Chess Gambit 64

Isabelle Yixuan Ning wins Merv Morrison Memorial 2024. The event is a 6-round Swiss tournament held from October 26 to 28 in Auckland, New Zealand. Time control is set at 90 minutes for the entire game, with an additional 30-second increment from the first move. P T NAME Rtg PRtg Fed Pts DE PS BH SB BH-C1 1 CM Ning, Isabelle Yixuan 1923 2240 NZL 5.5 0 19.0 22.5 20.25 20.0 2 FM Ang, Alphaeus Wei Ern 2345 2155 NZL 5 0 18.5 24.0 19.50 20.5 3 CM Zhang, Kendrick Botong 2032 2141 NZL 4.5 0 18.5 24.5 16.50 22.5 4 Sadeghi, Hassan Roger 2048 2037 SUI 4.5 0 18.5 21.5 14.75 19.5 5 Mao, Daqi 1959 2142 NZL 4.5 0 17.5 24.5 17.00 22.5 6 CM Huang, Alex 1948 1987 NZL 4.5 0 15.5 18.0 12.25 17.0 7 Ashton, Matthew 1858 1907 NZL 4.5 0 15.0 18.5 14.00 16.5 8 Baker, Ilias Angelo (Leo) 1846 2077 NZL 4 0 17.0 23.0 13.50 20.0 9 Huang, Ziyi 1904 1940 CHN 4 0 15.0 21.5 11.00 19.5 10 Jin, Yanbo 1977 1963 NZL 4 0 15.0 20.5 12.25 18.5 11 Liu, William Rui 1846 1921 NZL 4 0 14.5 19.0 10.25 17.5 12 FM McLaren, Leonard...

Paulius Pultinevicius achieved a very good result in Berlin. The Lithuanian grandmaster scored 7.5 points from 9 games - without a defeat. Berlin U25 Open A ( SV Königsjäger Süd-West e.V.) 90min + 30s/move 15min + 30s/move Results

  We encourage you to watch a very interesting game Hans Moke Niemann - Abhimanyu Mishra from the US Chess Championship. At one point, Black played the "active" 20. ...b5, after which he won a pawn but at the cost of worsening the pawn structure (including doubled pawns on the a-file). Niemann quickly exploited these weaknesses, recaptured the material and then implemented the pawn advantage in a very nice way. Game:

FIDE Women's Grand Prix Shymkent (Kazakhstan), 30.10-08.11.2024 Participants No Name         FideID Fed        Rg 3 GM Tan, Zhongyi 8603642 CHN 2551 10 GM Goryachkina, Aleksandra 4147103 FID 2533 9 GM Koneru, Humpy 5008123 IND 2530 1 GM Lagno, Kateryna 14109336 FID 2527 2 IM Divya, Deshmukh 35006916 IND 2501 6 IM Assaubayeva, Bibisara 13708694 KAZ 2487 8 GM Paehtz, Elisabeth 4641833 GER 2458 7 IM Tsolakidou, Stavroula 4264312 GRE 2439 5 IM Salimova, Nurgyul 2915138 BUL 2405 4 IM Munguntuul, Batkhuyag 4900758 MGL 2344 Webpage: https://womengrandprix.fide.com/ Results: https://chess-results.com/tnr1028685.aspx?lan=1&art=0&fed=CHN&turdet=YES&flag=30

  Oskemen Open 2024 The winner of the Masters tournament and the prize money of 5 million tenge (10.500$) was the 29-year-old grandmaster from Ukraine Vitaly Bernadsky . Second place was taken by the grandmaster from China Bai Jinshi (2549), who received a prize of 3.5 million tenge. Third place and a prize of 2.5 million tenge was won by grandmaster Zhakhongir Vakhidov . Rk SNo Name FED Rtg Pts.  TB1   TB2   TB3   TB4  1 11 GM Bernadskiy, Vitaliy UKR 2530 8 58,5 0 6 2719 2 7 GM Bai, Jinshi CHN 2549 7,5 60,5 0 5 2655 3 6 GM Vakhidov, Jakhongir UZB 2572 7,5 54,5 0 5 2590 4 51 IM Koziak, Vitali UKR 2341 7 59,5 0 5 2614 5 14 GM Pantsulaia, Levan GEO 2521 7 58 0 5 2553 6 16 GM Iljiushenok, Ilia FID 2519 7 57,5 0 5 2549 7 25 IM Ansat, Aldiyar KAZ 2456 7 57 0 5 2593 8 8 GM Gareyev, Timur NON 2541 7 54,5 0 5 2542 9 28 IM Ayush, Sharma IND 2444 7 49,5 0 5 2463 10 5 GM Sethuraman, S.P. IND 2576 6,5 57 0 5 2544 Full results at chess results:...

The renowned Chess Festival in Guernsey is celebrating its 48th edition. During the second round match between Norbert Krueger and Keith Arkell, the latter employed the Caro-Kann Defense. The game evolved to a position where White opted for a knight sacrifice on f7, which Black captured with another knight. Following 15.Qh5, Black played Nge7, gaining a significant advantage. An intriguing alternative would have been for White to continue the sacrificial strategy by playing Wxf7 instead of 15.Qh5, and after Kxf7, playing 16.Qh5. Although Black would maintain an advantage, White's position would be fraught with threats, leaving it uncertain whether Keith Arkell could calculate all the possibilities. Game:

  In another match of the series "A Woman Defeats Me," Aleksandra Kosteniuk, playing with the black pieces, triumphed over the grandmaster Nodirbek Abdusattorov , who has a rating of 2783, in London today! Here's how the game unfolded: Partia mi si� podoba�a (ChessBase 16) [Event "Round 1: Abdusattorov, Nodirbek - Kosten"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2024.??.??"] [Round "1.2"] [White "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"] [Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B15"] [WhiteElo "2783"] [BlackElo "2480"] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/broadcast/-/-/XahzVp2S"] [PlyCount "76"] [EventDate "2024.??.??"] {[%evp 0,76,19,38,60,60,55,48,20,38,31,31,31,26,36,38,54,54,82,76,83,79,76,66,95,65,85,83,110,111,179,144,122,121,108,108,118,111,107,124,106,106,161,127,130,122,213,219,196,210,167,129,123,118,131,149,73,73,67,57,51,66,61,61,162,...

The US Chess Championships take place in Saint Louis Fri 11th Oct to Thu 24th Oct 2024.  Time Control:  The time control shall be 40 moves in 90 minutes, followed by 30 minutes for the rest of the game, with a 30-second increment from move one (40/90; G/30; +30). US Chess Championships 2024 - Round 1 Prizes: Game: Yip, Carissa - Cervantes Landeiro, Thalia, 1-0: Partia mi si� podoba�a (ChessBase 16) [Event "ch-USA w 2024"] [Site "Saint Louis USA"] [Date "2024.10.11"] [Round "1.6"] [White "Yip, Carissa"] [Black "Cervantes Landeiro, Thalia"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A13"] [WhiteElo "2418"] [BlackElo "2302"] [PlyCount "87"] [EventDate "2024.10.11"] {[%evp 0,87,25,-25,0,-21,-23,-19,-12,-11,17,7,10,-3,45,10,31,13,28,24,25,25,32,11,56,38,34,36,36,43,35,30,40,13,10,7,17,26,-3,-27,-6,1,50,52,50,62,55,79,84,70,72,86,75,86,109,60,115,53,121,94,119,103,115,142,1...

Walbrzych, Extraliga Poland, 11.10.2024 90' / 40 + 30' + 30", game Malek Jan (2479) - Wojtaszek Radoslaw (2673) 1-0 Partia mi si� podoba�a (ChessBase 16) [Event "Druzynowe Mistrzostwa Polski - Ekstralig"] [Site "Walbrzych"] [Date "2024.10.11"] [Round "5.20"] [White "Malek, Jan"] [Black "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "2479"] [BlackElo "2673"] [PlyCount "142"] [EventDate "2024.??.??"] [WhiteTeam "KSz Miedz Legnica"] [BlackTeam "KS GWIAZDA Bydgoszcz"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 a5 6. O-O d6 7. Re1 Ba7 8. Na3 O-O 9. h3 h6 10. Nb5 Bb6 11. Be3 Bxe3 12. Rxe3 Re8 13. Qc2 Ne7 14. d4 Ng6 15. Rd1 Bd7 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Rxe5 18. Nd4 Qe7 19. Rde1 a4 20. a3 Rc5 21. Ba2 Nh5 22. Nf5 Bxf5 23. exf5 Qf8 24. Re7 d5 25. Qd2 Nf6 26. Qd4 b6 27. c4 c6 28. Rb7 Rb8 29. Rxb8 Qxb8 30. cxd5 c...

Ibiza Chess Festival The tournament will take place in Sant Antoni de Portmany, in the Faro de Ses Coves Blanques. The photo shows the place where the " SALA DE JUEGO " tournament will be held. Time: 60' + 30" Number of rounds 7 (Swiss-System) Date: 2024/10/10 to 2024/10/13 Chess results: https://chess-results.com/tnr934398.aspx?lan=1&art=1 Official homepage: https://www.chessibiza.com/

  In the Polish Extraliga match between Stilon Gorzów and Silesia Racibórz, Michał Krasenkow faced off against Aleksander Donchenko. Despite a significant age difference, with Krasenkow being nearly 35 years younger, he executed a brilliant attack, exploiting a weakness in the black king's position, and secured the victory. And how it happened, see for yourself:

  The 3rd Skyline Open is a 9-round Swiss takes place on October 10-14, 2024, in Dulles, Virginia, USA. The time control: 90 minutes for the entire game plus a 30-second increment starting on move one. Official website:  https://www.capitalareachess.com/skylineopen Results: https://chess-results.com/tnr1029898.aspx?lan=1

  Yesterday, the Chess Ekstraklasa games commenced in Wałbrzych, Poland. The match between GM Maciej Klekowski and GM Vojtech Plat concluded with a checkmate. Games: