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Isle of Man International Chess Tournament 2016
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The Chess.com Isle of Man International Chess Tournament is happening next weekend, from Sat 1st to Sun 9th October 2016. The Masters section is a 138-player 9-round Swiss system of play.
Rate of play (Masters): 100 minutes for 40 moves, followed by 50 minutes for 20 moves, then 15 minutes for the remaining moves, with 30 seconds added per move from the start.
The top 20 participants in the Masters section follow:
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Check out the rest of the Masters participants here.
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Baku 2016 Chess Olympiad Board Prizes Winners
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At the conclusion of Baku 2016 Chess Olympiad, here are the Board Prizes winners for the Open Section. Board Prizes are awarded to top players in each board in terms of rating performance, not winning percentage nor game points.
Replay all the games of Baku 2016 Chess Olympiad (Open).
42nd Chess Olympiad Board Prizes Winners – Open
Board 1 Winners – Open
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Philippines (Women) lost to Hungary in Round 7 — Baku 2016 Chess Olympiad
It was a tough loss for the Philippines Women team in Baku 2016 Chess Olympiad against the 8th seed Hungary.
Replay the games below: [replay]
FIDE Ratings Update — September 2016
It’s the beginning of the month, and thus a new ratings update. A lot of rearrangements happen in the Top 20, but the composition is basically still the same.
Fabiano Caruana gained 1 ELO rating point to catch up with Vladimir Kramnik at 2808. Wesley So gained 11 ELO rating points (2782) from his stellar performance in Sinquefield Cup, but that was not enough to catch up with Hikaru Nakamura at number 6 (2789). Anish Giri shaved off some 14 points, from 2769 to 2755, and slid down from number 9 to number 12 in September.
Below is the Top 20 table, but you may check out the full Top 100 here.
FIDE Ratings Top 20 - September 2016
| Rk | Name | Ti. | Fed | Rtg | Gms | B-Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carlsen, Magnus | g | NOR | 2857 | 0 | 1990 |
| 2 | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | g | FRA | 2813 | 9 | 1990 |
| 3 | Caruana, Fabiano | g | USA | 2808 | 9 | 1992 |
| 4 | Kramnik, Vladimir | g | RUS | 2808 | 0 | 1975 |
| 5 | Aronian, Levon | g | ARM | 2795 | 9 | 1982 |
| 6 | Nakamura, Hikaru | g | USA | 2789 | 9 | 1987 |
| 7 | So, Wesley | g | USA | 2782 | 9 | 1993 |
| 8 | Anand, Viswanathan | g | IND | 2776 | 9 | 1969 |
| 9 | Karjakin, Sergey | g | RUS | 2769 | 0 | 1990 |
| 10 | Topalov, Veselin | g | BUL | 2768 | 9 | 1975 |
| 11 | Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | g | AZE | 2761 | 7 | 1985 |
| 12 | Giri, Anish | g | NED | 2755 | 9 | 1994 |
| 13 | Grischuk, Alexander | g | RUS | 2754 | 0 | 1983 |
| 14 | Ding, Liren | g | CHN | 2753 | 9 | 1992 |
| 15 | Harikrishna, P. | g | IND | 2752 | 0 | 1986 |
| 16 | Rapport, Richard | g | HUN | 2752 | 0 | 1996 |
| 17 | Li, Chao b | g | CHN | 2746 | 9 | 1989 |
| 18 | Svidler, Peter | g | RUS | 2745 | 9 | 1976 |
| 19 | Gelfand, Boris | g | ISR | 2743 | 0 | 1968 |
| 20 | Navara, David | g | CZE | 2742 | 0 | 1985 |
FIDE Ratings Update — August 2016
The FIDE Ratings update for the month of August 2016 is out.
There are a lot of changes in the top 10, including MVL‘s jump from number 4 to number 2 after a 21 ELO rating points boost from 2798 to 2819. Let’s find out if he can keep his momentum in the upcoming Sinquefield Cup.
Ding Liren lost 23 ELO points after his loss in his mini match against Alexander Grischuk, among others, and thus slid down from number 8 to number 13.
Anish Giri and Sergey Karjakin lost ground as well after their dismal performances in Bilbao, and thus enabling Wesley So to gain control of the 7th spot.
You’ll find below the top 20 list:
FIDE Ratings Top 20 - August 2016
| Rk | Name | Ti. | Fed | Rtg | Gms | B-Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carlsen, Magnus | g | NOR | 2857 | 10 | 1990 |
| 2 | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | g | FRA | 2819 | 11 | 1990 |
| 3 | Kramnik, Vladimir | g | RUS | 2808 | 7 | 1975 |
| 4 | Caruana, Fabiano | g | USA | 2807 | 7 | 1992 |
| 5 | Aronian, Levon | g | ARM | 2792 | 0 | 1982 |
| 6 | Nakamura, Hikaru | g | USA | 2791 | 10 | 1987 |
| 7 | So, Wesley | g | USA | 2771 | 10 | 1993 |
| 8 | Anand, Viswanathan | g | IND | 2770 | 0 | 1969 |
| 9 | Giri, Anish | g | NED | 2769 | 10 | 1994 |
| 10 | Karjakin, Sergey | g | RUS | 2769 | 10 | 1990 |
| 11 | Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | g | AZE | 2764 | 0 | 1985 |
| 12 | Topalov, Veselin | g | BUL | 2761 | 0 | 1975 |
| 13 | Ding, Liren | g | CHN | 2755 | 16 | 1992 |
| 14 | Grischuk, Alexander | g | RUS | 2754 | 4 | 1983 |
| 15 | Li, Chao b | g | CHN | 2753 | 9 | 1989 |
| 16 | Harikrishna, P. | g | IND | 2752 | 13 | 1986 |
| 17 | Rapport, Richard | g | HUN | 2752 | 0 | 1996 |
| 18 | Svidler, Peter | g | RUS | 2751 | 4 | 1976 |
| 19 | Gelfand, Boris | g | ISR | 2743 | 6 | 1968 |
| 20 | Navara, David | g | CZE | 2742 | 7 | 1985 |
FIDE Ratings List July 2016
The FIDE Ratings List updated for July 2016 is here. Check out the top 20 in the table below.
FIDE Ratings Top 20--July 2016
| Rank | Name | Country | Rating | Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carlsen, Magnus | NOR | 2855 | 0 |
| 2 | Kramnik, Vladimir | RUS | 2812 | 0 |
| 3 | Caruana, Fabiano | USA | 2810 | 9 |
| 4 | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | FRA | 2798 | 10 |
| 5 | Aronian, Levon | ARM | 2792 | 0 |
| 6 | Nakamura, Hikaru | USA | 2787 | 0 |
| 7 | Giri, Anish | NED | 2785 | 9 |
| 8 | Ding, Liren | CHN | 2778 | 3 |
| 9 | Karjakin, Sergey | RUS | 2773 | 9 |
| 10 | Anand, Viswanathan | IND | 2770 | 0 |
| 11 | So, Wesley | USA | 2770 | 0 |
| 12 | Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | AZE | 2764 | 12 |
| 13 | Topalov, Veselin | BUL | 2761 | 0 |
| 14 | Svidler, Peter | RUS | 2759 | 0 |
| 15 | Li, Chao b | CHN | 2758 | 0 |
| 16 | Harikrishna, P. | IND | 2755 | 9 |
| 17 | Rapport, Richard | HUN | 2752 | 13 |
| 18 | Grischuk, Alexander | RUS | 2747 | 0 |
| 19 | Navara, David | CZE | 2745 | 19 |
| 20 | Eljanov, Pavel | UKR | 2737 | 9 |
The ‘new’ youngest chess International Master (IM)
Praggnanandhaa is just 10 years and 10 months old, and he is about to receive his IM title soon, as he recently earned his third and final IM norm in Bhubaneswar in India.
Praggnanandhaa is the youngest chess IM in history.
The New Indian Express writes:
A couple of years on, the kid who slept during a game is one of the biggest stories in world chess. The 10-year-old from Chennai achieved his third and final International Master (IM) norm after beating a Grandmaster and holding two others at the KIIT International Festival of Chess in Bhubaneswar.
When I was 10 years old, I have yet to learn how to play the game of chess.
Thus, R Praggnanandhaa has at most 21 months to finish his GM norms in order to beat the current youngest GM ever, the challenger in this year’s world championship, Sergey Karjakin. We’re eager to watch out for that if he could indeed make it.
For your reference, the following is the list of the youngest GM’s, their age when they achieved them, their birthyears, and the year they achieved their GM title.
Who will win if Bobby played Karpov in 1975?
I spoke to Boris Spassky about this same issue and he believes that Bobby would have won in 1975, but that Anatoly would have won the rematch.
However, Garry Kasparov has a different viewpoint. He believes that Anatoly would have won in 1975 and supports this opinion by demonstrating the quality of their games at that time. This is what that makes chess so interesting. From all of the people I spoke to, the opinions split right down the middle with a small edge for Bobby.
I think it would have been very close. However, Bobby would have had a small edge due to his greater experience at that time.
Just one of those ‘what-if’ questions that will obviously solicit differing opinions from different people. Apparently, we can’t hold on to the past anymore. Thus, the more relevant question now is: Who will win this year’s world championship?