Kirill Alekseenko’s winning streak in Sitges came to an end in round 8, as Amin Tabatabaei held the Russian to a draw on Tuesday. Nonetheless, Alekseenko still has a full-point lead over a five-player chasing pack. Top seeds Yu Yangyi and Hans Niemann are among the chasers, after both winning their round-8 encounters. | Photo: Amruta Mokal
Halfway through the 10-round main tournament in Sitges, Kirill Alekseenko and Karthikeyan Murali still have a perfect score, after beating Abhimanyu Puranik and Aditya Samant respectively. Five players stand a half point back, including second seed Hans Niemann, who on Friday drew Karen Grigoryan with the black pieces. | Pictured: The great-looking analysis room in Sitges
The 2022 Chessable Sunway Sitges Chess Festival kicked off in Sitges, Barcelona and takes place from 11-22 December. The Festival features two tournaments: Open A and Open B, with the total prize fund of 27.155eur. The main Open A tournament is played in 10 rounds, swiss system, with time control of 90 minutes for the first 40 […]
No fewer than 54 players have won both their first encounters at the main event of the Sunway Festival in Sitges. However, round 2 saw five 2600+ rated players draw against much lower-rated opponents. Russian rising star Andrey Esipenko was held to a draw by French FM Mathieu Phileas, who in fact could have won the game had he made the most of his chances in a queen and rook endgame. | Pictured: The first blitz tournament of the festival took place on Tuesday night
YEREVAN, AUGUST 12, ARMENPRESS. Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan received the representatives of the Armenian men s team who won silver medals at the 44th World Chess Olympiad: head coach Arman Pashikyan, team captain Hrachik Tavadyan, chess players Robert Hovhannisyan, Samvel Ter-Sahakyan and Manuel Petrosyan. Chess players Hrant Melkumyan and Gabriel Sargsyan were not present at the meeting because of their absence from the country, ARMENPRESS was informed from the Office of the Prime Minister.