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Thursday, November 28, 2024

The Ninth File

Magnus Carlsen Invitational: Carlsen, Caruana, Nakamura, Ding for Final Four

By A.E. Boy Espejo Jr. With still a round to go, the quartet of Magnus Carlsen, Fabiano Caruana, Liren Ding and Hikaru Nakamura qualified to...

Part 2: Magnus Carlsen qualifies for Final Four

By A.E. Boy Espejo Jr. We continue were we left off last night in the Magnus Carlsen Invitational.Let’s look at the standings after Day 1...

Magnus Carlsen Invitational: Carlsen, Caruana lead after Round 2

A.E. Boy Espejo Jr. Round 2 of the ongoing Magnus Carlsen Invitational being played online on the chess24.com server was completed on April 21 with GMs Fabiano...

Magnus Carlsen Invitational: Carlsen, Nakamura record Round 2 victories

By A.E. Boy Espejo Jr. GMs Magnus Carlsen and Hikaru Nakamura defeated their respective opponents in Round 2 on April 20 to move up in the leadership...

Magnus Carlsen Invitational Online Rapid tourney underway

By A.E. Boy Espejo Jr. The Magnus Carlsen Invitational Online Rapid Tournament got underway over the weekend with eight of the world's top grandmasters competing...

Svidler becomes Pepe Cuenca and Divis Invitational champ

By A.E. Boy Espejo Jr. Russian GM Peter Svidler emerged as the winner of the Pepe Cuenca and Divis Invitational online blitz knockout tournament which ended April...

Van Foreest crushes Giri in online rapid training match

By A.E. Boy Espejo Jr. The Netherlands’ top two grandmasters – Anish Giri and Jorden Van Foreest – played a four-game rapid match on the...

Pepe Cuenca and Divis Invitational: Svidler, Duda complete semis cast

By A.E. Boy Espejo Jr. GMs Jan-Krzysztof Duda and Peter Svidler defeated their respective opponents Monday to enter the semifinals round of the Pepe Cuenca and Divis...

Pepe Cuenca and Divis Invitational Blitz tourney underway

By A.E. Boy Espejo Jr. The Pepe Cuenca and Divis Invitational online blitz knockout tournament started Sunday, April 12, on the chess24.com server with eight...