Nigel Short shared on Twitter a few days ago: His lack of motivation at the event in Belgrade is evident and understandable. Three out of four players will be knocked out of the event after Monday’s sixth round Pool A: Safe drawsĪlexander Grischuk has confessed to feel extremely distressed by the tragic events in Ukraine. Going into the final round of the prelims, Dmitry Andreikin and Sam Shankland are sharing first place in pool A, while Maxime Vachier-Lagrave has a half-point lead over Shakhriyar Mamedyarov and Yu Yangyi in pool D.
The man from Riga defeated Vladimir Fedoseev from the white side of a double-edged Sicilian. Alexei Shirov, who drew three and lost three at the Berlin stage, grabbed his first win of the series. The other game of pool C also finished decisively. Still no ChessBase Account? learn more > The ultimate chess experience every day, Pla圜 welcomes 20,000 chess players from all around the world – from beginner to grandmaster.Memorize it easily move by move by playing against the variation trainer. Still no ChessBase Account? learn more > Learn openings the right way! Build and maintain your repertoire.Still no ChessBase Account? learn more > Real Fun against a Chess Program! Play, analyze and train online against Fritz.Top authors like Daniel King, Lawrence Trent and Rustam Kasimdzhanov Still no ChessBase Account? learn more > Thousands of hours of high class video training.