FIDE Grand Prix Moscow – round 1

The first leg of this candidates cycle FIDE Grand Prix kicked off on Friday. Today (Sunday) the first tiebreaks begin, but out of 8 mini-matches just 2 return for the tiebreak day. Here’s a short recap of what has happened so far and my initial impressions. Round 1 – game 1 One big question going

Dubov and Carlsen win in St. petersburg

Today yet another good chess year came to an end with the final day of the World Blitz Championship. Going into the final day a certain Magnus Carlsen was the big favourite, but it was indeed a close fought battle with a talented Duda from Poland chasing Carlsen all the way to the final round,