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THE WEEK IN CHESS 1333 25th May 2020 by Mark Crowther

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Contents

1) Introduction
2) Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge 2020
3) IM Not A GM Speed Chess 2020
4) Chebanenko Memorial 2020
5) ABC Chess Anti-cheating Blitz Cup 2020
6) Titled Tuesday Blitz 19th May 2020
7) ch-FRA Blitz Online 2020
8) PNWCC Masters 2020
9) European Online Chess Championship 2020
10) Battle of the Gladiators 2020
11) Sweden vs Denmark Match 2020
12) 4NCL Online 2020
13) Forthcoming Events and Links

Games Section
Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge 202090 games
IM Not A GM Speed Chess 202020 games
Chebanenko Memorial 202045 games
ABC Chess Anti-cheating Blitz Cup 2020883 games
Titled Tuesday Blitz 19th May 20202496 games
ch-FRA Blitz Online 20204935 games
Battle of the Gladiators 202070 games
Sweden vs Denmark Match 202025 games
4NCL Online 2020508 games
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1) Introduction

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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2) Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge 2020

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:
RkNameTiFEDRtg123456789101112PtsTB1TB2TB3
1Nakamura HikaruGMUSA2829*1½½½½½1½11½7.50439.75
2Karjakin SergeyGMRUS27090*1½½½½½½11170434.25
3Yu YangyiGMCHN2738½0*01110½½½162430.75
4So WesleyGMUSA2741½½1*½½0½½½½162231.5
5Carlsen MagnusGMNOR2881½½0½*½01110161431.25
6Ding LirenGMCHN2836½½0½½*1½0½1161330.25
7Dubov DaniilGMRUS2770½½0110*½1½0½5.51.5331
8Aronian LevonGMARM27780½1½0½½*½1½½5.51228.75
9Grischuk AlexanderGMRUS2784½½½½010½*0115.50.5328.5
10Firouzja AlirezaGMFID270300½½0½½01*1½4.50222.5
11Duda Jan-KrzysztofGMPOL277400½½101½00*½40221.5
12Wei YiGMCHN2752½00000½½0½½*2.50013.5
12 players
Lindores Abbey Prelim chess24.com INT Tue 19th May 2020 - Wed 3rd Jun 2020. Category: 21. Ave: (2757)
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
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:
RkNameTiFEDRtg1a1b2a2b3a3bPts
1Yu, YangyiGMCHN27091301.51
1Ding, LirenGMCHN27910212.51
1Nakamura, HikaruGMUSA273613132
2Aronian, LevonGMARM277302010
1Carlsen, MagnusGMNOR286312.51
2So, WesleyGMUSA277000.50
1Dubov, DaniilGMRUS2699131
2Karjakin, SergeyGMRUS2752000
8 players

3) IM Not A GM Speed Chess 2020

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:
RkNameTiFEDRtgPts
Final
1Bartholomew, JohnIMUSA244611.5
2Kashlinskaya, AlinaIMRUS24948.5
Semi-Finals
1Kashlinskaya, AlinaIMRUS249417.5
2Coleman, TeddyIMUSA23336.5
1Bartholomew, JohnIMUSA244615.5
2Shahade, GregoryIMUSA24766.5
Quarter-Finals
1Kashlinskaya, AlinaIMRUS249413
2Rosen, EricIMUSA23538
1Coleman, TeddyIMUSA233311.5
2Rozman, LevyIMUSA23439.5
1Bartholomew, JohnIMUSA244615.5
2Trent, LawrenceIMENG23997.5
1Shahade, GregoryIMUSA247612.5
2Yip, CarissaIMUSA24209.5
Round 1
1Bartholomew, JohnIMUSA244620
2Pruess, DavidIMUSA23366
1Rozman, LevyIMUSA234314.5
2Tania, SachdevIMIND23925.5
1Kashlinskaya, AlinaIMRUS249413
2Sielecki, ChristofIMGER243111
1Shahade, GregoryIMUSA247614
2Zatonskih, AnnaIMUSA24209
1Rosen, EricIMUSA235317
2Paehtz, ElisabethIMGER24737
1Trent, LawrenceIMENG239915.5
2Kavutskiy, KonstantinIMUSA23916.5
1Coleman, TeddyIMUSA233315
2Rensch, DanielIMUSA240213
1Yip, CarissaIMUSA242013.5
2Ippolito, DeanIMUSA23698.5
34 players

4) Chebanenko Memorial 2020

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:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
14Macovei AndreiIMMDA22506.050.023.50
26Nevednichy VladislavGMROU24825.540.523.50
39Iordachescu ViorelGMMDA26705.540.522.25
41Volkov SergeyGMRUS25735.031.021.50
510Smirin IliaGMISR25795.030.021.75
68Fedorov AlexeiGMBLR26405.020.021.00
77Schitco IvanIMMDA21674.531.017.50
83Svetushkin DmitryGMMDA25474.530.016.75
95Ceres DragosFMMDA19122.000.58.75
102Komliakov ViktorGMMDA23502.000.58.50
10 players
Chebanenko Memorial chess.com INT Sat 23rd May 2020 - Sun 24th May 2020. Category: 10. Ave: (2488)
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

5) ABC Chess Anti-cheating Blitz Cup 2020

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:
RkSNoNameTiFEDPtsTB1
14Jose Eduardo Martinez AlcantaraGMPER964.5
21Gadir GuseinovGMAZE959.75
326Francesco SonisIMITA959.5
42Vojtech PlatGMCZE8.561
58Vuqar RasulovGMAZE8.559.5
657Vokhidov, ShamsiddinUZB8.556
715Igor JanikIMPOL852.5
820Tomas SosaIMARG850.5
814Lucas LiascovichIMARG850.5
1013Volodar MurzinIMRUS848.5
1117Huang, RenjieCHN846.75
1229Dmitry PushkarevFMRUS844.5
137Mikhail KobaliaGMRUS7.549.5
1421Lorenzo LodiciIMITA7.549.25
1522Alberto BarpIMITA7.548
16154gerard ayats lloberaESP7.545.25
1748Orest VovkFMUKR7.543.75
1872ChessMoodGMUSA7.542.75
1933Aleksandra MaltsevskayaWGMRUS7.542
2034Mobina AlinasabWIMIRN7.540.5
2112Alan PichotGMARG746.25
226Raunak SadhwaniGMIND745.75
239Gazik, ViktorIMSVK743.5
2445Ignat BogdanovUKR741
2523Zwardon, VojtechIMCZE740.5
2637Valenzuela Gomez, FernandoROU739.5
2752Steven Rojas SalasFMPER739
2867Davide CappaiITA738
2816Luca Moroni JrGMITA738
2831Robert PiliposyanCMARM738
3144Ritviz ParabIND737.5
3282Strybuk, ArtsiomBLR731.5
3328Daniel Garcia RamosFMESP6.539.5
3446Antonio LoiaconoFMITA6.539
3550Never_walk_aloneSMR6.538.75
3538Diego Flores QuillasFMPER6.538.75
3724Piotr PiesikIMPOL6.538.5
381Emin OhanyanFMARM6.537.75
3966NewandadditionalITA6.536.75
4032Giuseppe LeivaIMPER6.535.75
167 players

6) Titled Tuesday Blitz 19th May 2020

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:
RkSNoNameTiFEDPtsTB1
11Hikaru NakamuraGMUSA959.25
213Vladimir FedoseevGMRUS956.5
332Vladislav KovalevGMBLR956
421Alexander ZubovGMUKR8.554.25
53Alireza FirouzjaGMIRN8.553.75
64Salem AR SalehGMARE8.553.5
772Tigr V ShlyapeGMUSA8.552.75
8142ViktorIMSVK8.552.25
99Eltaj SafarliGMAZE8.550.25
1023Kirill ShevchenkoGMUKR8.548.25
112Vladislav ArtemievGMRUS8.545.25
1266Zoran JovanovicGMHRV8.543.25
138Tuan Minh LeIMVNM854
14152Conrad HoltGMUSA850.5
1511Oleksandr BortnykGMUKR847.5
166Nihal SarinGMIND847
17157Zura JavakhadzeIMUSA846.5
18134Artur GabrielianGMRUS846
19489Dmitry AndreikinGMRUS845.5
2078Vladimir OnischukGMUKR845
2126Matthias BluebaumGMDEU844
22306Oleksiy SolovchukNMUKR843
2385Yuniesky QuesadaGMUSA840
2486Ilya SmirinGMISR839.75
2577Shield12IMRUS839.5
25145Vassily IvanchukGMUKR839.5
27158Roberto Garcia PantojaGMINT838.5
2833Radoslaw WojtaszekGMPOL7.551
29104Nils GrandeliusGMSWE7.545.25
305Adam KozakGMHUN7.544.5
3182Mikhail KobaliaGMRUS7.544.25
3129Arjun ErigaisiGMIND7.544.25
33116Vladimir BaklanGMUKR7.543.75
3419S.L. NarayananGMIND7.543.5
35149Yuriy KuzubovGMUKR7.543.25
3567Praggnanandhaa RameshbabuGMIND7.543.25
3744Rinat JumabayevGMKAZ7.542.5
3742Samvel Ter-SahakyanGMARM7.542.5
3945Daniil LintchevskiGMRUS7.542
40227Petro GolubkaGMUKR7.540.5
1007 players

7) ch-FRA Blitz Online 2020

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:
RkNamePts
Final
1Mamedov, Rauf3.0
2Bauer, Christian1.0
Semi-final
1Mamedov, Rauf2.0
2Ivanchuk, Vasyl1.0
1Bauer, Christian2.0
2Jobava, Baadur0.0
Quarter-final
1Ivanchuk, Vasyl2.0
2Maze, Sebastien0.0
1Mamedov, Rauf1.5
2Safarli, Eltaj0.5
1Bauer, Christian2.0
2Piorun, Kacper0.0
1Jobava, Baadur2.0
2Baklan, Vladimir1.0
Round 1
1Maze, Sebastien2.0
2Vedmediuc, Serghei1.0
1Ivanchuk, Vasyl2.0
2Dourerassou, Jonathan0.0
1Mamedov, Rauf1.5
2Guseinov, Gadir0.5
1Safarli, Eltaj2.0
2Ioannidis, Evgenios0.0
1Piorun, Kacper2.0
2Firouzja, Alireza0.0
1Bauer, Christian1.5
2Bailet, Pierre0.5
1Baklan, Vladimir2.0
2Velten, Paul0.0
1Jobava, Baadur1.5
2Delorme, Alban0.5
16 players

8) PNWCC Masters 2020

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.

9) European Online Chess Championship 2020

The European Online Chess Championship takes place on chess.com 16th to 31st May. At the moment there are qualifiers for lower rated players.

10) Battle of the Gladiators 2020

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.

11) Sweden vs Denmark Match 2020

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:
RkTeamMptsBpts
1Denmark413
2Sweden312
2 players

12) 4NCL Online 2020

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.

13) Forthcoming Events and Links

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.

Clutch Chess Champions Showdown 2020

Titled Tuesday Blitz 26th May 2020

42nd Nezhmetdinov Memorial 2020

PNWCC Online Blitz - Jackpot XI 2020

Titled Tuesday Blitz 2nd June 2020

St Louis Summer Chess Classic 2020

CCCSA Summer Invitational 2020

Elevate My Chess June IM Norm 2020

11th Dolomiti Open 2020

FISCA Online Open 2020

Online Chess Masters 2020

34th Pula Open 2020

5th ad Gredine Open 2020

Silver Lake Open 2020

US Junior Closed 2020

US Senior Championship 2020

Polugaevsky Memorial 2020

48th Dortmund Sparkassen Chess-Meeting 2020

53rd Biel Chess Festival 2020

13th Paleochora Open 2020

Legends of Chess 2020

Magnus Carlsen Tour Final 2020

Saint Louis Invitational 2020

21st European Women's Championship 2020

St Louis Winter Chess Classic 2020

British Rapidplay 2020

European Rapid and Blitz Chess 2020

21st European Individual Championship 2020

47th Eastern Open 2020

48th Dortmund Sparkassen Chess-Meeting 2021

43rd ATSGroep-Goodhabitz Open 2021

All material © Mark Crowther 2020