | B97 | Sicilian |
| Dubov, Daniil | 1/2-1/2 | Wei, Yi | 34 | E06 | Catalan |
| Firouzja, Alireza | 1/2-1/2 | Yu, Yangyi | 44 | C42 | Petrov |
| Carlsen, Magnus | 1/2-1/2 | Nakamura, Hikaru | 51 | D37 | QGD |
| Aronian, Levon | 1/2-1/2 | Ding, Liren | 24 | B50 | Sicilian |
| Round 5. Wed 20th May 2020 | |||||
| Ding, Liren | 0-1 | Grischuk, Alexander | 25 | E02 | Catalan |
| Nakamura, Hikaru | 1-0 | Aronian, Levon | 61 | C42 | Petrov |
| Yu, Yangyi | 1-0 | Carlsen, Magnus | 44 | D45 | QGD semi-Slav |
| Wei, Yi | 1/2-1/2 | Firouzja, Alireza | 48 | B12 | Caro-Kann |
| Duda, Jan-Krzysztof | 1-0 | Dubov, Daniil | 44 | A37 | English |
| So, Wesley | 1/2-1/2 | Karjakin, Sergey | 40 | C65 | Ruy Lopez |
| Round 6. Wed 20th May 2020 | |||||
| Grischuk, Alexander | 1/2-1/2 | Karjakin, Sergey | 45 | D37 | QGD |
| Dubov, Daniil | 1-0 | So, Wesley | 41 | C26 | Vienna |
| Firouzja, Alireza | 1-0 | Duda, Jan-Krzysztof | 50 | D37 | QGD |
| Carlsen, Magnus | 1-0 | Wei, Yi | 42 | B51 | Sicilian |
| Aronian, Levon | 1-0 | Yu, Yangyi | 47 | A30 | English |
| Ding, Liren | 1/2-1/2 | Nakamura, Hikaru | 44 | E06 | Catalan |
| Round 7. Wed 20th May 2020 | |||||
| Nakamura, Hikaru | 1/2-1/2 | Grischuk, Alexander | 43 | E03 | Catalan |
| Yu, Yangyi | 1-0 | Ding, Liren | 46 | D97 | Gruenfeld |
| Wei, Yi | 1/2-1/2 | Aronian, Levon | 42 | C42 | Petrov's defence |
| Duda, Jan-Krzysztof | 1-0 | Carlsen, Magnus | 43 | A28 | English |
| So, Wesley | 1/2-1/2 | Firouzja, Alireza | 37 | D85 | Gruenfeld |
| Karjakin, Sergey | 1/2-1/2 | Dubov, Daniil | 27 | C41 | Philidor |
| Round 8. Wed 20th May 2020 | |||||
| Grischuk, Alexander | 0-1 | Dubov, Daniil | 55 | C41 | Philidor |
| Firouzja, Alireza | 0-1 | Karjakin, Sergey | 45 | D37 | QGD |
| Carlsen, Magnus | 1/2-1/2 | So, Wesley | 26 | D86 | Gruenfeld |
| Aronian, Levon | 1/2-1/2 | Duda, Jan-Krzysztof | 38 | A18 | English |
| Ding, Liren | 1-0 | Wei, Yi | 55 | E60 | King's Indian, 3.Nf3 |
| Nakamura, Hikaru | 1/2-1/2 | Yu, Yangyi | 42 | C42 | Petrov |
| Round 10. Thu 21st May 2020 | |||||
| Grischuk, Alexander | 0-1 | Firouzja, Alireza | 39 | E97 | King's Indian |
| Carlsen, Magnus | 0-1 | Dubov, Daniil | 41 | C41 | Philidor |
| Aronian, Levon | 1/2-1/2 | Karjakin, Sergey | 41 | A29 | English |
| Ding, Liren | 1/2-1/2 | So, Wesley | 31 | C67 | Ruy Lopez |
| Nakamura, Hikaru | 1-0 | Duda, Jan-Krzysztof | 40 | B51 | Sicilian |
| Yu, Yangyi | 1-0 | Wei, Yi | 40 | D97 | Gruenfeld |
| Round 11. Thu 21st May 2020 | |||||
| Wei, Yi | 0-1 | Grischuk, Alexander | 37 | B66 | Sicilian |
| Duda, Jan-Krzysztof | 1/2-1/2 | Yu, Yangyi | 58 | C42 | Petrov |
| So, Wesley | 1/2-1/2 | Nakamura, Hikaru | 36 | E06 | Catalan |
| Karjakin, Sergey | 1/2-1/2 | Ding, Liren | 33 | C67 | Ruy Lopez |
| Dubov, Daniil | 1/2-1/2 | Aronian, Levon | 36 | D37 | QGD |
| Firouzja, Alireza | 0-1 | Carlsen, Magnus | 50 | A07 | Reti |
| Round 9. Thu 21st May 2020 | |||||
| Yu, Yangyi | 1/2-1/2 | Grischuk, Alexander | 32 | D36 | QGD |
| Wei, Yi | 1/2-1/2 | Nakamura, Hikaru | 54 | C67 | Ruy Lopez |
| Duda, Jan-Krzysztof | 0-1 | Ding, Liren | 27 | A22 | English |
| So, Wesley | 1/2-1/2 | Aronian, Levon | 31 | E06 | Catalan |
| Karjakin, Sergey | 1/2-1/2 | Carlsen, Magnus | 58 | B81 | Sicilian |
| Dubov, Daniil | 1/2-1/2 | Firouzja, Alireza | 67 | B14 | Caro-Kann |
| Lindores Abbey Final 8 chess24.com INT Tue 19th May 2020 - Wed 3rd Jun 2020
Leading Round 1 (of 3) Standings: |
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| Rk | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | 1a | 1b | 2a | 2b | 3a | 3b | Pts |
| 1 | Yu, Yangyi | GM | CHN | 2709 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1.5 | 1 | ||
| 1 | Ding, Liren | GM | CHN | 2791 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2.5 | 1 | ||
| 1 | Nakamura, Hikaru | GM | USA | 2736 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ||
| 2 | Aronian, Levon | GM | ARM | 2773 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1 | Carlsen, Magnus | GM | NOR | 2863 | 1 | 2.5 | 1 | ||||
| 2 | So, Wesley | GM | USA | 2770 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | ||||
| 1 | Dubov, Daniil | GM | RUS | 2699 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||||
| 2 | Karjakin, Sergey | GM | RUS | 2752 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 8 players | |||||||||||
The IM Not A GM Speed Chess tournament took place on chess.com. The event started on April 18th and finished on May 23rd. 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. In the final John Bartholomew beat Alina Kashlinskaya 11.5-8.5.
| IM Not A GM Speed Chess chess.com INT Sat 18th Apr 2020 - Sat 18th Apr 2020
Leading Final Round 4 Standings: |
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| Rk | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | Pts |
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| 1 | Bartholomew, John | IM | USA | 2446 | 11.5 |
| 2 | Kashlinskaya, Alina | IM | RUS | 2494 | 8.5 |
| 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 traditional Chebanenko Memorial took place online 23rd to 24th May 2020. Andrei Macovei won with 6/9.
| Chebanenko Memorial chess.com INT Sat 23rd May 2020 - Sun 24th May 2020
Leading Final Round 9 Standings: |
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| Rk | SNo | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | Pts | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | 4 | Macovei Andrei | IM | MDA | 2250 | 6.0 | 5 | 0.0 | 23.50 |
| 2 | 6 | Nevednichy Vladislav | GM | ROU | 2482 | 5.5 | 4 | 0.5 | 23.50 |
| 3 | 9 | Iordachescu Viorel | GM | MDA | 2670 | 5.5 | 4 | 0.5 | 22.25 |
| 4 | 1 | Volkov Sergey | GM | RUS | 2573 | 5.0 | 3 | 1.0 | 21.50 |
| 5 | 10 | Smirin Ilia | GM | ISR | 2579 | 5.0 | 3 | 0.0 | 21.75 |
| 6 | 8 | Fedorov Alexei | GM | BLR | 2640 | 5.0 | 2 | 0.0 | 21.00 |
| 7 | 7 | Schitco Ivan | IM | MDA | 2167 | 4.5 | 3 | 1.0 | 17.50 |
| 8 | 3 | Svetushkin Dmitry | GM | MDA | 2547 | 4.5 | 3 | 0.0 | 16.75 |
| 9 | 5 | Ceres Dragos | FM | MDA | 1912 | 2.0 | 0 | 0.5 | 8.75 |
| 10 | 2 | Komliakov Viktor | GM | MDA | 2350 | 2.0 | 0 | 0.5 | 8.50 |
| 10 players | |||||||||
| Chebanenko Memorial chess.com INT Sat 23rd May 2020 - Sun 24th May 2020. Category: 10. Ave: (2488) | ||||||||||||||||
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| Rk | Name | Title | FED | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pts | TPR |
| 1 | Macovei, Andrei | IM | MDA | 2453 | # | 0 | 1 | = | 0 | = | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2617 |
| 2 | Nevednichy, Vladislav | GM | ROU | 2531 | 1 | # | = | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | = | 1 | = | 5.5 | 2563 |
| 3 | Iordachescu, Viorel | GM | MDA | 2589 | 0 | = | # | 0 | = | 1 | 1 | 1 | = | 1 | 5.5 | 2557 |
| 4 | Smirin, Ilia | GM | ISR | 2612 | = | 1 | 1 | # | 0 | = | 0 | = | = | 1 | 5 | 2517 |
| 5 | Volkov, Sergey | GM | RUS | 2570 | 1 | 0 | = | 1 | # | = | = | 0 | 1 | = | 5 | 2522 |
| 6 | Fedorov, Alexei | GM | BLR | 2529 | = | 1 | 0 | = | = | # | = | = | = | 1 | 5 | 2527 |
| 7 | Schitco, Ivan | IM | MDA | 2467 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | = | = | # | 1 | 1 | = | 4.5 | 2491 |
| 8 | Svetushkin, Dmitry | GM | MDA | 2515 | 0 | = | 0 | = | 1 | = | 0 | # | 1 | 1 | 4.5 | 2485 |
| 9 | Ceres, Dragos | FM | MDA | 2244 | 0 | 0 | = | = | 0 | = | 0 | 0 | # | = | 2 | 2295 |
| 10 | Komliakov, Viktor | GM | MDA | 2372 | 0 | = | 0 | 0 | = | 0 | = | 0 | = | # | 2 | 2281 |
The ABC Chess Anti-cheating Blitz Cup took place on May 20th. Jose Eduardo Martinez Alcantara edged out Gadir Guseinov and Francesco Sonis on tie-break after all scored 9/11. Please note I designed a new way of processing the games from chess.com if you spot any name errors let me know.
| Anti-cheating Blitz Cup chess.com INT Wed 20th May 2020 - Wed 20th May 2020
Leading Final Round 11 Standings: |
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| Rk | SNo | Name | Ti | FED | Pts | TB1 |
| 1 | 4 | Jose Eduardo Martinez Alcantara | GM | PER | 9 | 64.5 |
| 2 | 1 | Gadir Guseinov | GM | AZE | 9 | 59.75 |
| 3 | 26 | Francesco Sonis | IM | ITA | 9 | 59.5 |
| 4 | 2 | Vojtech Plat | GM | CZE | 8.5 | 61 |
| 5 | 8 | Vuqar Rasulov | GM | AZE | 8.5 | 59.5 |
| 6 | 57 | Vokhidov, Shamsiddin | UZB | 8.5 | 56 | |
| 7 | 15 | Igor Janik | IM | POL | 8 | 52.5 |
| 8 | 20 | Tomas Sosa | IM | ARG | 8 | 50.5 |
| 8 | 14 | Lucas Liascovich | IM | ARG | 8 | 50.5 |
| 10 | 13 | Volodar Murzin | IM | RUS | 8 | 48.5 |
| 11 | 17 | Huang, Renjie | CHN | 8 | 46.75 | |
| 12 | 29 | Dmitry Pushkarev | FM | RUS | 8 | 44.5 |
| 13 | 7 | Mikhail Kobalia | GM | RUS | 7.5 | 49.5 |
| 14 | 21 | Lorenzo Lodici | IM | ITA | 7.5 | 49.25 |
| 15 | 22 | Alberto Barp | IM | ITA | 7.5 | 48 |
| 16 | 154 | gerard ayats llobera | ESP | 7.5 | 45.25 | |
| 17 | 48 | Orest Vovk | FM | UKR | 7.5 | 43.75 |
| 18 | 72 | ChessMood | GM | USA | 7.5 | 42.75 |
| 19 | 33 | Aleksandra Maltsevskaya | WGM | RUS | 7.5 | 42 |
| 20 | 34 | Mobina Alinasab | WIM | IRN | 7.5 | 40.5 |
| 21 | 12 | Alan Pichot | GM | ARG | 7 | 46.25 |
| 22 | 6 | Raunak Sadhwani | GM | IND | 7 | 45.75 |
| 23 | 9 | Gazik, Viktor | IM | SVK | 7 | 43.5 |
| 24 | 45 | Ignat Bogdanov | UKR | 7 | 41 | |
| 25 | 23 | Zwardon, Vojtech | IM | CZE | 7 | 40.5 |
| 26 | 37 | Valenzuela Gomez, Fernando | ROU | 7 | 39.5 | |
| 27 | 52 | Steven Rojas Salas | FM | PER | 7 | 39 |
| 28 | 67 | Davide Cappai | ITA | 7 | 38 | |
| 28 | 16 | Luca Moroni Jr | GM | ITA | 7 | 38 |
| 28 | 31 | Robert Piliposyan | CM | ARM | 7 | 38 |
| 31 | 44 | Ritviz Parab | IND | 7 | 37.5 | |
| 32 | 82 | Strybuk, Artsiom | BLR | 7 | 31.5 | |
| 33 | 28 | Daniel Garcia Ramos | FM | ESP | 6.5 | 39.5 |
| 34 | 46 | Antonio Loiacono | FM | ITA | 6.5 | 39 |
| 35 | 50 | Never_walk_alone | SMR | 6.5 | 38.75 | |
| 35 | 38 | Diego Flores Quillas | FM | PER | 6.5 | 38.75 |
| 37 | 24 | Piotr Piesik | IM | POL | 6.5 | 38.5 |
| 38 | 1 | Emin Ohanyan | FM | ARM | 6.5 | 37.75 |
| 39 | 66 | Newandadditional | ITA | 6.5 | 36.75 | |
| 40 | 32 | Giuseppe Leiva | IM | PER | 6.5 | 35.75 |
| 167 players | ||||||
The Titled Tuesday Blitz of 19th May was won by Hikaru Nakamura ahead of Vladimir Fedoseev and Vladislav Kovalev after all scored 9/11. Please note I designed a new way of processing the games from chess.com if you spot any name errors let me know.
| Titled Tuesday 19th May chess.com INT Tue 19th May 2020 - Tue 19th 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 | 59.25 |
| 2 | 13 | Vladimir Fedoseev | GM | RUS | 9 | 56.5 |
| 3 | 32 | Vladislav Kovalev | GM | BLR | 9 | 56 |
| 4 | 21 | Alexander Zubov | GM | UKR | 8.5 | 54.25 |
| 5 | 3 | Alireza Firouzja | GM | IRN | 8.5 | 53.75 |
| 6 | 4 | Salem AR Saleh | GM | ARE | 8.5 | 53.5 |
| 7 | 72 | Tigr V Shlyape | GM | USA | 8.5 | 52.75 |
| 8 | 142 | Viktor | IM | SVK | 8.5 | 52.25 |
| 9 | 9 | Eltaj Safarli | GM | AZE | 8.5 | 50.25 |
| 10 | 23 | Kirill Shevchenko | GM | UKR | 8.5 | 48.25 |
| 11 | 2 | Vladislav Artemiev | GM | RUS | 8.5 | 45.25 |
| 12 | 66 | Zoran Jovanovic | GM | HRV | 8.5 | 43.25 |
| 13 | 8 | Tuan Minh Le | IM | VNM | 8 | 54 |
| 14 | 152 | Conrad Holt | GM | USA | 8 | 50.5 |
| 15 | 11 | Oleksandr Bortnyk | GM | UKR | 8 | 47.5 |
| 16 | 6 | Nihal Sarin | GM | IND | 8 | 47 |
| 17 | 157 | Zura Javakhadze | IM | USA | 8 | 46.5 |
| 18 | 134 | Artur Gabrielian | GM | RUS | 8 | 46 |
| 19 | 489 | Dmitry Andreikin | GM | RUS | 8 | 45.5 |
| 20 | 78 | Vladimir Onischuk | GM | UKR | 8 | 45 |
| 21 | 26 | Matthias Bluebaum | GM | DEU | 8 | 44 |
| 22 | 306 | Oleksiy Solovchuk | NM | UKR | 8 | 43 |
| 23 | 85 | Yuniesky Quesada | GM | USA | 8 | 40 |
| 24 | 86 | Ilya Smirin | GM | ISR | 8 | 39.75 |
| 25 | 77 | Shield12 | IM | RUS | 8 | 39.5 |
| 25 | 145 | Vassily Ivanchuk | GM | UKR | 8 | 39.5 |
| 27 | 158 | Roberto Garcia Pantoja | GM | INT | 8 | 38.5 |
| 28 | 33 | Radoslaw Wojtaszek | GM | POL | 7.5 | 51 |
| 29 | 104 | Nils Grandelius | GM | SWE | 7.5 | 45.25 |
| 30 | 5 | Adam Kozak | GM | HUN | 7.5 | 44.5 |
| 31 | 82 | Mikhail Kobalia | GM | RUS | 7.5 | 44.25 |
| 31 | 29 | Arjun Erigaisi | GM | IND | 7.5 | 44.25 |
| 33 | 116 | Vladimir Baklan | GM | UKR | 7.5 | 43.75 |
| 34 | 19 | S.L. Narayanan | GM | IND | 7.5 | 43.5 |
| 35 | 149 | Yuriy Kuzubov | GM | UKR | 7.5 | 43.25 |
| 35 | 67 | Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu | GM | IND | 7.5 | 43.25 |
| 37 | 44 | Rinat Jumabayev | GM | KAZ | 7.5 | 42.5 |
| 37 | 42 | Samvel Ter-Sahakyan | GM | ARM | 7.5 | 42.5 |
| 39 | 45 | Daniil Lintchevski | GM | RUS | 7.5 | 42 |
| 40 | 227 | Petro Golubka | GM | UKR | 7.5 | 40.5 |
| 1007 players | ||||||
took place over the weekend of 16th-17th May 2020. Open to all comers, not just French players there were a number of foreign stars including Vasyl Ivanchuk who won the qualifying swiss section with 13/15 a point clear of Christian Bauer. 16 players went through to the knockout phase to decide the prizes. Alireza Firouzja was well beaten by Kacper Piorun in the first round of that phase, Ivanchuk was beaten by the eventual winner Rauf Mamedov in the semi-finals but Mamedov had to come from behind having lost the first game. In the final Mamedov beat Christian Bauer 3-1. A full file of games from both the preliminary and final sections is available. Results and report.
| ch-FRA Blitz Online Final Europe-Chess INT Sat 16th May 2020 - Sun 17th May 2020
Leading Final Round 4 Standings: |
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|---|---|---|
| Rk | Name | Pts |
| Final | ||
| 1 | Mamedov, Rauf | 3.0 |
| 2 | Bauer, Christian | 1.0 |
| Semi-final | ||
| 1 | Mamedov, Rauf | 2.0 |
| 2 | Ivanchuk, Vasyl | 1.0 |
| 1 | Bauer, Christian | 2.0 |
| 2 | Jobava, Baadur | 0.0 |
| Quarter-final | ||
| 1 | Ivanchuk, Vasyl | 2.0 |
| 2 | Maze, Sebastien | 0.0 |
| 1 | Mamedov, Rauf | 1.5 |
| 2 | Safarli, Eltaj | 0.5 |
| 1 | Bauer, Christian | 2.0 |
| 2 | Piorun, Kacper | 0.0 |
| 1 | Jobava, Baadur | 2.0 |
| 2 | Baklan, Vladimir | 1.0 |
| Round 1 | ||
| 1 | Maze, Sebastien | 2.0 |
| 2 | Vedmediuc, Serghei | 1.0 |
| 1 | Ivanchuk, Vasyl | 2.0 |
| 2 | Dourerassou, Jonathan | 0.0 |
| 1 | Mamedov, Rauf | 1.5 |
| 2 | Guseinov, Gadir | 0.5 |
| 1 | Safarli, Eltaj | 2.0 |
| 2 | Ioannidis, Evgenios | 0.0 |
| 1 | Piorun, Kacper | 2.0 |
| 2 | Firouzja, Alireza | 0.0 |
| 1 | Bauer, Christian | 1.5 |
| 2 | Bailet, Pierre | 0.5 |
| 1 | Baklan, Vladimir | 2.0 |
| 2 | Velten, Paul | 0.0 |
| 1 | Jobava, Baadur | 1.5 |
| 2 | Delorme, Alban | 0.5 |
| 16 players | ||
The PNWCC Masters takes place 23rd to 25th May. Hopefully there will be games available afterwards in this strong rapid event. Vitiugov, Xiong, Fedoseev, Guseinov, Melkumyan, Sevian, Oparin, Kuzubov, Bernadskiy etc.
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 are taking place over a couple of weeks so far with very strong players: Ponomariov, Eljanov, Korobov, Baklan, Efimenko and Kuzubov. This week there were matches on the 18th to 22nd May.
The Sweden vs Denmark took place on May 21st 2020. Denmark were the narrow winners.
| SWE-DEN Match 2020 chess24.com INT Thu 21st May 2020 - Thu 21st May 2020
Leading Final Round 6 Standings: |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Team | Mpts | Bpts |
| 1 | Denmark | 4 | 13 |
| 2 | Sweden | 3 | 12 |
| 2 players | |||
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. I've added division two games to the updates.
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.
