Photo by Mikael Svensson Maurizzi-Ju Ju chose the Russian Defense against Maurizzi’s 1.e4. Both played a solid and safe game, and after 40 moves, a draw was agreed upon in a knight endgame where there were no possibilities left. Korobov-Grandelius Korobov surprised Grandelius with the odd 4.h3 in the Four …
Photo by Mikael Svensson Erigaisi-Keymer With the black pieces in the Anti-Marshall, Keymer once again showed how good his opening preparations are. Moves like 16.- Ne3! and 18.- c5 were played without any hesitation. Erigaisi played almost as as fast, so he was probably not that surprised. The sharp opening …
Photo by Mikael Svensson Abdusattorov-Grandelius Abdusattorov played an unusual opening variation, which caused Grandelius to use up a lot of time. By playing very fast, Abdusattorov managed to put a lot of pressure on his opponent, which was probably exactly what he had planned. At the critical moments around move …
Some people have asked about tie-break rules, that is, what happens if two or more players end up in first place? You can read the Tiebreak Regulations here!