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THE WEEK IN CHESS 1367 18th January 2021 by Mark Crowther

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Contents

1) Introduction
2) 83rd Tata Steel 2021
3) CCCSA Winter Invitational 2021
4) Lozovatsky Memorial 2021
5) 7th Floripa Open 2021
6) 11th Andranik Margaryan Memorial 2021
7) 128th New Zealand Congress 2021
8) Suetin Memorial 2021
9) 4th 4NCL Online Congress 2021
10) Mujib Borsho Invitational 2021
11) Caplin Hastings Online 2021
12) I'M Not A GM Speed Chess 2021
13) Titled Tuesday Blitz 12th Jan 2021
14) PNWCC Super G60 Jan 2021
15) TCh-FRA Top 16 Online 2021
16) Turkey-Ukraine Friendship U20 2021
17) Schools Friendly AZE TUR GEO UKR 2021
18) TCEC Season 20 2020
19) Forthcoming Events and Links

Games Section
83rd Tata Steel 202121 games
CCCSA Winter Invitational 202170 games
Lozovatsky Memorial 2021137 games
11th Andranik Margaryan Memorial 202130 games
128th New Zealand Congress 2021106 games
Suetin Memorial 202145 games
4th 4NCL Online Congress 2021162 games
Mujib Borsho Invitational 2021113 games
Caplin Hastings Online 20211 game
I'M Not A GM Speed Chess 202144 games
Titled Tuesday Blitz 12th Jan 20212591 games
PNWCC Super G60 Jan 2021153 games
TCh-FRA Top 16 Online 2021240 games
Turkey-Ukraine Friendship U20 202128 games
Schools Friendly AZE TUR GEO UKR 2021424 games
TCEC Season 20 202053 games
4218 games

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1) Introduction

My thanks to Olexandr Prohorov, Holger Lieske, Nicolas Brunner, Xuhao He, Henri Koskinen, Graham Stuart and everyone else who helped with this issue.

The 83rd Tata Steel tournament is well under way. 14 players started although Daniil Dubov had to withdraw at the last moment and was replaced by Alexander Donchenko. It's tight at the top during the early rounds but you can't tell very much at the moment. It's nice to have some over the board chess to watch every day. Hopefully everyone will remain safe. Elsewhere there are more over the board tournaments in Charlotte and some nice online events including the weekly Titled Tuesday, IM Not a GM and the PNWCC Super G60 (all chess.com). It looks like we will be maintaining this mix for a while.

Sad news that in January deaths of three chess players are being reported: WGM Kveta Eretova, age 94, 10 time Czech women's champion. She was a two time women's Candidate. GM Yrjo Rantanen, age 70, 2 time Finnish chess champion, he played in 9 Olympiads winning 3 medals. and GM Gildardo García age 66 Colombia's second GM - ten time national champion.

Hope you enjoy this issue.

Mark

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2) 83rd Tata Steel 2021

The 83rd Tata Steel tournament takes place in Wijk aan Zee 15th January (16th Jan Round 1) to 31st January 2021.

83rd Tata Steel Masters Wijk aan Zee NED Fri 15th Jan 2021 - Sun 31st Jan 2021. Category: 19. Ave: (2725)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Pts TPR
1 Harikrishna, Pentala GM IND 2732 # 1 = = 2 2833
2 Carlsen, Magnus GM NOR 2862 # 1 = = 2 2809
3 Giri, Anish GM NED 2764 # = 1 = 2 2780
4 Caruana, Fabiano GM USA 2823 # = = 1 2 2819
5 Grandelius, Nils GM SWE 2663 0 # 1 1 2 2839
6 Van Foreest, Jorden GM NED 2671 = = # = 1.5 2764
7 Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime GM FRA 2784 = # = = 1.5 2719
8 Esipenko, Andrey GM RUS 2677 = = # = 1.5 2753
9 Wojtaszek, Radoslaw GM POL 2705 = # = = 1.5 2658
10 Firouzja, Alireza GM FID 2749 0 = # 1 1.5 2775
11 Tari, Aryan GM NOR 2625 = 0 = # 1 2652
12 Duda, Jan-Krzysztof GM POL 2743 = 0 = # 1 2596
13 Anton Guijarro, David GM ESP 2679 = = 0 # 1 2647
14 Donchenko, Alexander GM GER 2668 = 0 0 # 0.5 2477
Round 1. Sat 16th Jan 2021
Carlsen, Magnus 1-0 Firouzja, Alireza 40 D37 QGD
Wojtaszek, Radoslaw 1/2-1/2 Anton Guijarro, David 67 E10 Queen's pawn game
Harikrishna, Pentala 1/2-1/2 Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime 64 B90 Sicilian
Esipenko, Andrey 1/2-1/2 Duda, Jan-Krzysztof 30 C42 Petrov
Grandelius, Nils 1-0 Donchenko, Alexander 47 C50 Giuoco Pianissimo
Caruana, Fabiano 1/2-1/2 Van Foreest, Jorden 56 D32 QGD
Giri, Anish 1-0 Tari, Aryan 47 C65 Ruy Lopez
Round 2. Sun 17th Jan 2021
Anton Guijarro, David 1/2-1/2 Carlsen, Magnus 69 B34 Sicilian
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime 1/2-1/2 Firouzja, Alireza 35 B12 Caro-Kann
Donchenko, Alexander 0-1 Caruana, Fabiano 32 D12 QGD Slav
Duda, Jan-Krzysztof 0-1 Grandelius, Nils 40 A30 English
Van Foreest, Jorden 1/2-1/2 Giri, Anish 43 C42 Petrov
Harikrishna, Pentala 1/2-1/2 Esipenko, Andrey 47 B12 Caro-Kann
Tari, Aryan 1/2-1/2 Wojtaszek, Radoslaw 68 B51 Sicilian
Round 3. Mon 18th Jan 2021
Carlsen, Magnus 1/2-1/2 Tari, Aryan 56 D41 QGD
Giri, Anish 1/2-1/2 Donchenko, Alexander 42 E21 Nimzo-Indian
Wojtaszek, Radoslaw 1/2-1/2 Van Foreest, Jorden 40 D41 QGD
Caruana, Fabiano 1/2-1/2 Duda, Jan-Krzysztof 51 C42 Petrov
Grandelius, Nils 0-1 Harikrishna, Pentala 38 C02 French
Esipenko, Andrey 1/2-1/2 Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime 33 B53 Sicilian, Chekhover variation
Firouzja, Alireza 1-0 Anton Guijarro, David 61 D02 Queen's bishop game

3) CCCSA Winter Invitational 2021

The CCCSA Winter Invitational takes place in Charlotte 14th to 18th January 2021.

CCCSA Winter GM 2021 Charlotte USA Thu 14th Jan 2021 - Mon 18th Jan 2021. Category: 8. Ave: (2435)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts TPR
1 Belous, Vladimir GM RUS 2524 # 1 = = 1 1 = = 5 2602
2 Javakhadze, Zurab IM GEO 2444 0 # = = 1 1 1 1 5 2604
3 Mista, Aleksander GM POL 2567 = = # = = 1 1 1 5 2569
4 Ringoir, Tanguy GM BEL 2474 = = # = 1 1 = = 4.5 2512
5 Shetty, Atulya IM USA 2437 0 0 = # = = 1 1 3.5 2440
6 Ostrovskiy, Aleksandr IM USA 2430 0 = = # = = = 1 3.5 2416
7 Daggupati, Balaji FM USA 2399 = 0 = 0 = = # = 2.5 2360
8 Guo, Arthur IM USA 2358 0 0 0 = = # = 1 2.5 2331
9 Gauri, Shankar FM IND 2360 0 0 = 0 = = # = 2 2280
10 Mishra, Abhimanyu IM USA 2357 = 0 = 0 0 0 = # 1.5 2220
CCCSA Winter IM 2021 Charlotte USA Thu 14th Jan 2021 - Mon 18th Jan 2021. Category: 2. Ave: (2296)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts TPR
1 Wang, Tianqi USA 2256 # = 1 = 1 1 = 1 5.5 2519
2 Griffith, Kyron FM USA 2346 = # = 1 = 1 1 1 5.5 2490
3 Vivekananthan, Anish FM USA 2326 0 = # 1 = 1 0 1 4 2359
4 Cervantes Landeiro, Thalia FM USA 2258 = 0 0 # = 1 1 1 4 2336
5 Andrianov, Nikolai IM RUS 2384 = = # = = = 0 1 3.5 2281
6 Martin Del Campo C., Roberto IM MEX 2296 = 0 0 = # = 1 = 3 2262
7 Matros, Alexander IM KAZ 2405 0 1 = = # 0 1 0 3 2228
8 Colas, Joshua FM USA 2288 0 0 = 0 1 # = 1 3 2248
9 Ezra, Paul Chambers FM BDI 2217 = 0 0 0 1 0 = # 2 2165
10 Oberoi, Shelev USA 2180 0 0 0 0 = 1 0 # 1.5 2089

4) Lozovatsky Memorial 2021

The Lozovatsky Memorial takes place in Chelyabinsk 15th to 23rd January 2021.

Lozovatsky Mem A 2021 Chelyabinsk RUS Fri 15th Jan 2021 - Sat 23rd Jan 2021
Leading Round 4 (of 10) Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
14Aleksandrov AleksejBLR25743.58.510.53
215Salemgareev TagirRUS24673.58.59.53
38Shariyazdanov AndreyRUS25233.58.08.53
45Tsydypov ZhamsaranRUS25523.57.59.53
538Tologontegin SemeteyKGZ23583.57.09.03
633Remizov YaroslavRUS23853.08.58.52
713Drygalov AndreyRUS24933.08.010.02
82Tiviakov SergeiNED26063.07.59.52
928Suleymenov AlisherKAZ24233.07.58.02
1010Afanasiev NikitaRUS25143.06.58.52
1111Khanin SemenRUS25113.06.07.53
1226Kardashevskiy EvgenyRUS24273.06.06.52
1327Sitnikov AntonUKR24233.05.56.53
143Goganov AlekseyRUS25892.59.010.52
159Stupak KirillBLR25152.58.09.52
23Stankovic MilosSRB24422.58.09.52
1719Bezgodov AlexeiRUS24492.58.09.02
21Zarubitski ViachaslauBLR24482.58.09.02
1945Iljin TimofeyUKR22812.57.59.51
49Lavretzkij RomanBLR22502.57.59.51
2114Nesterov ArseniyRUS24822.57.58.51
2234Khruschiov AlexeyMDA23832.57.58.02
2335Bivol AlinaRUS23772.57.58.01
2416Gabrielian ArturRUS24642.57.08.01
2524Badelka OlgaBLR24402.55.56.51
266Shaposhnikov EvgenyRUS25492.010.011.02
2731Nugumanov BakhtiyarKAZ23912.09.011.02
2820Bryakin MikhailRUS24482.08.09.02
29Tsvetkov AndreyRUS23942.08.09.02
39Radzhabov RodionRUS23442.08.09.02
317Zhigalko AndreyBLR25272.08.09.01
3265Mukhina JanaRUS20382.07.59.51
3347Solozhenkina ElizavetaRUS22712.07.59.50
3418Teterev VitalyBLR24602.07.58.51
61Safin TimurRUS21272.07.58.51
3655Polosin EvgeniRUS22062.07.09.02
3712Yudin SergeiRUS24972.07.08.51
25Kostenko PetrKAZ24372.07.08.51
3922Girya OlgaRUS24432.06.58.51
401Ponkratov PavelRUS26232.06.58.01
70 players

5) 7th Floripa Open 2021

The 7th Floripa Open takes place in Florianopolis 18th to 24th January 2021.

7th Floripa Open 2021 Florianopolis BRA Mon 18th Jan 2021 - Sun 24th Jan 2021
Leading Round 0 (of 10) Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
11Delgado Ramirez NeurisGMPAR26210000
22Fier AlexandrGMBRA25530000
33Lima DarcyGMBRA25160000
44Sturt RavenIMUSA24810000
55Santiago Yago De MouraGMBRA24800000
66Reis Paulo F. Jatoba De OliveiraFMBRA23880000
77Menna Barreto Felipe KubiakiFMBRA23730000
88Umetsubo Cesar HidemitsuIMBRA23710000
99Von Buelow GeorgFMGER23590000
1010Rodi Luis ErnestoIMURU23340000
1111Rodrigues EdgarFMBRA23330000
1212Labussiere VictorFMBRA23320000
1313Oliveira Silvio EduardoNMBRA23170000
1414Filgueiras Nathan FelipeFMBRA23110000
1515Do Valle Cardoso LucasNMBRA23080000
1616Caetano Ryan Wesley Da CostaBRA22980000
1717De Borba GuilhermeFMBRA22790000
1818Guimaraes Diogo DuarteFMBRA22420000
1919Gauche CharlesFMBRA22360000
2020Nogueira Ivan KuhlmannFMBRA22240000
2121Labussiere YagoNMBRA22190000
2222Assumpcao RobertoFMBRA22120000
2323Cordeiro Marco Aurelio ZarorNMBRA22040000
2424Zallio Luciano De SouzaCMBRA21950000
2525Sega Carlos AlbertoFMBRA21830000
2626Almeida Junior Alvaro Alves DeNMBRA21770000
2727De Oliveira Gustavo Alfredo BueBRA21760000
2828Starke Bruno OrlandoNMBRA21700000
2929De Borba GabrielFMBRA21680000
3030Caetano Hugo Zanotti MendoncaNMBRA21550000
3131Dias Anderson TatschNMBRA21480000
3232Campelo Leandro FabricioNMBRA21420000
3333Piccoli Lucas FonsecaNMBRA21390000
3434Tomiello Lucas CostamilanNMBRA21330000
3535Chaves Allysson PereiraBRA21320000
3636Fernandes Filho Bergson FragosoBRA21280000
3737Souza Rafael Cabral DeNMBRA21220000
3838Medeiros Jr Francisco De AssisBRA21220000
3939Silva Kaua MarquesFMBRA21210000
4040De Carvalho ChristopherBRA21210000
257 players

6) 11th Andranik Margaryan Memorial 2021

The 11th Andranik Margaryan Memorial took place in Yerevan 9th to 17th January 2021. Hovik Hayrapetyan won with 7/9.

Andranik Margaryan Mem Yerevan ARM Sat 9th Jan 2021 - Sun 17th Jan 2021
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
16Hayrapetyan HovikARM24887.028.0050.0
21Lobanov SergeiRUS25106.024.0040.0
34Babujian LevonARM24406.022.7540.0
43Lazavik DenisBLR24365.020.0040.0
58Mikaelyan ArmanARM24854.520.7550.0
62Makaryan RudikRUS24614.517.5040.0
77Daneshvar BardiyaIRI23994.015.2550.0
89Gharibyan MamikonARM24323.512.5050.0
95Sargsyan Anna M.ARM24023.012.5040.0
1010Barseghyan Armen Ar.ARM23621.55.7550.0
10 players
Andranik Margaryan Mem Yerevan ARM Sat 9th Jan 2021 - Sun 17th Jan 2021. Category: 8. Ave: (2442)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts TPR
1 Hayrapetyan, Hovik GM ARM 2488 # 1 = = = = 1 1 1 1 7 2656
2 Lobanov, Sergei IM RUS 2510 0 # 1 = 1 = 1 = = 1 6 2559
3 Babujian, Levon GM ARM 2440 = 0 # 1 0 = 1 1 1 1 6 2567
4 Lazavik, Denis FM BLR 2436 = = 0 # = 1 = = = 1 5 2485
5 Mikaelyan, Arman GM ARM 2485 = 0 1 = # 1 0 1 0 = 4.5 2437
6 Makarian, Rudik IM RUS 2461 = = = 0 0 # 0 1 1 1 4.5 2439
7 Daneshvar, Bardiya IM IRI 2399 0 0 0 = 1 1 # 0 1 = 4 2403
8 Gharibyan, Mamikon IM ARM 2432 0 = 0 = 0 0 1 # = 1 3.5 2363
9 Sargsyan, Anna M. WGM ARM 2402 0 = 0 = 1 0 0 = # = 3 2321
10 Barseghyan, Armen Ar. FM ARM 2362 0 0 0 0 = 0 = 0 = # 1.5 2177

7) 128th New Zealand Congress 2021

The 128th New Zealand Congress took place 2nd to 19th January 2021 in Palmerston North. Nicholas Croad won with 7.5/9.

128th ch-NZL Open 2021 Palmerston North NZL Sat 2nd Jan 2021 - Sun 10th Jan 2021
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
12Croad, NicholasFMNZL24557.504549
21Hague, BenFMNZL24976.504548.5
312Xie, FelixNZL2110604547
43Ker, Anthony FIMNZL2440604448
55McLaren, Leonard JFMNZL2293604346.5
66Smith, Robert WFMNZL22905.504549
74Dive, Russell JIMNZL24075.5044.548
88Winter, RyanNZL21655041.544.5
97Cilia Vincenti, DavidCMMLT22765040.543.5
1017Tang, HaoNZL19505038.542
1115Sole, Michael DNZL19864.504143
1211Piwari, Dylan TamaNZL21184.504043
1310Lee, Edward SNZL21224.5038.540.5
149Milligan, HelenCMNZL21224.503638
1523SashikumarIND16424.503335
1618Ning, Isabelle YixuanNZL1890413841
1714Metge, J NigelNZL2028403740
1813McDonald, John ANZL20863.50.53436
1916Mistry, PrashantNZL19713.50.529.531.5
2020Braganza, NadiaWCMNZL1811303032
2121Zhang, Kendrick BotongNZL1778303032
2219Weng, Xintong (Winston)NZL1862302931
2322Cooper, NigelNZL17382.502729
2424Cunningham, Patrick DNZL1630203133
24 players

8) Suetin Memorial 2021

The Suetin Memorial took place in Tula 6th to 10th January 2021. Manvel Pogosian won ith 7.5/9.

Suetin Memorial 2021 Tula RUS Wed 6th Jan 2021 - Sun 10th Jan 2021
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkNameFEDRtgPts
1Pogosian, ManvelBLR23777.5
2Maneluk, DaniilRUS23537
3Novikov, MaximRUS24716.5
4Tishin, PetrRUS24065
4Smirnov, AlexanderRUS23965
6Lingur, ZalinaRUS20914.5
7Moiseenko, VladimirUKR22363
8Shkurkin, AndreyRUS22302.5
8Chumachenko, AlexanderUKR20472.5
10Golubev, EvgeniyUZB22341.5
10 players
Suetin Memorial 2021 Tula RUS Wed 6th Jan 2021 - Sun 10th Jan 2021. Category: 2. Ave: (2284)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts TPR
1 Pogosian, Manvel FM BLR 2377 # = = = 1 1 1 1 1 1 7.5 2547
2 Manelyuk, Daniil FM RUS 2353 = # = = 1 = 1 1 1 1 7 2496
3 Novikov, Maxim GM RUS 2471 = = # = = 1 = 1 1 1 6.5 2429
4 Tishin, Petr GM RUS 2406 = = = # = = = = = 1 5 2314
5 Smirnov, Alexander IM RUS 2396 0 0 = = # = 1 = 1 1 5 2315
6 Lingur, Zalina WFM RUS 2091 0 = 0 = = # = 1 1 = 4.5 2306
7 Moiseenko, Vladimir FM UKR 2236 0 0 = = 0 = # = 0 1 3 2164
8 Shkurkin, Andrey FM RUS 2230 0 0 0 = = 0 = # = = 2.5 2124
9 Chumachenko, Alexander UKR 2047 0 0 0 = 0 0 1 = # = 2.5 2144
10 Golubev, Evgeniy UZB 2234 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 = = # 1.5 2017

9) 4th 4NCL Online Congress 2021

The 4th 4NCL Online Congress took place 15th to 17th January 2021. Arnim Bossy won with 4.5/5.

4th 4NCL Online Congress lichess.org INT Fri 15th Jan 2021 - Sun 17th Jan 2021
Leading Final Round 5 Standings:
RkSNoNameTiRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
137Bossy Arnim19144.50.010.514.5
227Olbison Philip J19624.00.010.515.0
39Thomson Neil20824.00.010.014.0
43Burrows Martin P21754.00.09.013.5
52Bullen AlexCM22194.00.09.012.0
610Smith Simon20584.00.08.513.0
733Zheng Harry Z19414.00.08.512.5
84Finn Peter21514.00.08.512.5
911Tran Hieu20194.00.08.511.5
1016O'Cuilleanain Oisin19984.00.07.09.5
1112Jaufarally Nadia20134.00.06.510.5
1220Moyse Nigel J19793.50.06.08.5
1329Bedi Adam19543.00.011.015.0
1417Cox Toby19953.00.09.013.5
1528Rich Ben S19593.00.09.013.0
166Boyd John20903.00.08.512.5
1718Verma Shlok19893.00.08.512.5
1861Benkhoucha Samy Tahar15743.00.08.511.5
1930Clarke Connor19533.00.08.012.0
207Rasalingam Haran20873.00.08.012.0
2123Pichugov Andrey19753.00.07.511.5
2213Keely Leo A20123.00.07.510.5
2314Gillespie David P20063.00.07.011.0
35Hobson Kenneth19303.00.07.011.0
2539Arora Tashika18853.00.07.011.0
261Chapman Terry PdFM22233.00.06.59.5
2721Sarpotdar Amogh A19763.00.06.010.0
50Voiculescu-Holvad Stefan17803.00.06.010.0
2922Mccarthy Maurice19753.00.05.58.0
3024George Richard M19713.00.04.57.5
315Cole James21122.50.09.513.5
3219Lv Jason19842.50.09.013.0
3365Duke Dillan15332.50.07.511.5
3415Mccarthy Damian M20052.50.07.011.0
25Hill Jonathan S19702.50.07.011.0
3640Healy John18852.50.07.010.0
3743Singh Mahendra18722.50.07.09.5
3854Pyda Arjun17152.50.06.510.5
3942Clarke Niall18772.50.06.010.0
4032Merriman James19442.00.09.513.5
70 players

10) Mujib Borsho Invitational 2021

The Mujib Borsho Invitational took place 9th to 16th January 2021. Ziaur Rahman won with 7.5/9.

Mujib Borsho Invitational Dhaka BAN Sat 9th Jan 2021 - Sat 16th Jan 2021
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
11Rahman ZiaurGMBAN24157.50.0218845.5
213Anata ChoudhuryBAN21197.00.0214642.0
39Mehdi Hasan ParagFMBAN21806.50.0214144.0
45Abu Sufian ShakilIMBAN22366.00.5220345.5
53Mohammad Minhaz UddinIMBAN22976.00.5217544.0
62Mohammad Fahad RahmanIMBAN23195.50.0220345.5
74Subrota BiswasFMBAN22655.50.0218647.0
88Ahmed Sheikh NasirFMBAN21885.50.0214945.0
924Md SariatullahBAN20185.50.0209741.0
1011Chowdhury SohelCMBAN21485.50.0209143.0
1116Zia Tahsin TajwarCMBAN20715.50.0205741.5
126Mohammad JavedFMBAN22125.50.0204537.5
137Manon Reja NeerCMBAN21975.50.0200338.5
1418Md. Masum HossainBAN20605.50.0196637.5
1510Rahman Syed MahfuzurFMBAN21685.00.0210844.5
1614S M SharonCMBAN21065.00.0204438.5
1712Md. Sharif HossainCMBAN21355.00.0203339.5
1827Swarnavo ChoudhuryBAN19275.00.0202437.5
1917Md. Jamal UddinCMBAN20605.00.0196837.0
2023Jabed Al AzadBAN20215.00.0190735.0
2130Hamid RaniWIMBAN18744.50.0212844.0
2221Nayem HaqueCMBAN20314.50.0212043.0
2320Avik SarkerBAN20424.50.0203241.0
2419Ahmed MahtabuddinCMBAN20524.50.0202538.0
2543Sakline Mostafa SajidBAN13624.50.0185731.0
2635Ahmed WalijahWCMBAN17554.00.0212342.5
2726Khan NazranaWFMBAN19494.00.0205039.5
2837Kazi Zarin TasnimBAN16674.00.0195232.0
2938Marzouq ChowdhuryBAN16114.00.0195035.0
3028Noshin AnjumWFMBAN19024.00.0192137.0
3125Hossain MonirCMBAN19974.00.0182230.0
3234Md AsadujjamanBAN17814.00.0172933.0
3332Jannatul FerdousWCMBAN18443.50.0197836.5
3436Nusrat Jahan AloBAN17303.00.0201938.5
3540Md. Sajidul HaqueBAN15703.00.0196636.5
3629Uddin Md. SaifFMBAN18873.00.0190432.5
3741Wadifa AhmedBAN15633.00.0172431.0
3833Mortuza Mahathir IslamBAN18292.50.0170530.5
3931Md. Tanvir AlamBAN18542.00.0206034.0
4044Ridwan SyedBAN13432.00.0176831.5
44 players

11) Caplin Hastings Online 2021

The Caplin Hastings Online tournament was a two day replacement for the cancelled open and featured most of the top active English players in a two day rapid. David Howell was a convincing winner with 9/11 a point and a half clear of Luke McShane with Michael Adams a further half point back. There was an error in the result of one of the games Flear-Adams from Round 2. I did eventually correct this but I give the game again.

Caplin Hastings Online Tornelo INT Sat 9th Jan 2021 - Sun 10th Jan 2021
Leading Final Round 11 Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1TB2TB3
16Howell David W LGMENG26249.00.0745.50
24Mcshane Luke JGMENG26987.50.0536.00
32Adams MichaelGMENG26847.00.0532.75
48Jones Gawain C BGMENG26096.50.0433.00
55Gormally Daniel WGMENG25346.00.0334.25
63Turner Matthew JGMSCO25005.50.0227.00
77Wadsworth Matthew JIMENG21895.00.5322.75
810Arkell Keith CGMENG23915.00.5224.25
912Pert NicholasGMENG26004.50.0121.50
109Hebden Mark LGMENG24583.51.0217.00
1111Ghasi Ameet KIMENG25373.50.0219.50
121Flear Glenn CGMENG23343.00.0214.00
12 players
Caplin Hastings Online Tornelo INT Sat 9th Jan 2021 - Sun 10th Jan 2021. Category: 12. Ave: (2535)
Rk Name Title FED Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pts TPR
1 Howell, David W L GM ENG 2658 # 1 1 = = = 1 = 1 1 1 1 9 2786
2 McShane, Luke J GM ENG 2674 0 # = 1 = = = 1 1 1 = 1 7.5 2655
3 Adams, Michael GM ENG 2716 0 = # = 0 1 = 1 1 = 1 1 7 2621
4 Jones, Gawain C B GM ENG 2670 = 0 = # = = 1 1 = 1 1 0 6.5 2588
5 Gormally, Daniel W GM ENG 2479 = = 1 = # 1 = = = 0 0 1 6 2576
6 Turner, Matthew J GM SCO 2509 = = 0 = 0 # = = = = 1 1 5.5 2537
7 Arkell, Keith C GM ENG 2381 0 = = 0 = = # = = 0 1 1 5 2513
8 Wadsworth, Matthew J IM ENG 2416 = 0 0 0 = = = # 0 1 1 1 5 2510
9 Pert, Nicholas GM ENG 2548 0 0 0 = = = = 1 # = = = 4.5 2469
10 Ghasi, Ameet K IM ENG 2485 0 0 = 0 1 = 1 0 = # 0 0 3.5 2407
11 Hebden, Mark L GM ENG 2453 0 = 0 0 1 0 0 0 = 1 # = 3.5 2409
12 Flear, Glenn C GM ENG 2431 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 = 1 = # 3 2369
Round 1. Sat 9th Jan 2021
Flear, Glenn C 1/2-1/2 Pert, Nicholas 43 E52 Nimzo-Indian
Adams, Michael 1/2-1/2 Ghasi, Ameet K 53 B12 Caro-Kann
Turner, Matthew J 1/2-1/2 Arkell, Keith C 53 A46 Queen's pawn game
McShane, Luke J 1/2-1/2 Hebden, Mark L 53 C28 Vienna game
Gormally, Daniel W 1/2-1/2 Jones, Gawain C B 39 C78 Ruy Lopez
Howell, David W L 1/2-1/2 Wadsworth, Matthew J 52 A45 Queen's pawn game
Round 2. Sat 9th Jan 2021
Pert, Nicholas 1-0 Wadsworth, Matthew J 53 A61 Benoni defence
Jones, Gawain C B 1/2-1/2 Howell, David W L 44 B13 Caro-Kann
Hebden, Mark L 1-0 Gormally, Daniel W 31 D11 QGD Slav
Arkell, Keith C 1/2-1/2 McShane, Luke J 34 A15 English opening
Ghasi, Ameet K 1/2-1/2 Turner, Matthew J 24 D79 Neo-Gruenfeld, 6.O-O, main line
Flear, Glenn C 0-1 Adams, Michael 26 E54 Nimzo-Indian
Round 3. Sat 9th Jan 2021
Adams, Michael 1-0 Pert, Nicholas 34 B32 Sicilian
Turner, Matthew J 1-0 Flear, Glenn C 97 D02 Queen's pawn game
McShane, Luke J 1-0 Ghasi, Ameet K 100 B13 Caro-Kann
Gormally, Daniel W 1/2-1/2 Arkell, Keith C 35 C02 French
Howell, David W L 1-0 Hebden, Mark L 42 B38 Sicilian
Wadsworth, Matthew J 0-1 Jones, Gawain C B 69 A37 English
Round 4. Sat 9th Jan 2021
Pert, Nicholas 1/2-1/2 Jones, Gawain C B 23 A49 King's Indian
Hebden, Mark L 0-1 Wadsworth, Matthew J 26 A45 Queen's pawn game
Arkell, Keith C 0-1 Howell, David W L 40 D90 Gruenfeld
Ghasi, Ameet K 1-0 Gormally, Daniel W 62 A05 Reti
Flear, Glenn C 0-1 McShane, Luke J 39 E53 Nimzo-Indian
Adams, Michael 1-0 Turner, Matthew J 59 C80 Ruy Lopez
Round 5. Sat 9th Jan 2021
Turner, Matthew J 1/2-1/2 Pert, Nicholas 55 D12 QGD Slav
McShane, Luke J 1/2-1/2 Adams, Michael 36 C69 Ruy Lopez
Gormally, Daniel W 1-0 Flear, Glenn C 26 D30 Queen's gambit declined
Howell, David W L 1-0 Ghasi, Ameet K 78 B15 Caro-Kann
Wadsworth, Matthew J 1/2-1/2 Arkell, Keith C 43 A38 English
Jones, Gawain C B 1-0 Hebden, Mark L 38 C40 QP counter-gambit (elephant gambit)
Round 6. Sat 9th Jan 2021
Pert, Nicholas 1/2-1/2 Hebden, Mark L 46 A49 King's Indian
Arkell, Keith C 0-1 Jones, Gawain C B 41 E65 King's Indian
Ghasi, Ameet K 0-1 Wadsworth, Matthew J 75 A05 Reti opening
Flear, Glenn C 0-1 Howell, David W L 34 D85 Gruenfeld
Adams, Michael 0-1 Gormally, Daniel W 37 B91 Sicilian
Turner, Matthew J 1/2-1/2 McShane, Luke J 43 A48 King's Indian
Round 10. Sun 10th Jan 2021
Pert, Nicholas 1/2-1/2 Ghasi, Ameet K 60 D79 Neo-Gruenfeld, 6.O-O, main line
Flear, Glenn C 0-1 Arkell, Keith C 49 A40 Queen's pawn
Adams, Michael 1-0 Hebden, Mark L 43 C84 Ruy Lopez
Turner, Matthew J 1/2-1/2 Jones, Gawain C B 48 A45 Trompovsky attack (Ruth, Opovcensky opening)
McShane, Luke J 1-0 Wadsworth, Matthew J 53 B47 Sicilian
Gormally, Daniel W 1/2-1/2 Howell, David W L 35 D73 Neo-Gruenfeld, 5.Nf3
Round 11. Sun 10th Jan 2021
Howell, David W L 1-0 Pert, Nicholas 49 A91 Dutch defence
Wadsworth, Matthew J 1/2-1/2 Gormally, Daniel W 31 A20 English opening
Jones, Gawain C B 0-1 McShane, Luke J 44 B23 Sicilian
Hebden, Mark L 0-1 Turner, Matthew J 32 A45 Queen's pawn game
Arkell, Keith C 1/2-1/2 Adams, Michael 38 E10 Queen's pawn game
Ghasi, Ameet K 0-1 Flear, Glenn C 63 A07 Reti
Round 7. Sun 10th Jan 2021
McShane, Luke J 1-0 Pert, Nicholas 68 B26 Sicilian
Gormally, Daniel W 1-0 Turner, Matthew J 24 E53 Nimzo-Indian
Howell, David W L 1-0 Adams, Michael 65 A08 Reti
Wadsworth, Matthew J 1-0 Flear, Glenn C 44 A13 English opening
Jones, Gawain C B 1-0 Ghasi, Ameet K 21 B12 Caro-Kann
Hebden, Mark L 0-1 Arkell, Keith C 50 C10 French
Round 8. Sun 10th Jan 2021
Pert, Nicholas 1/2-1/2 Arkell, Keith C 27 A40 Queen's pawn
Ghasi, Ameet K 0-1 Hebden, Mark L 53 A05 Reti
Flear, Glenn C 1-0 Jones, Gawain C B 89 E73 King's Indian
Adams, Michael 1-0 Wadsworth, Matthew J 62 B47 Sicilian
Turner, Matthew J 1/2-1/2 Howell, David W L 42 A45 Trompovsky attack (Ruth, Opovcensky opening)
McShane, Luke J 1/2-1/2 Gormally, Daniel W 65 B51 Sicilian
Round 9. Sun 10th Jan 2021
Gormally, Daniel W 1/2-1/2 Pert, Nicholas 27 D17 QGD Slav
Howell, David W L 1-0 McShane, Luke J 41 C60 Ruy Lopez
Wadsworth, Matthew J 1/2-1/2 Turner, Matthew J 40 A15 English, 1...Nf6 (Anglo-Indian defense)
Jones, Gawain C B 1/2-1/2 Adams, Michael 23 C53 Giuoco Piano
Hebden, Mark L 1/2-1/2 Flear, Glenn C 59 D00 Queen's pawn
Arkell, Keith C 0-1 Ghasi, Ameet K 59 A15 English opening

12) I'M Not A GM Speed Chess 2021

A new version of I'M Not A GM Speed Chess takes place 3rd January to 1st March 2021. Small changes include players who aren't IMs and some of the matches have odds where players get a start.

I'M Not A GM Speed Chess chess.com INT Sun 3rd Jan 2021 - Mon 1st Mar 2021
Player List
Rk Name Ti FED Elo FIDE Id
1 Kashlinskaya, Alina IM RUS 2494 4198026
2 Hauge, Lars Oskar IM NOR 2483 1509276
3 Shahade, Gregory IM USA 2476 2009064
4 Molina, Roberto Junio Brito IM BRA 2434 2109450
5 Yip, Carissa IM USA 2421 2090732
6 Sagar, Shah IM IND 2407 5022509
7 Rensch, Daniel IM USA 2402 2017202
8 Trent, Lawrence IM ENG 2399 408638
9 Tania, Sachdev IM IND 2392 5007844
10 Kavutskiy, Konstantin IM USA 2391 2026384
11 Rosen, Eric IM USA 2353 2032562
12 Rozman, Levy IM USA 2343 2039877
13 Coleman, Teddy IM USA 2333 2022010
14 Canty, James USA 2221 2055945
15 Santeramo, Alessia Carmen WFM ITA 2160 850810
16 Botez, Alexandra WFM CAN 2020 2603365

13) Titled Tuesday Blitz 12th Jan 2021

The Titled Tuesday Blitz on January 12th 2021 was won by Aleksey Sarana on tie-break from Aleksandar Indjic after both scored 10/11.

Titled Tuesday 12th Jan chess.com INT Tue 12th Jan 2021 - Tue 12th Jan 2021
Leading Final Round 11 Standings:
RkSNoNameTiFED1234567891011PtsTB1
13Aleksey SaranaGMRUSW645WW88BW10WW559BD538WW9WW28BW29WW18BW7BD3W1074
253Aleksandar IndjicGMSRBW706WW604BW153WW121WL544BW84WW36BW545WW541BW45BW12W1061.5
39Dmitry AndreikinGMRUSW280WW690BD61WW72WW5BD53WW42BW13BW29WW16BD1B9.568
4123Sune Berg HansenGMDNKW351WW199BW354BD24WW6WD13BD27BW55WW49WD19BW45W963
580Aravindh ChithambaramGMINDD361BW211WW55BW139WL3WW229BW190WD28WW36BW30BW43W961.75
551Conrad HoltGMUSAW306WD158BW101WW146WL4BW91BW235WD76BW38WW28WW25B961.75
71Hikaru NakamuraGMUSAW372WW548BW102WW443BD13WD24BW66WW540WW26BL1WW14B959.25
892Matthias BluebaumGMDEUW315BD55WL245BW251WW54BW281WW248WW543BW23WD27WW26B958.75
954Peter SvidlerGMRUSW156BW165WW150BW448WD543WL1BW186WW121BD19BW84WW27B957.5
10146Muhammad Lutfi AliIMIDNW420BW337WL1BW325WW199WW15BL545BW568WW127WW24BW33B955.5
118Jose Eduardo Martinez AlcantaraGMPERW157BW687WW235BD22WW597BW47WD25BW538WL16BW18WW29B955
1298Vladimir DobrovGMRUSW405BL126WW721BW489WW198BW287WW17WW43BW30WW25WL2B950.5
1347Rodrigo VasquezGMCHLW276WW225BW99WW69BD7BD4WW95BL3WD35BW121WW58B8.559
1410Grigoriy OparinGMRUSW144BW36WW79BD598WW22BW539WW546WL18BW538WW47BL7W8.557.75
1537Robert L. HessGMUSAL224WW223BW644WW173BW153WL10WW118BW60WW83BD20WW69B8.553.75
1625Aryan TariGMNORW254WL118BW670WW159BW200WW228BW83WW126BW11WL3WD21B8.552.25
1712Oleksandr BortnykGMUKRW284BL76WW238BW127WW96BW582WL12BD82WW549BW537BW48W8.552
1839Sergei ZhigalkoGMBLRW263WW159BW554WW582BW558WW545WD540BW14WL1WL11BW66W8.551.75
197Alexander ZubovGMUKRW241WL81BW283WW669BW456WW222BW547WD49BD9WD4WW52B8.547.75
19116Noël StuderGMCHEW634BW177WW262WL540BW590WW549BW560WL30BW126WD15BW47W8.547.75
21172Daniel DardhaIMBELW411BW373WW560WL39BD553BW579WW572BD537WW75WW543BD16W8.546.5
2282Visakh NRGMINDW202BW163WW210BD11BL14WD567BW569WW63BW74BL33WW76B852
2321Tuan Minh LeIMVNMW640WW240BL64WW176BD56WW59BW94BW52WL8BD35WW83B850.75
2450Yuriy KuzubovGMUKRW657BW379WW65BD4BW46WD7WW93BW544WL25BL10WW84B850
2518Benjamin BokGMNLDW206BW292WD133BW61WW598BW341WD11WW53BW24WL12BL6W849.75
2626David GavrilescuFMROUW744BW74WW136BL547WW103WW97BW70BW548WL7WW77BL8W848
2617Jules MoussardGMFRAW755WW147BW277WW162BW31WL540BD4WW131BW539WD8BL9W848
2816Nodirbek AbdusattorovGMUZBW670BW174WW565BW50WD47BW339WL1WD5BW70WL6BW97W847.75
2948Daniil LintchevskiGMRUSW630BW652WW318BW97WW126BW43BW30WL1BL3BW37WL11W847.5
2923Giga QuparadzeGMGEOW526WW198BW96WW42BW581WW83WL29BW20WL12BL5WW94B847.5
3157Alexei ShirovGMESPW110WW692BW648WW64BL27BW60WL74WW40BU--W96WW93B847
32106Alexandra KosteniukGMRUSW317BW272WD172WL122BW342WW577BL542WD190BW135WW74BW78W846
3320Georg MeierGMDEUD646BW282WW498BD95WD602BD146BW150WW102BW97WW22BL10W844.75
3493Elham AbdrlaufFMNORW249WL171BL276WW708BW329WW165BW175WD151BW140WD100BW104W844.25
34130Shawn Rodrigue-LemieuxFMCANW217BD628WW617BL45BW272WW241BW348BD546WD13WD23BW110W844.25
36221Iskusnyh, SergeiGMRUSW521WL14BW317WW393BW37BW205WL2WW50BL5WW162BW77W844
3784Velimir IvicGMSRBW289BW698WW171WL543BL36WW170WW286BW147BW104WL29BW91W843.5
37148Matthieu CornetteGMFRAW347BW115WL544WW261BL152WW450BW274WW562WL6BW144WW80B843.5
3958David NavaraGMCZEW530BW631WW140BW21WL545BL93WW578BW56WW548BL43BW103W843
39377ThjopIMDEUU--U--W391WW407BW294WW189BW287BL31WW178BW211BW75W843
773 players

14) PNWCC Super G60 Jan 2021

The PNWCC Super G60 January (there will also be events in February and March) took place 16th to 17th January 2021. There were 4 groups, I give the results and games from the stongest 2. The top Group 1 was called Mt Rainier (2400+) and was won by Nodirbek Abdusattorov with 5/6. The second Group 2 was called Mt Baker (2000-2399) and was won by Robert Baskin, also with 5/6.

PNWCC Super G60 Jan Gp1 chess.com INT Sat 16th Jan 2021 - Sun 17th Jan 2021
Leading Final Round 6 Standings:
RkNameTiRtgPts
1Nodirbek AbdusattorovGM26775
2Aleksander LendermanGM27044.5
2Robert HovhannisyanGM26924.5
2Haik MartirosyanGM26594.5
5Jeffery XiongGM28254
5Vladimir FedoseevGM27604
5Samvel Ter-SahakyanGM27264
5Eltaj SafarliGM26484
5Shunkai PengFM24114
5Ryo Wenyu ChenNM22604
11Evgeny PostnyGM27433.5
11Manuel PetrosyanGM26913.5
11Daniel FridmanGM26513.5
11BernadskiyGM26413.5
11Nikita MeshkovsGM26183.5
11Vugar RasulovGM25473.5
11Anthony Bi HeFM24843.5
11James Edward TarjanGM24693.5
19Jason WangFM25213
19Jason LiangFM24063
19Rohan TalukdarFM24023
19Teddie WenNM23883
19Xueyi LiWGM23783
24Misratdin IskandarovGM26062.5
24Zhamsaran TsydypovGM26022.5
24Nikita MaiorovGM25452.5
24Zaur MammadovGM24672.5
24Maryana HudaWGM23472.5
24Erick ZhaoCM23042.5
24Andy Au WoodwardNM22122.5
24Alice Teres LeeWCM22002.5
24Tommy WenNM21992.5
24Bryan XieCM21912.5
34Hra MelkumyanGM27342
34Eric Yuhan LiFM23682
34Zachary TanenbaumLM23072
34Ryan AmburgyNM22082
38Kirill StupakGM25681.5
38Ruiyang YanWCM22421.5
40Sanan SjugirovGM27441
44 players
PNWCC Super G60 Jan Gp2 chess.com INT Sat 16th Jan 2021 - Sun 17th Jan 2021
Leading Final Round 6 Standings:
RkNameTiRtgPts
1Robert BaskinIM24405
2Giuseppe LeivaIM25084.5
3Harshavar G BIM24474.5
4P V NandhidhaaWGM24154
5Jiangwei Yu22934
6Jerry Q Xue19103.5
7Julian EstradaIM22863
8Brian Tay20443
9Yunze Owen Ji19543
10Ishaan Kodarapu18953
11Tony Ze Wang21742.5
12Zoey TangCM20972.5
13Isaac Vega19722.5
14Austin Tang19132.5
15Nathan Yan18312.5
16Jesse Ren18572
17Kevin Su20150.5
18Stewart Katz18350.5
18 players

15) TCh-FRA Top 16 Online 2021

The French Top 16 Online had it's first stage qualifier on 9th January. The second phase was rather strange as players then formed teams of two - not necessarily club mates. Harutyun Barseghyan of the Nice Club and Fy Antenaina Rakotomaharo scored 17.5 points to win the event.

TCh-FRA 16 Final A PlayChess INT Sat 9th Jan 2021 - Sun 17th Jan 2021
Leading Final Round 15 Standings:
RkSNoTeamNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1
12NiceBarseghyan HarutyunIMFRA247117.510.5
10MulhouseRakotomaharo Fy AntenainaIMMAD24227
23NiceDemuth AdrienGMFRA24831710
9MonacoEfimov IgorGMMNC24167
31NiceBauer ChristianGMFRA263916.511
13MonacoMeylan AndreSUI22055.5
35MetzBailet PierreIMFRA252016.68.5
6MonacoVillegas PierreIMMNC23678
57MetzFeller SebastienGMFRA256815.58
8MonacoBagheri AmirGMIRI23487.5
64NiceGharamian TigranGMFRA2602149.5
15MetzPucher SebastienFMFRA22694.5
712MulhouseBurri QuentinIMFRA2415126.5
12MulhouseRiff Jean-NoelGMFRA24995.5
811MetzTerrieux KevinIMFRA2448117
16MulhouseGatineau YovannIMFRA24234
16 players
TCh-FRA 16 Final B PlayChess INT Sat 9th Jan 2021 - Sun 17th Jan 2021
Leading Final Round 15 Standings:
RkSNoTeamNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1
14VandoeuvreMathieu PhileasFMFRA224019.511
12AgenFantinel 1-8 / Boukhris-F 9-15FRA08.5
21ChartresDevallee JeremieFMFRA2220189
13VandoeuvreBrunner NicolasIMFRA24189
35ChartresBilquez RomainFRA227616.510.5
14AgenTernault MathieuFMFRA23246
48AgenDomenech VianneyFRA2265158
9LyonCrut AurelienIMFRA23597
57ChartresHasseine MadianeFRA215714.58
15ChartresStephan VictorIMFRA24306.5
610AgenKirk 1-8 / Louis 9-15FRA013.510.5
2VandoeuvreAdrian LeopoldFRA20093
716LyonBenitah YohanIMFRA237712.57.5
3VandoeuvreAdrian ClaudeIMFRA22405
811LyonBuscara SevanIMFRA241110.57
6LyonMenard BaptisteFRA22383.5
16 players
TCh-FRA Top 16 Philidor PlayChess INT Sat 9th Jan 2021 - Sun 17th Jan 2021
Leading Final Round 12 Standings:
RkTeam1234TB1TB2
1Nice*13½1213½3922
2Monaco*712½2212
3Chartres49*20.59
4Agen*14.55
4 players
TCh-FRA 16 La Bourdonnais PlayChess INT Sat 9th Jan 2021 - Sun 17th Jan 2021
Leading Final Round 12 Standings:
RkSNoTeamGmsTB1TB2
11Mulhouse1230.517
22Metz1226.512
34Lyon122011
43Vandoeuvre12198
4 players

16) Turkey-Ukraine Friendship U20 2021

The Turkey-Ukraine Friendship U20 Match took place on Tornelo on January 17th 2021. Ukraine U20 won 15-13.

TUR-UKR Friendship U20 Tornelo INT Sun 17th Jan 2021 - Sun 17th Jan 2021
Leading Final Round 2 Standings:
RkTeam12TB1TB2
1Ukraine U206.58.5152
2Turkey U207.55.5132
2 players

17) Schools Friendly AZE TUR GEO UKR 2021

There was an online lichess schools event with players from Azerbaijan, Turkey, Georgia and Ukraine on Monday 11th January 2021. Ihor Samunenkov scored 9/9 in the U17 event and Camlar,Arda 9/9 in the U11.

18) TCEC Season 20 2020

The TCEC Season 20 started 27th December and will run well into 2021. Stockfish and Lela0 are playing the 100 game final right now, there will be a rapid tie-break if the draw 50-50.

TCEC 20 Premier 2020 tcec-chess.com INT Sun 27th Dec 2020 - Thu 14th Jan 2021
Leading Final Round 56 Standings:
RkNameRtgGms+-=PtsTB1
1LCZerov0.26.3_T60.667403575562442838990
2Stockfish202012253592562442838973.5
3KomodoDragon2647.0035225620112532.5811.25
4AllieSteinv0.8-120f959_net-15.03509561593231776.25
5StoofvleesII a1635135615172427693.5
6ScorpioNN3.0.113496564183421555.25
7EtherealTCEC S20 DivP3482566232719.5521.25
8rofChade2.3093423564262617478.5
8 players
TCEC 20 Superfinal 2020 tcec-chess.com INT Sun 27th Dec 2020 - Thu 14th Jan 2021
Leading Round 13 (of 100) Standings:
RkNameRtgGms+-=PtsTB1
1Stockfish2021011336011311116.542.25
2LCZero0.27.0d-Tilps-dje-magic_JH.94-10035861311116.542.25
2 players

19) Forthcoming Events and Links

1st Vezerkepzo GM/IM 2021

Chalons-en-Champagne GM 2021

CCCSA Charlotte Masters 2021

40th Israel Championships 2021

CCCSA Charlotte Feb Open 2021

21st Liberec Open 2021

PNWCC Super G60 Feb 2021

PNWCC Super G60 Mar 2021

20th Prague Open 2021

TCh-SUI 2021

48th Dortmund Sparkassen Chess-Meeting 2021

43rd ATSGroep-Goodhabitz Open 2021

British Rapidplay 2021

All material © Mark Crowther 2020