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My thanks to Olexandr Prohorov, Holger Lieske, Jesse Richardson, Henri Koskinen, Robert Baskin, Xuhao He, Oswald Gschnitzer, Dennis Monokroussos, Alexey Nikitin and everyone else who helped both with this issue.
The 8th Altibox Norway Chess was won by Magnus Carlsen but he managed to lose two games on the way and whilst it's possible that he wouldn't have lost his final round game against Levon Aronian had it mattered it was still a very poor game to finish the tournament with and it meant that if conventional scoring had been used Carlsen, Aronian and Firouzja would have all finished on 6.5/10. This might eventually be rememberd as Alireza Firouzja's breakthrough classical result. Firouzja didn't have that great an online season after beating Carlsen in the Banter Blitz final but again looked like he's headed for the top here. Fabiano Caruana wasn't quite at his best but looked glad to be playing. The FIDE Candidates were scheduled to resume in November but have been postponed to the Spring. In my opinion this was sensible. Plenty of other nice online events to look at including another Pacific North West Chess Club 60 minute event, it's nice to see some professional online chess played at longer time control.
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Mark
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The 8th Altibox Norway Chess tournament took place Mon 5th Oct to Fri 16th Oct 2020 in Stavanger, Norway. The 6 players were isolated before the event in order to play this over the board tournament. Players Magnus Carlsen, Fabiano Caruana, Levon Aronian, Jan-Krzysztof Duda, Alireza Firouzja and Arjan Tari. It was an unusual format in that there was three points for a win and if drawn there was a single Armageddon game where the winner gets 1.5 points and the loser 1 point. Magnus Carlsen made sure of first with a round to go but lost the final round game against Levon Aronian in a very poor effort where he had numerous chances to avoid the loss.
8th Norway Chess 2020 Stavanger NOR Mon 5th Oct 2020 - Fri 16th Oct 2020
Leading Final Round 10 Standings: |
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Rk | Name | Ti | Rtg | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Pts |
1 | Carlsen, Magnus | GM | 2863 | 1 ½ 3 | 1 ½ 0 | 3 1 ½ | 0 3 | 3 3 | 19½ | |
2 | Firouzja, Alireza | GM | 2728 | 1 0 0 | 1 ½ 1 ½ | 1 ½ 1 0 | 3 3 | 3 3 | 18½ | |
3 | Aronian, Levon | GM | 2767 | 1 0 3 | 1 0 1 0 | 3 0 | 3 1 0 | 3 1 ½ | 17½ | |
4 | Caruana, Fabiano | GM | 2828 | 0 1 0 | 1 0 1 ½ | 0 3 | 3 1 ½ | 3 1 ½ | 15½ | |
5 | Duda, Jan-Krzysztof | GM | 2757 | 3 0 | 0 0 | 0 1 ½ | 0 1 0 | 1 0 3 | 9½ | |
6 | Tari, Aryan | GM | 2633 | 0 0 | 0 0 | 0 1 0 | 0 1 0 | 1 ½ 0 | 3½ | |
6 players |
8th Norway Chess 2020 Stavanger NOR Mon 5th Oct 2020 - Fri 16th Oct 2020
Final Round 10 Standings using conventional scoring: |
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Rk | Ti | FED | Name | Rtg | Chg | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Pts | Gms | TB1 |
1 | GM | ARM | Aronian, Levon | 2767 | +102 | ** | ½1 | ½½ | 10 | 1½ | 1½ | 6.5 | 10 | 29.25 |
2 | GM | NOR | Carlsen, Magnus | 2863 | -12 | ½0 | ** | ½1 | 1½ | 01 | 11 | 6.5 | 10 | 27.75 |
3 | GM | FID | Firouzja, Alireza | 2728 | +149 | ½½ | ½0 | ** | ½½ | 11 | 11 | 6.5 | 10 | 25.25 |
4 | GM | USA | Caruana, Fabiano | 2828 | -43 | 01 | 0½ | ½½ | ** | 1½ | 1½ | 5.5 | 10 | |
5 | GM | POL | Duda, Jan-Krzysztof | 2757 | -100 | 0½ | 10 | 00 | 0½ | ** | ½1 | 3.5 | 10 | |
6 | GM | NOR | Tari, Aryan | 2633 | -145 | 0½ | 00 | 00 | 0½ | ½0 | ** | 1.5 | 10 |
The US Chess Championships take place 9th to 29th October 2020. The event will see all the different sections Junior, Senior, Women's and Championship sections played one after each other online as rapid play tournaments.
ch-USA Senior 2020 lichess.org INT Fri 9th Oct 2020 - Thu 29th Oct 2020
Leading Final Round 9 Standings: |
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Rk | Name | Ti | Rtg | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Pts | TPR |
1 | Benjamin, Joel | GM | 2506 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 6.5 | 2663 |
2 | Novikov, Igor | GM | 2554 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 5.0 | 2535 |
3 | Kaidanov, Gregory | GM | 2549 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 5.0 | 2535 |
4 | Gurevich, Dmitry | GM | 2399 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 5.0 | 2552 |
5 | Christiansen, Larry | GM | 2567 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 4.5 | 2490 |
6 | Wolff, Patrick | GM | 2552 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 4.5 | 2492 |
7 | Shabalov, Alexander | GM | 2528 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 4.0 | 2452 |
8 | Yermolinsky, Alex | GM | 2486 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 4.0 | 2456 |
9 | Goldin, Alexander | GM | 2542 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 3.5 | 2413 |
10 | Getz, Shelby | FM | 2298 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 2395 |
10 players |
ch-USA Senior 2020 lichess.org INT Fri 9th Oct 2020 - Thu 29th Oct 2020. Category: 10. Ave: (2498) | ||||||||||||||||
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Rk | Name | Title | FED | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pts | TPR |
1 | Benjamin, Joel | GM | USA | 2506 | # | 0 | = | = | 1 | = | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6.5 | 2663 |
2 | Gurevich, Dmitry | GM | USA | 2399 | 1 | # | = | = | 0 | = | = | = | = | 1 | 5 | 2552 |
3 | Kaidanov, Gregory | GM | USA | 2549 | = | = | # | = | 1 | = | 0 | 1 | = | = | 5 | 2535 |
4 | Novikov, Igor | GM | USA | 2554 | = | = | = | # | = | = | 0 | 1 | = | 1 | 5 | 2535 |
5 | Wolff, Patrick | GM | USA | 2552 | 0 | 1 | 0 | = | # | 1 | = | 1 | = | 0 | 4.5 | 2492 |
6 | Christiansen, Larry | GM | USA | 2567 | = | = | = | = | 0 | # | 1 | 0 | 1 | = | 4.5 | 2490 |
7 | Yermolinsky, Alex | GM | USA | 2486 | 0 | = | 1 | 1 | = | 0 | # | 0 | = | = | 4 | 2456 |
8 | Shabalov, Alexander | GM | USA | 2528 | 0 | = | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | # | 1 | = | 4 | 2452 |
9 | Goldin, Alexander | GM | USA | 2542 | 0 | = | = | = | = | 0 | = | 0 | # | 1 | 3.5 | 2413 |
10 | Getz, Shelby | FM | USA | 2298 | 0 | 0 | = | 0 | 1 | = | = | = | 0 | # | 3 | 2395 |
ch-USA Junior Girls 2020 lichess.org INT Fri 9th Oct 2020 - Thu 29th Oct 2020
Leading Final Round 9 Standings: |
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Rk | Name | Ti | Rtg | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Pts | TPR |
1 | Yip, Carissa | IM | 2421 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7.5 | 2461 |
2 | Wang, Annie | IM | 2384 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6.0 | 2313 |
3 | Wu, Rochelle | WIM | 2029 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 5.5 | 2305 |
4 | Yu, Jennifer | FM | 2315 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5.0 | 2237 |
5 | Cervantes Landeiro, Thalia | FM | 2311 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5.0 | 2237 |
6 | Nguyen, Emily | WIM | 2280 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.5 | 2198 |
7 | Yan, Ruiyang | WCM | 2093 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 4.0 | 2175 |
8 | Samadashvili, Martha | WFM | 2215 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 2.5 | 2039 |
9 | Morris-Suzuki, Sophie | WFM | 2043 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.5 | 2058 |
10 | Lee, Alice | WCM | 1967 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.5 | 2058 |
10 players |
ch-USA Junior Girls 2020 lichess.org INT Fri 9th Oct 2020 - Thu 29th Oct 2020. Category: None. Ave: (2206) | ||||||||||||||||
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Rk | Name | Title | FED | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pts | TPR |
1 | Yip, Carissa | IM | USA | 2421 | # | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | = | = | = | 1 | 1 | 7.5 | 2455 |
2 | Wang, Annie | IM | USA | 2384 | 0 | # | = | 1 | 1 | 0 | = | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2311 |
3 | Wu, Rochelle | WIM | USA | 2029 | 0 | = | # | 0 | 1 | = | = | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5.5 | 2305 |
4 | Yu, Jennifer | FM | USA | 2315 | 0 | 0 | 1 | # | 1 | 1 | = | 0 | = | 1 | 5 | 2237 |
5 | Cervantes Landeiro, Thalia | FM | USA | 2311 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | # | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2237 |
6 | Nguyen, Emily | WIM | USA | 2280 | = | 1 | = | 0 | 0 | # | = | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4.5 | 2198 |
7 | Yan, Ruiyang | WCM | USA | 2093 | = | = | = | = | 0 | = | # | 0 | = | 1 | 4 | 2175 |
8 | Morris-Suzuki, Sophie | WFM | USA | 2043 | = | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | # | 0 | 0 | 2.5 | 2058 |
9 | Samadashvili, Martha | WFM | USA | 2215 | 0 | 0 | 0 | = | 0 | 0 | = | 1 | # | = | 2.5 | 2039 |
10 | Lee, Alice | WCM | USA | 1967 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | = | # | 2.5 | 2066 |
ch-USA Junior 2020 lichess.org INT Fri 9th Oct 2020 - Thu 29th Oct 2020
Leading Final Round 9 Standings: |
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Rk | Name | Ti | Rtg | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Pts | TPR |
1 | Xiong, Jeffery | GM | 2709 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 6.5 | 2652 |
2 | Burke, John M | GM | 2538 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 6.5 | 2671 |
3 | Sevian, Samuel | GM | 2660 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6.0 | 2616 |
4 | Jacobson, Brandon | GM | 2487 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5.5 | 2591 |
5 | Yoo, Christopher Woojin | IM | 2455 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 5.0 | 2557 |
6 | Checa, Nicolas | GM | 2527 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 4.0 | 2463 |
7 | Balakrishnan, Praveen | IM | 2485 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 4.0 | 2468 |
8 | Sheng, Joshua | IM | 2474 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 2387 |
9 | Shen, Christopher | FM | 2354 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.5 | 2359 |
10 | Tiglon, Bryce | IM | 2393 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 2.0 | 2301 |
10 players |
ch-USA Junior 2020 lichess.org INT Fri 9th Oct 2020 - Thu 29th Oct 2020. Category: 11. Ave: (2508) | ||||||||||||||||
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Rk | Name | Title | FED | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pts | TPR |
1 | Burke, John M | GM | USA | 2538 | # | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | = | 1 | 1 | = | = | 6.5 | 2671 |
2 | Xiong, Jeffery | GM | USA | 2709 | 1 | # | 0 | = | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | = | = | 6.5 | 2652 |
3 | Sevian, Samuel | GM | USA | 2660 | 0 | 1 | # | 0 | = | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | = | 6 | 2616 |
4 | Jacobson, Brandon | GM | USA | 2487 | 0 | = | 1 | # | 0 | = | 1 | = | 1 | 1 | 5.5 | 2591 |
5 | Yoo, Christopher Woojin | IM | USA | 2455 | 0 | 0 | = | 1 | # | 0 | = | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2557 |
6 | Checa, Nicolas | GM | USA | 2527 | = | 0 | 0 | = | 1 | # | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2463 |
7 | Balakrishnan, Praveen | IM | USA | 2485 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | = | 1 | # | 1 | 1 | = | 4 | 2468 |
8 | Sheng, Joshua | IM | USA | 2474 | 0 | 0 | 0 | = | 0 | 1 | 0 | # | = | 1 | 3 | 2387 |
9 | Shen, Christopher | FM | USA | 2354 | = | = | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | = | # | 1 | 2.5 | 2359 |
10 | Tiglon, Bryce | IM | USA | 2393 | = | = | = | 0 | 0 | 0 | = | 0 | 0 | # | 2 | 2301 |
ch-USA Junior TB 2020 lichess.org INT Fri 9th Oct 2020 - Thu 29th Oct 2020
Leading Final Round 3 Standings: |
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Rk | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | 1 | 2 | 3 | Pts |
1 | Burke, John M | GM | USA | 2538 | = | = | 1 | 2 |
2 | Xiong, Jeffery | GM | USA | 2709 | = | = | 0 | 1 |
2 players |
The Belarus Championships take place 16th to 24th October 2020.
84th ch-BLR 2020 Minsk BLR Fri 16th Oct 2020 - Sat 24th Oct 2020
Leading Round 3 (of 7) Standings: |
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Rk | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
1 | 4 | Lazavik Denis | BLR | 2424 | 2.5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 2 |
2 | 1 | Zarubitski Viachaslau | BLR | 2442 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 1 |
3 | 8 | Stupak Kirill | BLR | 2515 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0 |
4 | 5 | Nikitenko Mihail | BLR | 2436 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1 |
5 | 2 | Aleksandrov Aleksej | BLR | 2593 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1 |
6 | 6 | Tsaruk Maksim | BLR | 2302 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0 |
7 | 3 | Kovalev Vladislav | BLR | 2648 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 |
7 | Pogosian Manvel | BLR | 2391 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
8 players |
84th ch-BLR 2020 Minsk BLR Fri 16th Oct 2020 - Sat 24th Oct 2020. Category: 8. Ave: (2443) | ||||||||||||||
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Rk | Name | Title | FED | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Pts | TPR | |
1 | Lazavik, Denis | FM | BLR | 2424 | # | 1 | = | 1 | 2.5 | 2649 | ||||
2 | Stupak, Kirill | GM | BLR | 2515 | # | = | = | = | 1.5 | 2490 | ||||
3 | Zarubitski, Viachaslau | IM | BLR | 2442 | = | # | 1 | 1.5 | 2747 | |||||
4 | Nikitenko, Mihail | IM | BLR | 2436 | 0 | = | # | 1 | 1.5 | 2414 | ||||
5 | Aleksandrov, Aleksej | GM | BLR | 2593 | = | 0 | # | 1 | 1.5 | 2449 | ||||
6 | Tsaruk, Maksim | FM | BLR | 2302 | = | 0 | # | 0.5 | 2237 | |||||
7 | Pogosian, Manvel | FM | BLR | 2391 | 0 | 0 | # | 0 | 2509 |
Round 1. Fri 16th Oct 2020 | |||||
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Zarubitski, Viachaslau | 1/2-1/2 | Stupak, Kirill | 42 | C15 | French |
Aleksandrov, Aleksej | 1-0 | Pogosian, Manvel | 27 | D31 | QGD |
Lazavik, Denis | 1-0 | Nikitenko, Mihail | 32 | E15 | Queen's Indian |
Round 2. Sat 17th Oct 2020 | |||||
Stupak, Kirill | 1/2-1/2 | Nikitenko, Mihail | 47 | D02 | Queen's bishop game |
Tsaruk, Maksim | 1/2-1/2 | Lazavik, Denis | 54 | C92 | Ruy Lopez |
Zarubitski, Viachaslau | 1-0 | Aleksandrov, Aleksej | 69 | C78 | Ruy Lopez |
Round 3. Mon 19th Oct 2020 | |||||
Aleksandrov, Aleksej | 1/2-1/2 | Stupak, Kirill | 109 | D31 | QGD |
Lazavik, Denis | 1-0 | Pogosian, Manvel | 41 | D84 | Gruenfeld |
Nikitenko, Mihail | 1-0 | Tsaruk, Maksim | 29 | A15 | English, 1...Nf6 (Anglo-Indian defense) |
64th ch-BLR w 2020 Minsk BLR Fri 16th Oct 2020 - Sat 24th Oct 2020
Leading Round 2 (of 7) Standings: |
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Rk | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
1 | 7 | Beinenson Katsiaryna | BLR | 1983 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 |
2 | 5 | Norman Kseniya | BLR | 1834 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 |
3 | 1 | Zeliantsova Kseniya | BLR | 2114 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 |
4 | 6 | Astapchyk Darya | BLR | 1506 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 |
5 | 3 | Poliakova Varvara | BLR | 1952 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0 |
4 | Tarasenka Aliaksandra | BLR | 2070 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0 | |
7 | 2 | Ilyuchyk Yana | BLR | 2119 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 |
7 players |
64th ch-BLR w 2020 Minsk BLR Fri 16th Oct 2020 - Sat 24th Oct 2020. Category: None. Ave: (1940) | ||||||||||||||
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Rk | Name | Title | FED | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Pts | TPR | |
1 | Beinenson, Katsiaryna | WFM | BLR | 1983 | # | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2036 | |||||
2 | Norman, Kseniya | BLR | 1834 | # | 1 | 1 | 2070 | |||||||
3 | Astapchyk, Darya | BLR | 1506 | # | = | = | 1 | 2011 | ||||||
4 | Zeliantsova, Kseniya | WFM | BLR | 2114 | # | 1 | 1 | 2119 | ||||||
5 | Tarasenka, Aliaksandra | WFM | BLR | 2070 | 0 | = | # | 0.5 | 1477 | |||||
6 | Poliakova, Varvara | BLR | 1952 | 0 | = | # | 0.5 | 1552 | ||||||
7 | Ilyuchyk, Yana | WFM | BLR | 2119 | 0 | 0 | # | 0 | 2049 |
The Budapest October Rigochess Internationals take place 16th to 24th October 2020.
Rigochess Oct GM 2020 Budapest HUN Fri 16th Oct 2020 - Sat 24th Oct 2020
Leading Round 4 (of 9) Standings: |
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Rk | SNo | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | Pts | TB1 | TB2 |
1 | 5 | Kozak Adam | GM | HUN | 2502 | 3.5 | 5.25 | 3 |
2 | 6 | Krstulovic Alex | IM | HUN | 2341 | 3.0 | 2.50 | 3 |
3 | 3 | Nguyen Huynh Minh Huy | GM | VIE | 2419 | 2.5 | 3.00 | 1 |
4 | 4 | Berczes David | GM | HUN | 2446 | 2.5 | 2.50 | 1 |
5 | 1 | Paschall William | IM | USA | 2324 | 2.0 | 4.00 | 1 |
6 | 9 | Galyas Miklos | IM | HUN | 2459 | 1.5 | 3.25 | 0 |
7 | 10 | Mendonca Leon Luke | IM | IND | 2499 | 1.5 | 2.75 | 1 |
8 | 2 | Borhy Marcell | FM | HUN | 2371 | 1.5 | 2.75 | 0 |
9 | 8 | Pasti Aron | FM | HUN | 2302 | 0.5 | 1.75 | 0 |
10 | 7 | Gungl Theo | FM | GER | 2352 | 0.5 | 1.25 | 0 |
10 players |
Rigochess Oct IM 2020 Budapest HUN Fri 16th Oct 2020 - Sat 24th Oct 2020
Leading Round 4 (of 9) Standings: |
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Rk | SNo | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | Pts | TB1 | TB2 |
1 | 3 | Gombocz Ferenc Jr. | FM | HUN | 2265 | 3.0 | 5.50 | 2 |
2 | 9 | Lyell Mark | FM | ENG | 2282 | 3.0 | 4.50 | 2 |
3 | 6 | Murko David | SLO | 2171 | 2.5 | 5.25 | 2 | |
4 | 8 | Halak Miklos | FM | HUN | 2287 | 2.5 | 4.25 | 2 |
5 | 10 | Issa Rafat | IM | JOR | 2367 | 2.5 | 2.75 | 2 |
6 | 4 | Fule Simon | HUN | 2231 | 2.0 | 3.50 | 1 | |
7 | 7 | Arkell Keith C | GM | ENG | 2412 | 1.5 | 2.25 | 1 |
8 | 5 | Suta Andraz | SLO | 2250 | 1.0 | 2.50 | 1 | |
9 | 2 | Terbe Zsuzsanna | WFM | HUN | 2198 | 1.0 | 2.00 | 0 |
10 | 1 | Kahn Evarth Dr. | IM | HUN | 2205 | 1.0 | 1.50 | 0 |
10 players |
Rigochess Oct IM 2020 Budapest HUN Fri 16th Oct 2020 - Sat 24th Oct 2020. Category: 1. Ave: (2267) | ||||||||||||||||
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Rk | Name | Title | FED | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pts | TPR |
1 | Gombocz, Ferenc Jr. | FM | HUN | 2265 | # | = | 1 | = | 1 | 3 | 2436 | |||||
2 | Lyell, Mark | FM | ENG | 2282 | = | # | = | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2429 | |||||
3 | Murko, David | SLO | 2171 | # | = | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2.5 | 2424 | ||||||
4 | Halak, Miklos | FM | HUN | 2287 | 0 | = | # | 1 | 1 | 2.5 | 2324 | |||||
5 | Issa, Rafat | IM | JOR | 2367 | 0 | # | = | 1 | 1 | 2.5 | 2342 | |||||
6 | Fule, Simon | HUN | 2231 | = | 0 | # | 1 | = | 2 | 2297 | ||||||
7 | Arkell, Keith C | GM | ENG | 2412 | 0 | = | 0 | # | 1 | 1.5 | 2168 | |||||
8 | Suta, Andraz | SLO | 2250 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | # | 1 | 2095 | ||||||
9 | Terbe, Zsuzsanna | WFM | HUN | 2198 | = | 0 | 0 | # | = | 1 | 2087 | |||||
10 | Kahn, Evarth | IM | HUN | 2205 | 0 | 0 | = | = | # | 1 | 2072 |
The Liffre Open takes place 17th to 24th October. It doesn't look likely to me that any games will be published.
The Champions Chess Tour Chessable Qualifier took place 17th to 18th October and Peter Svidler scored 5/6 undefeated to be the convincing winner and qualifier for the new Magnus Carlsen chess tour.
Chessable Qualifier 2020 chess24.com INT Sat 17th Oct 2020 - Sun 18th Oct 2020
Leading Final Round 7 Standings: |
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Rk | Name | Ti | Rtg | Gms | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Pts |
1 | Svidler, Peter | GM | 2723 | 6 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
2 | Mamedov, Rauf | GM | 2654 | 6 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4½ | |
3 | Narayanan.S.L | GM | 2618 | 6 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 3½ | |
4 | Shankland, Sam | GM | 2691 | 6 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
5 | Bluebaum, Matthias | GM | 2672 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
6 | Oparin, Grigoriy | GM | 2652 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1½ | |
7 | Jones, Gawain C B | GM | 2670 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | |
7 players |
Chessable Qualifier 2020 chess24.com INT Sat 17th Oct 2020 - Sun 18th Oct 2020. Category: 17. Ave: (2669) | ||||||||||||||
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Rk | Name | Title | FED | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Pts | TPR | |
1 | Svidler, Peter | GM | RUS | 2723 | # | = | = | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2933 | |
2 | Mamedov, Rauf | GM | AZE | 2654 | = | # | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4.5 | 2864 | |
3 | Narayanan, S.L. | GM | IND | 2618 | = | 0 | # | = | = | 1 | 1 | 3.5 | 2734 | |
4 | Shankland, Sam | GM | USA | 2691 | 0 | 1 | = | # | = | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2665 | |
5 | Bluebaum, Matthias | GM | GER | 2672 | 0 | 0 | = | = | # | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2668 | |
6 | Oparin, Grigoriy | GM | RUS | 2652 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | # | = | 1.5 | 2478 | |
7 | Jones, Gawain C B | GM | ENG | 2670 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | = | # | 0.5 | 2267 |
The Pacific North West Chess Club Super 60 minute chess event took place 17th to 18th October. Timur Gareyev won with 5/6 half a point clear of Pavel Eljanov, Vitaliy Bernadskiy, Baadur Jobava and Daniel Fridman.
PNWCC Super G60 2020 chess.com INT Sat 17th Oct 2020 - Sun 18th Oct 2020
Leading Final Round 6 Standings: |
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Rk | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | Pts |
1 | Gareyev, Timur | GM | USA | 2606 | 5 |
2 | Eljanov, Pavel | GM | UKR | 2672 | 4.5 |
2 | Bernadskiy, Vitaliy | GM | UKR | 2629 | 4.5 |
2 | Jobava, Baadur | GM | GEO | 2603 | 4.5 |
2 | Fridman, Daniel | GM | GER | 2601 | 4.5 |
6 | Nyzhnyk, Illya | GM | UKR | 2665 | 4 |
6 | Lenderman, Aleksandr | GM | USA | 2634 | 4 |
6 | Ter-Sahakyan, Samvel | GM | ARM | 2640 | 4 |
6 | Prohaszka, Peter | GM | HUN | 2592 | 4 |
6 | Mikhalevski, Victor | GM | ISR | 2560 | 4 |
6 | Rychagov, Andrey | GM | RUS | 2545 | 4 |
6 | Mikaelyan, Arman | GM | ARM | 2485 | 4 |
6 | Matinian, Nikita | GM | RUS | 2470 | 4 |
6 | Popilski, Gil | GM | ISR | 2464 | 4 |
6 | Leiva, Giuseppe | IM | PER | 2391 | 4 |
16 | Kryakvin, Dmitry | GM | RUS | 2577 | 3.5 |
16 | He, Anthony | FM | USA | 2337 | 3.5 |
16 | Estrada Nieto, Julian | IM | ESP | 2280 | 3.5 |
16 | Levine, Joseph | USA | 2073 | 3.5 | |
16 | Chang, Eddie | USA | 1667 | 3.5 | |
21 | Kovalev, Vladislav | GM | BLR | 2648 | 3 |
21 | Sarkar, Justin | IM | USA | 2377 | 3 |
21 | Baskin, Robert | IM | GER | 2390 | 3 |
21 | Wen, Teddie | USA | 2071 | 3 | |
21 | Free, Graham | USA | 2138 | 3 | |
21 | Chen, Ryo | USA | 2085 | 3 | |
21 | Xie, Bryan | CM | USA | 2050 | 3 |
21 | Vanapalli, Vishnu | USA | 1918 | 3 | |
21 | Wen, Tommy | USA | 2014 | 3 | |
30 | Zierk, Steven | GM | USA | 2499 | 2.5 |
30 | Wang, Alex Yuxuan | USA | 1983 | 2.5 | |
30 | Xie, Brandon | USA | 1852 | 2.5 | |
30 | Sivakumar, Shaaketh | USA | 1870 | 2.5 | |
30 | Su, Kevin | USA | 1768 | 2.5 | |
30 | Xue, Jerry | USA | 2.5 | ||
30 | Li, David Xinjian | USA | 1672 | 2.5 | |
30 | Naveen, Aarush | USA | 2.5 | ||
38 | Derraugh, Geordie | CAN | 2169 | 2 | |
38 | Jiang, Brandon | USA | 1954 | 2 | |
38 | Chiang, Jacob | USA | 1562 | 2 | |
51 players |
The Polish Rapid Championship took place in Trzcianka on 18th October - this was also the traditinoal Ferdynanda Dziedzica Memorial. Maciej Klekowski won with 8/9.
ch-POL Rapid 2020 Trzcianka POL Sun 18th Oct 2020 - Sun 18th Oct 2020
Leading Final Round 9 Standings: |
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Rk | Name | Ti | Rtg | Pts | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
1 | Klekowski, Maciej | GM | 2509 | 8 | 53 | 57 | 50 |
2 | Krasenkow, Michal | GM | 2502 | 7.5 | 52.5 | 56.5 | 45 |
3 | Janik, Igor | IM | 2520 | 7.5 | 50.5 | 53.5 | 42 |
4 | Piesik, Piotr | IM | 2357 | 7 | 53 | 57 | 42.5 |
5 | Grabarczyk, Miroslaw | GM | 2343 | 7 | 51 | 55.5 | 41.25 |
6 | Kucza, Karol | FM | 2244 | 7 | 50.5 | 54.5 | 40.75 |
7 | Pakleza, Zbigniew | GM | 2534 | 7 | 50 | 54 | 40 |
8 | Ovsejevitsch, Sergei | GM | 2614 | 7 | 49.5 | 53 | 39.5 |
9 | Oliwa, Marek | M | 2363 | 7 | 44.5 | 49 | 38.5 |
10 | Brodowski, Piotr | IM | 2429 | 6.5 | 52 | 56 | 37.5 |
11 | Sieciechowicz, Marcin | IM | 2365 | 6.5 | 47.5 | 51.5 | 34.25 |
12 | Zima, Teofil | I+ | 2008 | 6.5 | 47 | 52 | 35.25 |
13 | Chojnacki, Krzysztof | IM | 2366 | 6.5 | 46.5 | 50.5 | 33.25 |
14 | Budrewicz, Krzysztof | M | 2281 | 6.5 | 46 | 50 | 33.5 |
15 | Barski, Radoslaw | IM | 2251 | 6.5 | 45.5 | 50 | 33.5 |
16 | Nowak, Mikolaj | K | 2164 | 6.5 | 45.5 | 49.5 | 32.75 |
17 | Maciejewski, Andrzej | IM | 1991 | 6.5 | 45.5 | 49 | 31.75 |
18 | Lubczynski, Rafal | IM | 2329 | 6.5 | 43.5 | 47.5 | 32.25 |
19 | Skawinski, Arkadiusz | FM | 2309 | 6 | 49.5 | 53.5 | 32.5 |
20 | Koziorowicz, Michal | K | 1997 | 6 | 48 | 52.5 | 33 |
21 | Batsiashvili, Nino | GM | 2425 | 6 | 46.5 | 51.5 | 32 |
22 | Redzisz, Michal | K | 1873 | 6 | 46.5 | 49.5 | 29 |
23 | Tsatsalashvili, Keti | WGM | 2191 | 6 | 46 | 50 | 31 |
24 | Sliwicki, Damian | CM | 2100 | 6 | 46 | 50 | 29 |
25 | Kubicka, Anna | WIM | 2090 | 6 | 45.5 | 49.5 | 29.5 |
26 | Kaczmarek, Arkadiusz | I++ | 2101 | 6 | 44.5 | 48.5 | 29.25 |
27 | Szyszylo, Rafal | K | 2044 | 6 | 44.5 | 47.5 | 28.5 |
28 | Aliavdin, Nikolai | IM | 2350 | 6 | 43.5 | 48 | 31.25 |
29 | Kacprzak, Karol | K | 1946 | 6 | 43.5 | 46 | 27.5 |
30 | Kacprzak, Kacper | I++ | 1968 | 6 | 43 | 46.5 | 28 |
31 | Poltorak, Sebastian | K | 1767 | 6 | 42.5 | 46.5 | 28 |
32 | Luberanski, Jakub | K | 1873 | 6 | 42.5 | 46 | 26 |
33 | Gorski, Boguslaw | I | 1706 | 6 | 42.5 | 44.5 | 27.5 |
34 | Kamieniecki, Tomasz | I | 2065 | 6 | 41.5 | 44.5 | 27.25 |
35 | Bartnicki, Pawel | I++ | 2075 | 6 | 41 | 44.5 | 28.75 |
36 | Jakubiak, Norbert | II | 1800 | 6 | 34.5 | 37.5 | 25 |
37 | Mazurkiewicz, Michal | CM | 2176 | 5.5 | 45.5 | 49 | 27.75 |
38 | Korbal, Arkadiusz | K++ | 2030 | 5.5 | 45 | 49 | 26.75 |
39 | Wojdak, Jan | I++ | 1840 | 5.5 | 45 | 48.5 | 26 |
40 | Budnik, Mateusz | K | 1987 | 5.5 | 45 | 48.5 | 25.25 |
169 players |