Last updated: Saturday 27th April 2024 12:37 am
- The Week in Chess 1537 of 22nd April 2024 by Mark Crowther. 29 stories and 6430 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.
24th European Women's Championship 2024
24th European Women's Championship 2024 Games and Results
Mark Crowther (Wed Apr 24 22:42:00 2024)
The 24th European Women's Championship takes place Thu 18th Apr to Tue 30th Apr 2024 in Rhodes, Greece. Top seeds: Yuliia Osmak, Marsel Efroimski, Bella Khotenashvili, Dinara Wagner, Antoaneta Stefanova, Lela Javakhishvili etc Read more ....
24th European Women's Championship 2024 (Rhodes GRE)
Thu 18th Apr 2024 - Tue 30th Apr 2024 -
Official Site - Results
24th ch-EUR Indiv w 2024 (10 Rds Swiss Indiv TC:90m:30m+30spm(1)) - Games in PGN: Games | Live
Dutch League 2023-24
Dutch League 2023-24 Games and Results
Mark Crowther (Wed Apr 24 22:37:00 2024)
Daan Geerke faced Ivan Sokolov in the final round. Photo © Frits Agterdenbos. | https://theweekinchess.com
The Dutch League took place 16th September 2023 to 20th April 2024. Kennemer Combinatie had already won the league before this weekend's final round. Read more ....
Dutch League 2023-24 (Netherlands NED)
Sat 16th Sep 2023 - Sat 20th Apr 2024 -
Official Site - Results - Live
Dutch League 2023-24 (9 Rds League Club TC:120m:60m) - Games in PGN: Games
Tan Zhongyi is the clear winner of the Women's Candidates 2024
FIDE Women's Candidates 2024 14
Mark Crowther (Mon Apr 22 01:56:00 2024)
Anna Muzychuk didn't get any advantage again Tan Zhongyi in the final round. Photo © | https://candidates.fide.com
Tan Zhongyi will challenge Ju Wenjun for the World Chess Championship in 2025. The 32 year old player was not the favourite for the event but her confident play dominated with only a round 8 loss to her closest challenger Lei Tingjie as a blemish in the event. In the final round Tan played a very sharp Sicilian against Anna Muzychuk. Tan secured a big advantage but steered the game to the draw she needed. Lei needed a win and played an amazing Queen sacrifice against Humpy Koneru. Eventually her compensation disappeared and she subsided to a loss. Read more ....
FIDE Women's Candidates Tournament 2024 (Toronto CAN)
Wed 3rd Apr 2024 - Sun 21st Apr 2024 -
Official Site
FIDE Women's Candidates (8 players 14 Rds DRR Indiv TC:90m:30m+30spm(1)) - Games in PGN: Games
Gukesh is the youngest ever winner of the Candidates at 17 years old
FIDE Candidates 2024 14
Mark Crowther (Mon Apr 22 01:43:00 2024)
Nakamura couldn't put any pressure on Gukesh in the final round. Photo © | https://candidates.fide.com
Dommaraju Gukesh won the FIDE Candidates at the age of 17 years old. He comfortably held a draw against Hikaru Nakamura in the final round of the event. Fabiano Caruana built up a winning position against double defending champion Ian Nepomaniachtchi but a blunder on the first move after first time control allowed a draw and Gukesh's victory. Gukesh should play Ding Liren later in the year for the World Title. Ding seems to have had some kind of personal crisis since taking the title and has hardly played, and when he has it's not been very good play. Read more ....
FIDE Candidates Tournament 2024 (Toronto CAN)
Wed 3rd Apr 2024 - Sun 21st Apr 2024 -
Official Site
FIDE Candidates 2024 (8 players 14 Rds DRR Indiv TC:120m:30m+30spm(41)) - Games in PGN: Games
GRENKE Chess Classic 2024
GRENKE Chess Classic 2024 Games and Results
Mark Crowther (Tue Mar 26 16:23:00 2024)
The GRENKE Chess Classic is a double round robin tournament played at an accelerated 45 minutes plus 10 seconds a move time control. Magnus Carlsen, Ding Liren, MVL, Richard Rapport, Vincent Keymer and Daniel Fridman play two rounds a day 26th to 31st March 2024. Then on April 1st there is a final set of tie-break matches 1st vs 2nd, 3rd vs 4th and 5th vs 6th to decide the exact final placings. Read more ....
GRENKE Chess Classic 2024 (Karlsruhe GER)
Tue 26th Mar 2024 - Sun 31st Mar 2024 -
Official Site - Results - Live
GRENKE Chess Classic 2024 (6 players 10 Rds DRR Indiv TC:45m+10spm) - Games in PGN: Games
GRENKE Chess Classic 4-6 (3 players 6 Rds DRR Indiv TC:10m+2spm) - Games in PGN: Games TB
GRENKE Classic Playoffs (6 players 2 Rds Match Indiv TC:45m+10spm) - Games in PGN: Games Playoff
American Cup 2024
American Cup 2024 Games and Results
Mark Crowther (Fri Mar 22 21:12:00 2024)
The American Cup took place Tue 12th to Thu 21st Mar in Saint Louis. The format was a knock-out tournament with double elimination. A mixture of Classical first and then rapid games are played followed by tie-breaks if required. Open event: Caruana, So, Dominguez, Aronian, Shankland, Robson, Sevian and Oparin. Women's: Krush, Lee, Tokhirjonova, Zatonskih, Paikidze, Abrahamyan, Jennifer Yu, Zoey Tang. Levon Aronian was unbeaten throughout and defeated Wesley So 2.5-1.5 in the Grand Final. Alice Lee won the women's event, she lost to Irina Krush in the original final, beat her in the Grand Final and then won the final two blitz games in the Grand Final reset. Read more ....
American Cup 2024 (Saint Louis USA)
Tue 12th Mar 2024 - Thu 21st Mar 2024 -
Official Site
American Cup Champ (8 players 4 Rds DEKO Indiv TC:90m+30spm(1)) - Games in PGN: Games Champ
American Cup Elim (7 players 4 Rds DEKO Indiv TC:15m+10spm) - Games in PGN: Games Elim
American Cup Blitz 2024 (7 Rds Swiss Indiv TC:3m+2spm)
American Cup Elim w (7 players 4 Rds DEKO Indiv TC:15m+10spm) - Games in PGN: Games Champ Elim w
American Cup Champ w (8 players 5 Rds DEKO Indiv TC:90m+30spm(1)) - Games in PGN: Games Champ w
Reykjavik Open 2024
Reykjavik Open 2024 Games and Results
Mark Crowther (Fri Mar 22 18:56:00 2024)
The Reykjavik Open took place 15th to 21st March 2024. Leading players: Bogdan-Daniel Deac, Vasyl Ivanchuk, Xiangyu Xu, Jules Moussard, Matthieu Cornette, Paulius Pultinevicius etc. Top seed Bogdan-Daniel Deac won with 7.5/9 half a point clear of the field. Read more ....
Reykjavik Open 2024 (Reykjavik ISL)
Fri 15th Mar 2024 - Thu 21st Mar 2024 -
Official Site - Results
Reykjavik Open 2024 (9 Rds Swiss Indiv TC:90m:30m+30spm(1)) - Games in PGN: Games
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14th Asrian Memorial 2024 | Yerevan | ARM | 12:00 | 3 | |||
24th ch-EUR Indiv w 2024 | Rhodes | GRE | 13:00 | 7 | |||
Other events today | |||||||
ch-UZB Women 2024 | Tashkent | UZB | 13 | ||||
ch-UZB 2024 | Tashkent | UZB | 13 | ||||
ch-UZB 2024 | Tashkent | UZB | 14 | ||||
ch-UZB Women 2024 | Tashkent | UZB | 14 | ||||
ch-CHN Personal GpB w | Liaocheng | CHN | 02:00 | 11 | |||
ch-CHN Personal GpB m | Liaocheng | CHN | 02:00 | 11 | |||
Asian Cities Teams 2024 | Khanty-Mansiysk | RUS | 10:00 | 6 | |||
ch-ISL 2024 | Mosfellsbaer | ISL | 14:00 | 10 |
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TWIC is 29. First issue 17th September 1994.