BOTW: 2016.08.04

103rd British Chess Championship
July 23-Aug 5, 2016

11 round swiss, featuring 11 GMs, topped by Michael Adams, David Howell, and Gawain Jones.

After 10 rounds, Adams leads with 9, and has defeated both Howell (8/10) and Jones (7/10).

Game of the Day videos by IM Andrew Martin
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRazaRwwrCej7HDCNr2SSLw/videos

Homepage
http://www.britishchesschampionships.co.uk/

Live Commentary GM Niclas Huschenbeth & WIM Fiona Steil-Antoni
https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/british-chess-championships-2016/10/1/1

2016 Sinquefield Cup
Aug 5 - 16, 2016.
St.Louis, MO

10-player round robin featuring most of the world's best:

• #2 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, FRA
• #4 Fabiano Caruana, USA
• #5 Levon Aronian, ARM
• #6 Hikaru Nakamura, USA
• #7 Wesley So, USA
• #8 Viswanathan Anand, IND
• #9 Anish Giri, NED
• #12 Veselin Topalov, BUL
• #13 Ding Liren, CHN
• #18 Peter Svidler, RUS

World #1 Magnus Carlsen and World #10 Sergei Karjakin are avoiding tournaments until their World Championship match in November.

Peter Svidler is a late replacement for World #3 Vladimir Kramnik, who is being treated for a relapse of the arthritis condition which set him back 10 years ago.

Live Video will be available, including commentary by Canadian GM Eric Hansen in St.Louis. 
http://grandchesstour.org/live-2016-sinquefield-cup-grand-chess-tour

Games start at 1 pm local time (2 pm EST).

Homepage
http://grandchesstour.org/2016-sinquefield-cup/2016-sinquefield-cup