Last updated: Friday 7th June 2024 8:13 am
- The Week in Chess 1543 of 3rd June 2024 by Mark Crowther. 43 stories and 12673 games. Links down the right hand margin for games in PGN or Chessbase format or on the The Week in Chess Download page.
- With all the chess played these days in multiple formats, online and in person it's very hard to keep up. The original idea of everything summarised in one place has never been more relevant. Follow your favourite players each week, what happened in your favourite opening? The PGN files can be read by many chess programs. If you do find it useful please consider a donation. £30 (or £4 a month) via Paypal will get you a copy of the TWIC DB which has 3742122 games in at the end of 2023. I do a zipped conversion to PGN as well.
- A compilation of the games can be had for a donation of £30. There have been over 3.5 million games in TWIC since the first edition on 17th September 1994.
UzChess Cup 2024
UzChess Cup 2024 Games and Results
Mark Crowther (Thu Jun 6 23:19:00 2024)
The UzChess Cup takes place in Tashkent, Uzbekistan Thu 6th Jun 2024Fri 14th Jun 2024. There are three round robin event. The Masters: Nodirbek Abdusattorov, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Parham Maghsoodloo, Santosh Gujrathi Vidit, Alexander Grischuk, Richard Rapport, Yangyi Yu, Alexey Sarana, Javokhir Sindarov, Nodirbek Yakubboev. Challengers: Aleksandar Indjic, Jakhongir Vakhidov, Abhijeet Gupta, Maxim Matlakov, Alexander Donchenko, Shamsiddin Vokhidov, Alexandr Predke, Evgeny Romanov, Mustafa Yilmaz, Aydin Suleymanli. and Futures: Bardiya Daneshvar, Mukhammadzokhid Suyarov, Sergei Tiviakov, Vitaliy Bernadskiy, Vitaly Sivuk, Vugar Rasulov, Khumoyun Begmuratov, Saidakbar Saydaliev, Mukhiddin Madaminov, Mihail Nikitenko. Read more ....
UzChess Cup 2024 (Tashkent UZB)
Thu 6th Jun 2024 - Fri 14th Jun 2024 -
Official Site - Results
UzChess Cup Masters 2024 (10 players 9 Rds SRR Indiv TC:90m:30m+30spm(1)) - Games in PGN: Games Masters | Live Masters
UzChess Cup Challengers (10 players 9 Rds SRR Indiv TC:90m:30m+30spm(1)) - Games in PGN: Games Challengers | Live Challengers
UzChess Cup Futures 2024 (10 players 9 Rds SRR Indiv TC:90m:30m+30spm(1)) - Games in PGN: Games Futures | Live Futures
61st World Juniors 2024
61st World Juniors 2024 Games and Results
Mark Crowther (Thu Jun 6 22:29:00 2024)
The 61st World Juniors and 40th World Junior Girls take place 1st to 14th June 2024 in GIFT City in Gandhinagar. Read more ....
61st World Juniors 2024 (Gandhinagar IND)
Sat 1st Jun 2024 - Fri 14th Jun 2024 -
Official Site - Results - Live
61st World Juniors 2024 (11 Rds Swiss Indiv TC:90m:30m+30spm(1)) - Games in PGN: Games Open | Open Live Games
40th World Junior Girls (11 Rds Swiss Indiv TC:90m:30m+30spm(1)) - Games in PGN: Games Women | Girls Live Games
12th Norway Chess 2024
12th Norway Chess 2024 Games and Results
Mark Crowther (Sun May 26 22:48:00 2024)
The 12th Norway Chess tournament takes place in Stavanger Mon 27th May to Fri 7th Jun 2024. Players: Carlsen, Caruana, Ding, Nakamura Praggnanandhaa and Firouzja. If any games are drawn there is an Armageddon played. This year there is also a women's tournament with the same format. Ju Wenjun, Lei Tingjie, Humpy Koneru, Anna Muzychuk, Rameshbabu Vaishali and Pia Cramling play in that. Read more ....
12th Norway Chess 2024 (Stavanger NOR)
Mon 27th May 2024 - Fri 7th Jun 2024 -
Official Site
12th Norway Chess 2024 (6 players 10 Rds DRR Indiv TC:120m+10spm(40)) - Games in PGN: Games | Live
12th Norway Armageddon (6 players 10 Rds DRR Indiv TC:10m/7m 1spm(41)Armageddon) - Games in PGN: Games Armageddon
12th Norway Chess Women (6 players 10 Rds DRR Indiv TC:120m+10spm(40)) - Games in PGN: Games Women | Live Women
12th Norway Armageddon w (6 players 10 Rds DRR Indiv TC:10m/7m 1spm(41)Armageddon) - Games in PGN: Games Women Arm.
7th Sharjah Masters 2024
7th Sharjah Masters 2024 Games and Results
Mark Crowther (Wed May 22 09:36:00 2024)
The 7th Sharjah Masters took place 14th to 22nd May 2024. Top seeds: Erigaisi, Maghsoodloo, Yu Yangyi, Radjabov, Tabatabaei, Sarana, Artemiev, Esipenko, Fedoseev, Sevian etc. Bardiya Daneshvar of Iran took first place on tie-break from Volodar Murzin, Sam Shankland and Shamsiddin Vokhidov, all scored 6.5/9. Deshmukh Divya won the Challengers ahead of Leya Garifullina and Sina Movahed on tie-break after all scored 7/9. Read more ....
7th Sharjah Masters 2024 (Sharjah UAE)
Mon 13th May 2024 - Fri 24th May 2024 -
Official Site - Results
7th Sharjah Masters 2024 (9 Rds Swiss Indiv TC:90m+30spm(1)) - Games in PGN: Games Masters
7th Sharjah Challengers (9 Rds Swiss Indiv TC:90m+30spm(1)) - Games in PGN: Games Challengers
Casablanca Chess 2024
Casablanca Chess 2024 Games and Results
Mark Crowther (Sun May 19 10:29:00 2024)
The Casablanca Chess tournament takes place May 18th-19th. This is part of the Morocco Chess Week. Magnus Carlsen, Hikaru Nakamura, Viswanathan Anand and Amin Bassem play a double round robin rapid. The twist is the "players are given a position from a game that has already been played (or could also be imagined). However, this position must meet several well-defined criteria. First and foremost, the evaluation should be roughly equal (around 0.00, according to engines)." Read more ....
Morocco Chess Week 2024 (Casablanca MAR)
Sat 18th May 2024 - Sun 19th May 2024 -
Official Site
Casablanca Chess 2024 (4 players 6 Rds DRR Indiv TC:15m+10spm) - Games in PGN: Games
Chess.com Classic 2024
Chess.com Classic 2024 Games and Results
Mark Crowther (Wed May 15 21:04:00 2024)
The Chess.com Classic which is part of the Champions Chess Tour took place Fri 10th to Wed 15th May 2024 on Chess.com. The format is Double Elimination Knockout. Carlsen, Ivic, Lazavik, Nepomniachtchi, Firouzja, Duda, Keymer and Sarana play for the title in Division 1. There were two further divisions which had qualification places for the division above. Alireza Firouzja overcame a loss to Jan-Krzysztof Duda in the first round to progress through the losers half and then beat Magnus Carlsen twice in a row in the Grand Final and its reset to take the title. Read more ....
Chess.com Classic 2024 (chess.com INT)
Fri 10th May 2024 - Wed 15th May 2024 -
Official Site
Chess.com Classic Div 1 W (8 players 5 Rds DEKO Indiv TC:10m+2spm) - Games in PGN: Games Div1W
Chess.com Classic Div 1 L (8 players 4 Rds DEKO Indiv TC:10m+2spm) - Games in PGN: Games Div1L
Chess.com Classic Div 2 W (16 players 6 Rds DEKO Indiv TC:10m+2spm) - Games in PGN: Games Div2W
Chess.com Classic Div 2 L (8 players 6 Rds DEKO Indiv TC:10m+2spm) - Games in PGN: Games Div2L
Chess.com Classic Div 3 W (32 players 7 Rds DEKO Indiv TC:10m+2spm) - Games in PGN: Games Div3W
Chess.com Classic Div 3 L (8 players 4 Rds DEKO Indiv TC:10m+2spm) - Games in PGN: Games Div3L
Superbet Poland Rapid & Blitz 2024
Superbet Poland Rapid & Blitz 2024 Games and Results
Mark Crowther (Sun May 12 16:47:00 2024)
The Superbet Poland Rapid & Blitz took place in Warsaw 6th to 13th May 2024. Players: Magnus Carlsen, Jan-Krzysztof Duda, Wei Yi, Arjun Erigaisi, Vincent Keymer, Kirill Shevchenko, Dommaraju Gukesh, Nodirbek Abdusattorov, Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu and Anish Giri. Magnus Carlsen just edged out Wei Yi with a dominant 7/7 blitz start to the final day including beating Wei Yi. Wei Yi won the rapid, half a point clear of Carlsen. Carlsen won the blitz by 1.5 points from Wei Yi, both were miles clear of everyone else. Wei Yi has been a well known figure for at least 10 years becoming a GM at 13, now at 24 he finally seems to be living up to his undoubted potential. Read more ....
Superbet Poland Rapid & Blitz 2024 (Warsaw POL)
Mon 6th May 2024 - Mon 13th May 2024 -
Official Site
Superbet POL Rapid 2024 (10 players 9 Rds SRR Indiv TC:25m+10spm) - Games in PGN: Games Rapid
Superbet POL Blitz 2024 (10 players 18 Rds DRR Indiv TC:5m+2spm) - Games in PGN: Games Blitz
Watch live games
Event | Site | FED | UK Time | Rd | |||
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61st World Juniors 2024 | Gandhinagar | IND | 10:30 | 6 | |||
40th World Junior Girls | Gandhinagar | IND | 10:30 | 6 | |||
UzChess Cup Futures 2024 | Tashkent | UZB | 11:00 | 2 | |||
UzChess Cup Masters 2024 | Tashkent | UZB | 11:00 | 2 | |||
UzChess Cup Challengers | Tashkent | UZB | 11:00 | 2 | |||
12th Norway Chess 2024 | Stavanger | NOR | 16:00 | 10 | |||
12th Norway Chess Women | Stavanger | NOR | 16:00 | 10 | |||
Other events today | |||||||
12th Norway Armageddon | Stavanger | NOR | 10 | ||||
12th Norway Armageddon w | Stavanger | NOR | 10 | ||||
SixDays Budapest Jun GM A | Budapest | HUN | 09:00 | 7 | |||
Albena Cup 2024 | Albena | BUL | 13:00 | 7 | |||
SixDays Budapest Jun GM A | Budapest | HUN | 15:00 | 8 | |||
Frauenbundesliga 2023-24 | Germany | GER | 15:00 | 9 | |||
99th ch-ARG Semi-Final | Buenos Aires | ARG | 23:30 | 7 |
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TWIC is 29. First issue 17th September 1994.