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Round five, four decisive games, but all very important for the situation in the pools, with one round to go. In Pool A, Aronian won relatively easily with Esipenko, who is not having a good tournament. Surprisingly, Esipenko played wrongly his opening, a Nimzo-Indian. By move 13, the Russian was lost, and nobody can give Aronian +4 and hope to survive. Oparin, who instead is playing good chess, seemed to hold Nakamura in a drawish territory, but the American wizard pulled off a Carlsen-like...Full StoryAdded on 03.25.2022
We were almost complaining after 16 games with only one decisive result in the last two rounds and BAM! The players today went all-out and produced FIVE decisive results out of eight games. In Pool A, Naka's back. The American won a great game against Levon Aronian. A great feat by Hikaru, that with this win catches Levon at 2.0/4. But they don't lead the Pool! Oparin, who so far is having a great tournament, defeated the higher-rated Esipenko, and now leads the group with...Full StoryAdded on 03.24.2022
Round 3 was again an apparently calm round, with only one decisive game. In Pool A, Nakamura had to fight hard to survive after finding himself in dire straits against Grigoriy Oparin, the Russian GM playing under the FIDE flag. Nakamura was able to take advantage of some imprecise moves played by his younger opponent and equalized a game that looked lost. Aronian and Esipenko drew in a Berlin defense. An interesting but basically uneventful game. After the first of the two round-robin in the...Full StoryAdded on 03.23.2022
For the first time since the FIDE Gran Prix started with its first leg, we had eight draws today. But it was not an easy day, at least for some of the talents gathered in Berlin. In Pool A Oparin, held to a draw the on-form Aronian, which is not an easy task, these days. Nakamura has to fight hard to survive against the young Esipenko, who is showing he belongs to the elite. Pool...Full StoryAdded on 03.22.2022
Back in Berlin for the third and last leg of the 2022 FIDE Grand Prix. The three tournaments decide who will fill the last two free spots in the Candidates' tournament. GM John Burke penned for us a preview article. It's not super-easy to understand the chances of the top players, but John makes it simple in his article. check it out! The 3rd leg started with a bang today: four decisive games, a couple of which were extremely important. In Pool A, which sees two of the major contenders -...Full StoryAdded on 03.21.2022
GM John Burke, who is going to participate in the Final Four at the beginning of April (John is a junior at Webster University), has agreed to write an article for the ICC about the 3rd and final leg of the 2022 FIDE Grand Prix, which will determine the two last participants in the Candidates' tournament. Here is John's article on the 3rd FIDE Grand Prix 2022. "The third and final leg of the 2022 FIDE Grand Prix will take place in Berlin, the same city as the first leg, and will...Full StoryAdded on 03.13.2022
Richard Rapport and Dmitry Andreikin didn't go to the tiebreaks. After an uneventful first classical game in the finals, today the second game was decisive, determining the winner of the 2nd leg of the FIDE Grand Prix 2022. The second game seemed to go in the same direction as the first, with the players playing very carefully. But this time they didn't exchange quickly all the pieces. The center of the board saw a long battle for a pawn, which lead to a possible repetition. But there, the...Full StoryAdded on 03.13.2022
Richard Rapport of Hungary is the winner of the second leg of the FIDE Grand Prix 2022. GM Richard Rapport - Photo Credit FIDE/World chess After the uneventful draw played yesterday, today the game was going the same way. the players seemed very careful - as it should be! - and by move 28, Rapport could have closed the game with repetition on this position: After a couple of repetitions, Richard went for Qe5, and there the game changed! In a few moves, Rapport had a mate net on the...Full StoryAdded on 03.12.2022
The first game of the final match between Russia Dmitry Andreikin and Hungary Richard Rapport was an uneventful draw. In a Four Knights game, the players hurriedly exchanged almost every piece on the board. By move 16, on the board there was a totally drawn position: Rapport and Andreikin kept playing, but it was hard to find any "trick" here to get an advantage. Andreikin fell into deep thinking, probably trying to find a way to make things more difficult to Rapport, but to no avail. At...Full StoryAdded on 03.11.2022
GM John Burke analyzes and commentates on the games that led two of the four musketeers who won the pools to the finals, which will take place starting tomorrow, March the 12th. One of the semis was decided in the classical time control mini-match, but it didn't lack the thrill! The second semis went to the tiebreaks. Rapid chess makes these super-GMs look almost human, with mistakes and even blunders happening much more often than in classical games. For "normal" people like us, it's...Full StoryAdded on 03.11.2022
The second semifinalist is Dmitry Andreikin. GM Dmitry Andreikin - Photo credit: Mark Livshitz/FIDE It took two rapid games for the Russian to defeat the favorite Anish Giri. The first game seemed to favor Giri with Black, but the players agree to a rather early draw by repetition. The Dutch grandmaster's advantage wasn't huge but looked worth a try. On the other hand, in a Rapid game, there is no time to assess the position carefully, and Giri decided that a draw was alright with...Full StoryAdded on 03.10.2022
GM Anish Giri - Photo credit: Mark Livshitz/FIDE Giri and Andreikin played an uneventful draw, closing the game in 32 moves. Everything will have to be decided tomorrow, in the tiebreaks. The Russian and the Dutch grandmasters will play two Rapid games (15+10). If still tied, two Blitz games (5+3). If still tied, the Armageddon game: white starts with 5 minutes on the clock and Black with 4 (no increment). Black gets draw odds. Semifinals Game 1 Game 2 TB Anish...Full StoryAdded on 03.09.2022
Today, the four musketeers started the duels to determine who would advance to the finals. Giri and Andreikin drew a quiet game, with no danger for either player. Giri and Andreikin - Photo credit: Mark Livshitz/FIDE Semifinals Game 1 Game 2 TB Anish Giri 1/2 Dmitry Andreikin 1/2 var viewer = new CHESS.PgnViewer({ pgn_uri: 'https://www.chessclub.com/assets/PGN/GP2_2022_Giri_Semi1.pgn', piece_set:...Full StoryAdded on 03.07.2022
After six rounds, we have the four musketeers who will battle in the semifinals! In pool A, Shankland and Grishuck drew relatively quickly. Bacrot was clearly winning his game vs. Andreikin, which would have given him the pass for the semis. But something went wrong for the Frenchman, and the game went upsidedown for him. Andreikin won, and he's the first of the semifinalists. var viewer = new CHESS.PgnViewer({ pgn_uri:...Full StoryAdded on 03.06.2022
Two decisive games in Round five of the 2nd FIDE Grand Prix "pool" stage, and both in Pool C! Shirov played a great game and defeated Fedoseev, taking the Russian out of contention for first place in the pool. var viewer = new CHESS.PgnViewer({ pgn_uri: 'https://www.chessclub.com/assets/PGN/GP2_2022_Shirov_Rd5.pgn', piece_set: 'https://www.chessclub.com/assets/canvaschess/img/pieces/merida/', show_screen: false, responsive: true, ratio: '3:2', square_color_dark:...Full StoryAdded on 03.04.2022
Finally, something moved in Pool D! After three rounds with all draws, French numero uno Maxime Vachier-Lagrave won his game today, defeating GM Predke. var viewer = new CHESS.PgnViewer({ pgn_uri: 'https://www.chessclub.com/assets/PGN/GP2_2022_MVL_Rd4.pgn', piece_set: 'https://www.chessclub.com/assets/canvaschess/img/pieces/merida/', show_screen: false, responsive: true, ratio: '3:2', square_color_dark: '#82a3d2', square_color_light: '#ffffff' }); Now Maxime leads his pool, and with two...Full StoryAdded on 03.03.2022
Game of the Day in Round 3 is undoubtedly Rapport vs. Vidit. After round 2, Vidit - with a full score - led Pool C, but today the strong Hungarian GM Richard Rapport defeated the Indian, joining him in the lead with 2.0/3. var viewer = new CHESS.PgnViewer({ pgn_uri: 'https://www.chessclub.com/assets/PGN/GP2_2022_Rapport_Rd3.pgn', piece_set: 'https://www.chessclub.com/assets/canvaschess/img/pieces/merida/', show_screen: false, responsive: true, ratio: '3:2', square_color_dark:...Full StoryAdded on 03.02.2022
Three decisive games today in the second round of the pools, and we already have two clear leaders! In Pool A huge win by the American GM Sam Shankland, who catch Andreikin in the lead with 1.5/2, as the Russian was held to a draw by the Frenchman Bacrot. var viewer = new CHESS.PgnViewer({ pgn_uri: 'https://www.chessclub.com/assets/PGN/GP2_2022_Shankland_Rd2.pgn', piece_set: 'https://www.chessclub.com/assets/canvaschess/img/pieces/merida/', show_screen: false, responsive: true, ratio:...Full StoryAdded on 03.01.2022
In Belgrade, Serbia, the second leg of the 2022 FIDE Grand Prix started today, March 1. GM John Burke wrote a preview article for the ICC. Today, Round 1 of the pools. With four decisive games, it was an interesting day of chess. Pool A 1 2 3 4 PTS Grischuk aa 0 0.0 Shankland aa 1/2 0.5 Andreikin 1 aa 1.0 Bacrot 1/2 aa 0.5 In Pool A, Andreikin...Full StoryAdded on 02.27.2022
The ICC is excited to continue its collaboration with GM John Burke. John became an IM at 14, in 2016, and a GM in 2018, at 16. In 2020, John won the US Junior Championship. That qualified him for the 2021 US Championship, where he was able to score 5/11 with a performance rating north of 2650, despite being the lowest-rated player. Currently, John is a junior at Webster University, where he's able to study chess with his teammates and his coach GM Liem Le. Here is John's article on the...Full Story
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