2019-09-30

Spanish League Honour Division 2019

The Spanish League Honour Division is held from 30th September to 6th October 2019 in Melilla, Spain.
Time control: 90 min for 40 moves, and 30 min to the end of the game, then a 30-second increment starting from move one.

Official webpage

Schedule in UTC:
Round 1 September 30, 2019 14:00
Round 2 October 1, 2019 14:00
Round 3 October 2, 2019 14:00
Round 4 October3, 2019 14:00
Round 5 October 4, 2019 14:00
Round 6 October 5, 2019 14:00
Round 7 October 6, 2019 14:00

Watch the games of the Spanish League Honour Division 2019 with computer analysis LIVE on ChessBomb.

2019-09-28

Croatian First League 2019

The Croatian First League - Open and Women is held from 28th September to 6th October 2019 in Mali Lošinj, Croatia. Time control: 90 min for 40 moves, and 30 min to the end of the game, a 30-second increment starting from move one.
Official webpage:

Schedule in UTC:
Round 1 Sept 28, 2019 13:00
Round 2 Sept 29, 2019 13:00
Round 3 Sept 30, 2019 13:00
Round 4 Oct 1, 2019 13:00
Round 5 Oct 2, 2019 13:00
Round 6 Oct 3, 2019 13:00
Round 7 Oct 4, 2019 13:00
Round 8 Oct 5, 2019 13:00
Round 9 Oct 6, 2019 13:00

Watch the games of the Croatian First League - Open and Women with computer analysis LIVE on ChessBomb.

2019-09-27

24th Barcelona Open 2019

The 24th edition of the international chess tournament Barcelona Open is held from 27th September to 5th October 2019 in Barcelona, Spain. The group A games are broadcasted on ChessBomb with 76 participants all over the world.
System of play: 9-round Swiss
Time control: 90 min. for a game, and 30 sec. increment starting from move one.

Official website

Schedule in UTC:

Round 1 Sep 27, 2019 15:00
Round 2 Sep 28, 2019 15:00
Round 3 Sep 29, 2019 15:00
Round 4 Sep 30, 2019 15:00
Round 5 Oct 1, 2019 15:00
Round 6 Oct 2, 2019 15:00
Round 7 Oct 3, 2019 15:00
Round 8 Oct 4, 2019 15:00
Round 9 Oct 5, 2019 07:30

Watch the games of the Barcelona Open 2019 with computer analysis LIVE on ChessBomb.

2019-09-23

Nona Gaprinadshvili Cup 2019

The Nona Gaprinadshvili Cup is held from 21st to 29th September 2019 in Tbilisi, Georgia.
Time control: 90 min for 40 moves, then 30 min till end of the game, and 30 sec increment from move one.

Official site

Schedule in UTC:

Round 1 2019/09/21 12:00
Round 2 2019/09/22 12:00
Round 3 2019/09/23 12:00
Round 4 2019/09/24 12:00
Round 5 2019/09/25 12:00
Round 6 2019/09/26 12:00
Round 7 2019/09/27 12:00
Round 8 2019/09/28 12:00
Round 9 2019/09/29 11:00

Watch the games of the Nona Gaprinadshvili Cup 2019 with computer analysis LIVE on ChessBomb.

2019-09-22

Gujarat GM Open 2019

The 2nd Gujarat GM is held from 22nd to 29th September 2019 in Ahmedabad, India.
Time control: 90 min for the game, and 30-sec increment starting from move one.

Official site

Schedule
Round 1 Sep 22, 2019 12:30
Round 2 Sep 23, 2019 08:00
Round 3 Sep 23, 2019 14:30
Round 4 Sep 24, 2019 13:00
Round 5 Sep 25, 2019 08:00
Round 6 Sep 25, 2019 14:30
Round 7 Sep 26, 2019 13:00
Round 8 Sep 27, 2019 13:00
Round 9 Sep 28, 2019 13:00
Round 10 Sep 29, 2019 08:30

Watch the games of the Gujarat GM Open 2019 with computer analysis LIVE on ChessBomb.

2019-09-21

Central Asia Junior Chess Championship 2019

The Central Asia Junior Championship 2019 is held between 21st ad 30th September in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
Time control: 90 min + 30secs per move

Official site

Schedule in UTC:

Round 1 2019/09/21 08:30
Round 2 2019/09/22 09:00
Round 3 2019/09/23 09:00
Round 4 2019/09/24 09:00
Round 5 2019/09/25 09:00
Round 6 2019/09/26 09:00
Round 7 2019/09/27 09:00
Round 8 2019/09/28 09:00
Round 9 2019/09/29 05:00

Watch the games of the Central Asia Junior Chess Championship 2019 with computer analysis LIVE on ChessBomb.

2019-09-19

European Senior Team Championship 2019

The European Senior Team Championships - u65+ and u50 are held from 18th to 26th September 2019 in Mali Losinj, Croatia.
Time control: 90 min for 40 moves, then 30 min till end of game, and 30 sec increment starting from move one.
System of play: 9-round Swiss

Official site

Schedule: 9 rounds starting every day at 13:00 UTC.

Watch the games of the European Senior Team Championships - u65+ and u50 with computer analysis LIVE on ChessBomb.

Baku Open 2019

Baku Open 2019 is held in Novkhani, Azerbaijan between 19th and 28th September 2019.
System of play: 9 round Swiss open.
Time control; 90 min for 40 moves, then 30 minutes till the end of the game, with a 30-second increment from move 1.

Official webpage

Schedule: every day at 10:00 UTC.

Watch the games of the Baku Open 2019 with computer analysis LIVE on ChessBomb.

2019-09-12

Avicenna Cup 2019

The 16th edition of the International Open Chess Tournament 'Avicenna CUP' is held in the Iranian city of Hamedan between 13th to 20th September 2019.

Official site

Schedule in UTC:

Round 1 Sep 12, 2019 13:15
Round 2 Sep 13, 2019 05:15
Round 3 Sep 14, 2019 05:15
Round 4 Sep 14, 2019 13:15
Round 5 Sep 15, 2019 13:15
Round 6 Sep 16, 2019 13:15
Round 7 Sep 17, 2019 13:15
Round 8 Sep 18, 2019 05:15
Round 9 Sep 19, 2019 05:15

Watch the games of the Avicenna Cup A and B 2019 with computer analysis LIVE on ChessBomb.

FIDE Women's Grand Prix 2019

FIDE Women's Grand Prix 2019 is held in Skolkovo from 11th to 22th of September 2019. It's 11 rounds of round robin with classical time control. The two finalists will win a spot in the 2021 Candidates Tournament.
Players: Goryachkina, Aleksandra; Gunina, Valentina; Ju, Wenjun; Harika, Dronavalli; Koneru, Humpy; Kosteniuk, Alexandra; Lagno, Kateryna; Paehtz, Elisabeth; Sebag, Marie; Cramling, Pia; Kashlinskaya, Alina; Stefanova, Antoaneta

Official site

Schedule: Rounds starting at 12:00 UTC.

Watch the games of the FIDE Women's Grand Prix 2019 with computer analysis LIVE on ChessBomb.

2019-09-11

7th Fischer Memorial 2019

The 7th edition of the Fischer Memorial GM Norm is held from 11th to 19th September 2019 in Anogia, Crete, Greece and is part of the Cretan Chess Tour. Time control: 90 min for 40 moves, then 30 min till the end of the game, and 30-second increment starting from move one.
System of play: 10 player round-robin

Official site

Schedule in UTC:

Round 1 Sep 11, 2019 14:00
Round 2 Sep 12, 2019 14:00
Round 3 Sep 13, 2019 14:00
Round 4 Sep 14, 2019 14:00
Round 5 Sep 15, 2019 14:00
Round 6 Sep 16, 2019 14:00
Round 7 Sep 17, 2019 14:00
Round 8 Sep 18, 2019 14:00
Round 9 Sep 19, 2019 08:00

Watch the games of the 7th Fischer Memorial 2019 with computer analysis LIVE on ChessBomb.

2nd Tal Memorial 2019

The 2nd Tal Memorial 2019 is held from 11-19 September 2019 in Anogia, Crete, Greece.he tournament is part of the Cretan Chess Tour.
Time control: 90 min for 40 moves, the 30 minutes till the end of the game, and a 30 sec increment from move one.
Players: Bogdanov, Egor; Grieve, Harry; Lekic, Dusan; Goumas, Georgios; Katopodis, Dimitrios;
Logothetis, Sotirios; Peng, Li Min; Sidiropoulos, Nikolaos; Sokolovsky, Yahli; Vanheirzeele, Daniel

Official site

Schedule in UTC:

Round 1 Sep 11, 2019 14:00
Round 2 Sep 12, 2019 14:00
Round 3 Sep 13, 2019 14:00
Round 4 Sep 14, 2019 14:00
Round 5 Sep 15, 2019 14:00
Round 6 Sep 16, 2019 14:00
Round 7 Sep 17, 2019 14:00
Round 8 Sep 18, 2019 14:00
Round 9 Sep 19, 2019 08:00

Watch the games of the 2nd Tal Memorial 2019 with computer analysis LIVE on ChessBomb.

2019-09-10

Fall Chess Classic 2019

The 2019 Fall Chess Classic A and B are a 10-player round-robin tournaments held between 10th and 19th September 2019 in the St. Louis Chess Club, USA.
The 2019 Fall Chess Classic is the third of four tournaments each year featuring international chess professionals.
Time control: 90 min for 40 moves, followed by 30 min till end of the game, and 30-sec starting from move one. No draw offers are allowed before move 30.

Official site

Watch the games of the 2019 Fall Chess Classic A and B with computer analysis LIVE on ChessBomb.

You can see games from previous issues of the tournament with computer analysis at ChessBomb:
Fall Chess Classic B 2017
2018 Fall Chess Classic A and B

2019-09-09

Panchenko Memorial 2019

The Panchenko Memorial 2019 is held between 9th and 17th September 2019 in Chelyabinsk, Russia.
System of play: a 9 round Swiss
Time control: 90 min for the game, and 30-sec increment starting from move one.

Official site

Schedule in UTC:
Round 1 2019/09/09 11.00
Round 2 2019/09/10 11.00
Round 3 2019/09/11 11.00
Round 4 2019/09/12 11.00
Round 5 2019/09/13 11.00
Round 6 2019/09/14 11.00
Round 7 2019/09/15 11.00
Round 8 2019/09/16 11.00
Round 9 2019/09/17 07.00

Watch the games of the Panchenko Memorial 2019 with computer analysis LIVE on ChessBomb.

2019-09-06

Russian Rapid Grand Prix - Kurnosov Memorial 2019

Kurnosov Memorial 2019 is held from 6th to 8th September 2019 in Chelyabinsk, Russia. The event is devoted to the Russian chess player Igor Kurnosov (30 May 1985 – 8 August 2013) and is part of the Russian Rapid Grand Prix 2019.
System of play: 11 rounds of rapid
Time control: 15 min for all moves, + 10 sec. increment from move 1.

Official webpage

Schedule in UTC:

Round 1 Sep 6, 2019 07:00
Round 2 Sep 6, 2019 08:15
Round 3 Sep 6, 2019 10:30
Round 4 Sep 6, 2019 11:45
Round 5 Sep 7, 2019 06:00
Round 6 Sep 7, 2019 07:15
Round 7 Sep 7, 2019 08:30
Round 8 Sep 7, 2019 10:45
Round 9 Sep 7, 2019 12:00
Round 10 Sep 8, 2019 06:00
Round 11 Sep 8, 2019 07:15

Watch the games of the Kurnosov Memorial 2019 with computer analysis LIVE on ChessBomb.

2019-09-05

Champions Showdown Chess 960 2019

Champions Showdown Chess 960 2019, hosted by Saint Louis Chess Club from 2th to 6th of September 2019. 4 matches of Fischer Random Chess (Chess 960) are played. Each match contains 6 rapid and 14 blitz games. A rapid game is worth 2 points and a blitz game 1.
Time control: rapid - 30+10 delay. Blitz - 5+5 delay.
The players:
Fabiano Caruana vs. Garry Kasparov
Wesley So vs. Veselin Topalov
Leinier Dominguez vs. Peter Svidler
Hikaru Nakamura vs. Levon Aronian

Official site

Schedule in UTC:

Round R1 Sep 2, 2019 18:00
Round R2 Sep 2, 2019 19:30
Round B1 Sep 2, 2019 21:00
Round B2 Sep 2, 2019 21:30
Round R3 Sep 3, 2019 18:00
Round R4 Sep 3, 2019 19:30
Round B3 Sep 3, 2019 21:00
Round B4 Sep 3, 2019 21:30
Round R5 Sep 4, 2019 18:00
Round R6 Sep 4, 2019 19:30
Round B5 Sep 4, 2019 21:00
Round B6 Sep 4, 2019 21:30
Round B7 Sep 5, 2019 18:00
Round B8 Sep 5, 2019 18:30
Round B9 Sep 5, 2019 19:00
Round B10 Sep 5, 2019 19:30
Round B11 Sep 5, 2019 20:30
Round B12 Sep 5, 2019 21:00
Round B13 Sep 5, 2019 21:30
Round B14 Sep 5, 2019 22:00

Watch the games of the Champions Showdown Chess 960 2019 with computer analysis LIVE on ChessBomb.

Read the recaps of Peter Doggers on Chess.com:
Champions Showdown Chess9LX: Nakamura Crushes Aronian On Final Day
Champions Showdown Chess9LX: Caruana Decides Match With Kasparov
Champions Showdown Chess9LX: Kasparov 'Happy', Caruana Extends Lead
Kasparov Rusty On 1st Day Champions Showdown Chess9LX

2019-09-03

2019 Champions Showdown Chess 9LX Recap – Day 1

Day 1 Recap

The first day of the 2019 Champions Showdown definitely didn’t lack for excitement. Everyone was eager to see how Garry Kasparov would fare against the world #2, and he looked pretty strong out of the gate, but was unable to convert his good positions when low on time.

Peter Svidler and Wesley So played well and secured solid leads, while Hikaru Nakamura had a disastrous day and is trailing significantly against Levon Aronian. Let’s recap each match one by one.

Read the full recap >

Player standings after Day 1

Fabiano Caruana vs. Garry Kasparov

All of us were unsure how Kasparov’s form would be coming into this event, and at first it looked quite promising for him. He got a strong initiative in the first rapid game, but allowed Caruana to draw after getting low on time. In game two, he was playing a brilliant game and had a winning advantage. Unfortunately, time was once again his enemy, and when the clocks were low he blundered a piece and passed the win to the American #1. The blitz didn’t go any better, and Fabiano won both games without too many difficulties. As such, Caruana finished the day with a dominating 5 to 1 lead.

Kasparov had his chances today, but only got one draw for his efforts

Wesley So vs. Veselin Topalov

Similar to Kasparov, time seemed to be Topalov’s biggest foe. He won a pawn in the first rapid game, but allowed his clock to get dangerously low very quickly. The Bulgarian flagged in a position where he was no worse. In the 2nd rapid game, he once again got an advantage, and did so by using a lot less time. Wesley managed to swindle a draw this time in a pawn down endgame. They split the blitz games, leaving the American in the lead with 4 points against 2.

So was in trouble against Topalov, but his superior time management paid dividends

Leinier Dominguez vs. Peter Svidler

Svidler seemed to dominate in the rapid games. In the first one he came close to winning with black, but Dominguez put up an admirable defense, and the Russian missed a win with seconds on his clock allowing Leinier to nab a draw. Peter was far more merciless in game two, winning a pawn again but this time converting it into a win with few difficulties. The Russian also won the first blitz game, and while the second blitz game was a fairly tame draw. This left Svidler clearly ahead with 4.5 points to Dominguez’s 1.5

Dominguez, Topalov, and Nakamura were in good spirits before the games

Hikaru Nakamura vs. Levon Aronian

The rapid portion spelled disaster for the 2019 U.S. Champion. Nakamura was completely winning in the first game, but Aronian found some serious counterplay, and was able to checkmate the American with a nasty mating net. In game two, the Armenian ground down Hikaru in an instructive endgame, eventually winning the game using a passed g-pawn in a rook endgame. The first blitz game didn’t improve the American’s mood, as he lost by getting his queen trapped right out of the opening. Hikaru managed to secure a draw in the 2nd blitz game, but the 5.5 - .5 deficit will be difficult to overcome against an opponent as strong as Aronian.

Hikaru had a disastrous day at the office, and will have a seriously uphill battle ahead

Tomorrow the games will begin at 1pm local time. The live broadcast with GM's Yasser Seirawan, Maurice Ashley, and WGM Jennifer Shahade starts at 12:50. GM's Alejandro Ramirez and Cristian Chirila will be doing live commentary at Kingside Diner next to the Saint Louis Chess Club.

Watch all the action live on uschesschamps.com.

Further Information:
Web: uschesschamps.com | Twitter: @STLChessClub
#ChampionsShowdown #Chess9LX

Watch the games of the 2019 Champions Showdown Chess with computer analysis LIVE on ChessBomb.

2019-09-02

Sabadell Open 2019

The Sabadell Open is held from 2nd to 10th September 2019 in Sabadell, Spain.
System of play: 9 round Swiss
Time control: 90 min for the game, and 30s sec increment from move 1.

Official webpage

Schedule: 9 rounds starting every day at 15:00 UTC

Watch the games of the Sabadell Open 2019 with computer analysis LIVE on ChessBomb.

Marmaris IM 2019

The Marmaris IM is held from 2nd to 6th September 2019 in Marmaris, Turkey.
System of play: 10 rounds, Scheveningen
Time control: 90 min for a game, 30-sec increment from move one.

Official webpage

Schedule in UTC:

Round 1 Sep 2, 2019 08:00
Round 2 Sep 2, 2019 14:00
Round 3 Sep 3, 2019 07:00
Round 4 Sep 3, 2019 13:00
Round 5 Sep 4, 2019 07:00
Round 6 Sep 4, 2019 13:00
Round 7 Sep 5, 2019 07:00
Round 8 Sep 5, 2019 13:00
Round 9 Sep 6, 2019 06:00
Round 10 Sep 6, 2019 12:00

Watch the games of the Marmaris IM 2019 with computer analysis LIVE on ChessBomb.