BOTW 2016.04.23
Altibox Norway Chess
April 18-29, 2016
World Champion Magnus Carlsen heads a world-class field in Norway Chess, a 10-player RR which includes: #2 Vladimir Kramnik, #4 Anish Giri, #5 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, #7 Lev Aronian, #12 Pavel Eljanov, #13 Pentala Harikrishna, #15 Li Chao, #16 Veselin Topalov, and qualifier Nils Grandelius.
World #8 Sergey Karjakin had agreed to play, but withdrew after winning the Candidates.
Carlsen has not won a major event in Norway, and played below his normal standard at the 2014 Tromsoe Olympiad, but started like he had something to prove: winning the pre-event blitz tournament 7.5/9, then jumping into the lead with 3/4 in the main event.
Rest days April 23 and 26. April 25 sees Carlsen as White against Giri, who he has never beaten.
Live Games (4pm CET; 11am EST)
Commentary by GMs Peter Svidler and Jan Gustaffson
2016 US Chess Championship (continues)
April 13-30, 2016
The US Chess Campionship continues in St.Louis. With three of the World's top 10 players -- #3 Fabiano Caruana, #6 Hikaru Nakamura and #10 Wesley So, the US Championship will not only be the strongest ever, but will be the strongest national championship in the world this year.
With three rounds to go, Caruana and So lead with 6/8, followed by Nakamura and Ray Robson with 5.5/8
Live commentary by WGM Jen Shahade, GM Yasser Seirawan & GM Maurice Ashley.
Live Games (start at 1pm Central, 2pm EST)
http://www.uschesschamps.com/2016-us-championship/live
Kasparov and US Champs Blitz
April 28-29, 2016
Last year Garry Kasparov destroyed Nigel Short in a Rapid and Blitz match in St.Louis. This year Kasparov will test himself against the top three players in the US Championship.
Following the US Championship the top three finishers will join Garry Kasparov in a two-day 18-game Round Robin blitz tournament. If the Championship ended today, Kasparov would (finally!) play against the world's top 10 players: Caruana, Nakamura and So.
Format:
TC: 5 min + 3 sec delay.
Each player plays the others six times.
Games will be live from the St.Louis Club:
http://www.uschesschamps.com/