Ukrainian Championship

[Hans Jung]

Awonder Liang won a nice attacking game.

[Hans Jung]

Gukesh, who is chasing Karjakhins youngest grandmaster record, got a tough lesson from Vocaturo.

[Hans Jung]

Another example of how hard chess can be (not that I want to discourage anyone - it would be lovely to have a young mind again)

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Ganguly bounces back with a nice win against Wang Hao

[Hans Jung]

Ganguly lost to his countryman, the young superstar Vidit, but not in the middlegame as expected but in an interesting endgame.

[Hans Jung]

More entertainment from Korobov. Rd 5 good lesson for beginning club players. In the endgame Korobov locks his opponents rook in with the bishop and passed...

[Hans Jung]

I know they probably hugely outrate their opponents but it doesnt take away from the show.

[Hans Jung]

Chucky is hurting but Im sure he will bounce back. I personally admired Beliavsky's miniature and Awonder Liangs game. Both ends of the age scale but...

[Hans Jung]

Magnus wants this one too!? He must be stopped.

[Hans Jung]

There are several of my favorites playing in this one too.

[Hans Jung]

There are so many great tournaments happening now I am overwhelmed. I dont know where to look next. (heavy sigh)

[Hans Jung]

Ganguly is super hot! Last round he got down to seriously chopping wood.

[Hans Jung]

Asian championship continues great entertainment. Wang Hao demonstrates that while emphasis is on pawn chains you must not forget about checkmate.

[Hans Jung]

Korobov is providing great entertainment even while losing. The round before full credit goes to Pono for setting the scene. This round Korobov let his...

[Hans Jung]

Hi Shiva, I hope you get lots of emails. I will be sending you one.

[Hans Jung]

After a frenzied bloodbath in the first two rounds (at least on the leaderboards) the third round was a sea of draws. Even Wei Yi agreed to a quick draw....

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GM Korobov, one of my favorite creative players, lost in the first round to a sensational remove the defender tactic with eventual checkmate. Very en...

[Hans Jung]

There are quite a few country championships with strong GM's happening right now. I just now noticed the Asian championship with a lot of first round...

[Hans Jung]

25 of the 100 grandmasters in America live in St. Louis? Really?

[Hans Jung]

and Montreal has Cafe Pi. We have to keep track of the chess cafes.