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The great Boris Gelfand will go head to head with three strong grandmasters at the 34th edition of the
Magistral de Ajedrez Ciudad de León, the oldest tournament in Spain. Gelfand will face elite grandmaster Leinier Domínguez, Russian prodigy Andrey Esipenko and Spain’s vice-champion Jaime Santos.
The organizers intend for the tournament to be played over-the-board on 8-12 July, as long as sanitary conditions allow it. As the date approaches, the organizers will work in parallel to have everything ready to convert it completely into an online tournament, if necessary a modality that gave the 2020 edition massive following all over the world.
St. Louis Chess Club
Grandmaster Jorden van Foreest won the 2021 Wimbledon of Chess. He s shown here in the 2019 Fall Classic Tournament.
The 2021 Tata Steel Chess tournament just wrapped up at the end of January. The “Wimbledon of Chess,” as it is known among many chess fans, is a traditional event held in the small Dutch town of Wijk aan Zee. Tata typically invites the very best players from around the world. This year, the organizers decided to invite the world’s best juniors and prodigies instead.
The event started out slow for reigning World Champion Magnus Carlsen. The Norwegian tried to climb back to the top of the field, but much to everyone s surprise, the 18-year-old Russian grandmaster, Andrey Esipenko, stopped Carlsen’s ascent to the top. This left grandmasters Alireza Firouzja and Anish Giri vying for first place before the last three rounds.