Σκακιστικά νέα

Julius Baer Generation Cup gathers 16 world-class players spanning the age spectrum and set the chess world on fire as it featured the encounter between Hans Niemann and Magnus Carlsen.

Julius Baer Generation Cup gathers 16 world-class players spanning the age spectrum and set the chess world on fire as it featured the encounter between Hans Niemann and Magnus Carlsen.

Julius Baer Generation Cup gathers 16 world-class players spanning the age spectrum and set the chess world on fire as it featured the encounter between Hans Niemann and Magnus Carlsen.

After a dramatical day two at the Julius Baer Generation Cup, Arjun Erigaisi took the sole lead in the event as Carlsen gifted three points to Hans Niemann resigning in the second move.

It was the bloody day yesterday at the FIDE Women’s Grand Prix Astana 2022 with four decisive results in the second round of the event. Four players are in the co-lead after the Day 2, and the third round brings another six interesting encounters:

Lagno, Kateryna — Shuvalova, Polina
Kashlinskaya, Alina — Goryachkina, Aleksandra
Assaubayeva, Bibisara — Vaishali, Rameshbabu
Tan, Zhongyi — Kosteniuk, Alexandra
Wagner, Dinara — Abdumalik, Zhansaya

Julius Baer Generation Cup gathers 16 world-class players spanning the age spectrum and set the chess world on fire as it featured the encounter between Hans Niemann and Magnus Carlsen.

“Today was a bloody round” were GM Ilya Smirin’s first words to me when we left the venue this evening. None less than four out of the six games of the round had a decisive result: a huge percentage for this type of event.

But the official commentator’s considerations had more to do with the ups and downs experienced during the games. Time-trouble, stranded centre kings, sudden attacks followed by counterattacks, rejected three-fold draw repetitions … All in an afternoon’s work!

Julius Baer Generation Cup gathers 16 world-class players spanning the age spectrum and set the chess world on fire as it featured the encounter between Hans Niemann and Magnus Carlsen.

Magnus Carlsen stocked controversy in the Julius Baer Generation Cup today as he sensationally quit his game with American star Hans Niemann after playing just one move. The World Champion caused a wave of shock when he pulled out of a match for the second time in two weeks, seemingly in protest at alleged cheating. Replay the Day 1 action here

19-year-old Hans Niemann today AGAIN defeated the World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen, in the 6th round of the Julius Baer Generation Cup, as Magnus Carlsen resigned his game in the second move. Carlsen went offline as soon as he resigned, but he has not withdrawn from the tournament. Replay the game Hans Niemann – Magnus Carlsen here