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Thursday, 14 June 2018

Your Next Move 2018 Day 2: Wesley So extends lead

Fast chess such as Rapid and Blitz games truly brings excitement into the world of chess. That’s the meat of the first leg of Grand Chess Tour 2018, the Your Next Move 2018 happening in Leuven, Belgium, as it brings top chess players around the globe to play rapid and blitz chess.

On Day 2 of the Rapid games, Wesley So pulled off yet another outstanding chess as he won 2, against Anish Giri and Alexander Grischuk, and drew against Levon Aronian in Round 6.

Thus, So now leads by 1 full game against the closest runner up.

Your Next Move 2018 Ranking after Day 2 Rapid

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Here are the scores according to the Your Next Move scoring system:

Replay all Day 2 Rapid games below:[replay]

Replay all rapid games of Your Next Move 2018.

Your Next Move 2018 Rapid Games

Wednesday, 13 June 2018

Wesley So leads Your Next Move 2018 after Day 1

Your Next Move 2018, the first leg of Grand Chess Tour 2018, kicks off in Leuven in Belgium.

Day 1 concluded with 3 rapid rounds. Wesley So won 2, against Fabiano Caruana and Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, and drew 1 against Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, to lead the pack with 2.5 points.

Your Next Move 2018 Ranking after Day 1

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Replay the games below:[replay]

Stay tuned for more rapid and blitz chess action of Your Next Move 2018.

Tuesday, 12 June 2018

Your Next Move 2018 is Underway in Leuven

Wednesday, 13 December 2017

Caruana Wins London Chess Classic 2017; Carlsen Bags Home the Grand Chess Tour 2017 Title

Fabiano Caruana and Ian Nepomniachtchi won 3 games each and tied for first place in the 9-round London Chess Classic 2017, the last and final leg of the Grand Chess Tour 2017.

London Chess Classic 2017 Final Results

#	Name	FED	Rtg	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Pts
1	Caruana Fabiano	USA	2799	*	½	½	½	½	½	½	1	1	1	6
	Nepomniachtchi Ian	RUS	2729	½	*	1	½	½	½	½	½	1	1	6
3	Carlsen Magnus	NOR	2837	½	0	*	½	½	½	1	½	½	1	5
4	Vachier-Lagrave Maxime	FRA	2789	½	½	½	*	½	½	½	1	½	½	5
	So Wesley	USA	2788	½	½	½	½	*	½	½	½	1	½	5
6	Nakamura Hikaru	USA	2781	½	½	½	½	½	*	½	½	½	½	4.5
7	Aronian Levon	ARM	2805	½	½	0	½	½	½	*	½	½	½	4
8	Karjakin Sergey	RUS	2760	0	½	½	0	½	½	½	*	½	½	3.5
9	Anand Viswanathan	IND	2782	0	0	½	½	0	½	½	½	*	½	3
	Adams Michael	ENG	2715	0	0	0	½	½	½	½	½	½	*	3

They headed to the 4-round 10m+5spm tiebreak matches, and Caruana eventually won with 3 draws and the Game 4 win.

London Chess Classic 2017 Games

Friday, 22 September 2017

Ding Liren and Levon Aronian off to Finals – FIDE World Cup 2017

We saw four draws in four classical games in the two semi-final matches (replay). Thus both match-ups headed to the playoffs.

In the match-up between Wesley So and Ding Liren, the first pair of rapid games (25mins + 10sec) ended in further draws, but in the second pair of rapid games (10mins + 10sec), Ding Liren drew first blood in the first game and in the second game he was happy enough for the draw. Replay games here.

Wesley So vs. Ding Liren match-up results – FIDE World Cup 2017 Semifinals

Remember, the winners (2) of the Semi-Final round are secured a spot in next year’s Candidates tournament.