Last updated: Tuesday 21st May 2024 1:51 am

The Week in Chess 1541 of 20th May 2024 by Mark Crowther. 35 stories and 8033 games. Links down the right hand margin for games in PGN or Chessbase format or on the The Week in Chess Download page.
With all the chess played these days in multiple formats, online and in person it's very hard to keep up. The original idea of everything summarised in one place has never been more relevant. Follow your favourite players each week, what happened in your favourite opening? The PGN files can be read by many chess programs. If you do find it useful please consider a donation. £30 (or £4 a month) via Paypal will get you a copy of the TWIC DB which has 3742122 games in at the end of 2023. I do a zipped conversion to PGN as well.
A compilation of the games can be had for a donation of £30. There have been over 3.5 million games in TWIC since the first edition on 17th September 1994.

Casablanca Chess 2024

Casablanca Chess 2024 Games and Results

Mark Crowther (Sun May 19 10:29:00 2024)

The Casablanca Chess tournament takes place May 18th-19th. This is part of the Morocco Chess Week. Magnus Carlsen, Hikaru Nakamura, Viswanathan Anand and Amin Bassem play a double round robin rapid. The twist is the "players are given a position from a game that has already been played (or could also be imagined). However, this position must meet several well-defined criteria. First and foremost, the evaluation should be roughly equal (around 0.00, according to engines)." Read more ....

Morocco Chess Week 2024 (Casablanca MAR)
Sat 18th May 2024 - Sun 19th May 2024 - Official Site

Casablanca Chess 2024 (4 players 6 Rds DRR Indiv TC:15m+10spm) - Games in PGN: Games | Live

7th Sharjah Masters 2024

7th Sharjah Masters 2024 Games and Results

Mark Crowther (Sun May 19 09:36:00 2024)

The 7th Sharjah Masters start of Tuesday 14th. Top seeds: Erigaisi, Maghsoodloo, Yu Yangyi, Radjabov, Tabatabaei, Sarana, Artemiev, Esipenko, Fedoseev, Sevian etc. Read more ....

7th Sharjah Masters 2024 (Sharjah UAE)
Mon 13th May 2024 - Fri 24th May 2024 - Official Site - Results

7th Sharjah Masters 2024 (9 Rds Swiss Indiv TC:90m+30spm(1)) - Games in PGN: Games Masters | Live

7th Sharjah Challengers (9 Rds Swiss Indiv TC:90m+30spm(1)) - Games in PGN: Games Challengers

Chess.com Classic 2024

Chess.com Classic 2024 Games and Results

Mark Crowther (Wed May 15 21:04:00 2024)

The Chess.com Classic which is part of the Champions Chess Tour took place Fri 10th to Wed 15th May 2024 on Chess.com. The format is Double Elimination Knockout. Carlsen, Ivic, Lazavik, Nepomniachtchi, Firouzja, Duda, Keymer and Sarana play for the title in Division 1. There were two further divisions which had qualification places for the division above. Alireza Firouzja overcame a loss to Jan-Krzysztof Duda in the first round to progress through the losers half and then beat Magnus Carlsen twice in a row in the Grand Final and its reset to take the title. Read more ....

Chess.com Classic 2024 (chess.com INT)
Fri 10th May 2024 - Wed 15th May 2024 - Official Site

Chess.com Classic Div 1 W (8 players 5 Rds DEKO Indiv TC:10m+2spm) - Games in PGN: Games Div1W

Chess.com Classic Div 1 L (8 players 4 Rds DEKO Indiv TC:10m+2spm) - Games in PGN: Games Div1L

Chess.com Classic Div 2 W (16 players 6 Rds DEKO Indiv TC:10m+2spm) - Games in PGN: Games Div2W

Chess.com Classic Div 2 L (8 players 6 Rds DEKO Indiv TC:10m+2spm) - Games in PGN: Games Div2L

Chess.com Classic Div 3 W (32 players 7 Rds DEKO Indiv TC:10m+2spm) - Games in PGN: Games Div3W

Chess.com Classic Div 3 L (8 players 4 Rds DEKO Indiv TC:10m+2spm) - Games in PGN: Games Div3L

Superbet Poland Rapid & Blitz 2024

Superbet Poland Rapid & Blitz 2024 Games and Results

Mark Crowther (Sun May 12 16:47:00 2024)

The Superbet Poland Rapid & Blitz took place in Warsaw 6th to 13th May 2024. Players: Magnus Carlsen, Jan-Krzysztof Duda, Wei Yi, Arjun Erigaisi, Vincent Keymer, Kirill Shevchenko, Dommaraju Gukesh, Nodirbek Abdusattorov, Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu and Anish Giri. Magnus Carlsen just edged out Wei Yi with a dominant 7/7 blitz start to the final day including beating Wei Yi. Wei Yi won the rapid, half a point clear of Carlsen. Carlsen won the blitz by 1.5 points from Wei Yi, both were miles clear of everyone else. Wei Yi has been a well known figure for at least 10 years becoming a GM at 13, now at 24 he finally seems to be living up to his undoubted potential. Read more ....

Superbet Poland Rapid & Blitz 2024 (Warsaw POL)
Mon 6th May 2024 - Mon 13th May 2024 - Official Site

Superbet POL Rapid 2024 (10 players 9 Rds SRR Indiv TC:25m+10spm) - Games in PGN: Games Rapid

Superbet POL Blitz 2024 (10 players 18 Rds DRR Indiv TC:5m+2spm) - Games in PGN: Games Blitz

57th Capablanca Memorial 2024

57th Capablanca Memorial 2024 Games and Results

Mark Crowther (Wed May 8 13:06:00 2024)

The 57th Capablanca Memorial takes place 3rd to 12th May 2024. Ruslan Ponomariov, Aryan Chopra, Luis Ernesto Quesada Perez, Evgeny Romanov, Carlos Daniel Albornoz Cabrera and Mads Andersen play. Read more ....

57th Capablanca Memorial 2024 (Havana CUB)
Fri 3rd May 2024 - Sun 12th May 2024 - Official Site - Results

57th Capablanca Mem Elite (6 players 10 Rds DRR Indiv TC:90m:30m+30spm(1)) - Games in PGN: Games Elite

57th Capablanca Mem Open (10 Rds Swiss Indiv TC:90m+30spm(1))

28th Tepe Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament 2024

28th Tepe Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament 2024 Games and Results

Mark Crowther (Fri May 3 21:15:00 2024)

The 28th Tepe Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament took place in Malmo 27th April to 3rd May 2024. Players: Nodirbek Abdusattorov, Arjun Erigaisi, Vincent Keymer, Peter Svidler, Nils Grandelius, Anton Korobov, Marc'Andria Maurizzi and Ju Wenjun. There was a three way tie on 4.5/7. Nodirbek Abdusattorov emerged the winner over Arjun Erigaisi in a second tie-break, Peter Svidler lost to both these players in the first tie-break. Read more ....

Tepe Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament 2024 (Malmo SWE)
Sat 27th Apr 2024 - Fri 3rd May 2024 - Official Site

28th Sigeman & Co 2024 (8 players 7 Rds SRR Indiv TC:90m:30m+30spm(1)) - Games in PGN: Games

28th Sigeman & Co TB1 (3 players 3 Rds SRR Indiv TC:3m+2spm) - Games in PGN: Games TB1

28th Sigeman & Co TB2 (2 players 2 Rds Match Indiv TC:3m+2spm) - Games in PGN: Games TB2

Schachbundesliga 2023-24

Schachbundesliga 2023-24 Games and Results

Mark Crowther (Mon Apr 29 15:33:00 2024)

The German Schachbundesliga took place over 15 rounds Sat 21st Oct to Sun 28th Apr 2024. SC Viernheim were the surprise champions winning all their matches and finishing 3 points clear of Baden-Baden. This is the first time Baden-Baden didn't win the league since the 2015/16 season, and only the second time they didn't win since their first title in 2005/06. Read more ....

Bundesliga 2023-24 (Germany GER)
Sat 21st Oct 2023 - Sun 28th Apr 2024 - Official Site - Results - Live

Bundesliga 2023-24 (15 Rds League Club TC:100m:50+30smp(1)) - Games in PGN: Games

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Tournaments for Monday 20th May 2024 combined with links to official website, live coverage and PGN file
Event	Site	FED	UK Time	Rd
Web	Live	PGN
Live Games now here
7th Sharjah Masters 2024	Sharjah	UAE	12:00	7
Other events today
Ontario Open 2024	Toronto	CAN		5
16th BPB Limburg Open	Maastricht	NED		6
36th Geneva Open 2024	Geneva	SUI		6
Ontario Open 2024	Toronto	CAN		6
16th BPB Limburg Open	Maastricht	NED		7
36th Geneva Open 2024	Geneva	SUI		7
Pfingst-Open Glarus 2024	Glarus	SUI	08:30	7
16th BPB Limburg GM 2024	Maastricht	NED	08:30	9
SixDays Budapest May IM	Budapest	HUN	09:00	7
SixDays Budapest May GM B	Budapest	HUN	09:00	7
SixDays Budapest May GM A	Budapest	HUN	09:00	7
7th Sharjah Challengers	Sharjah	UAE	12:00	7
SixDays Budapest May GM A	Budapest	HUN	15:00	8
SixDays Budapest May IM	Budapest	HUN	15:00	8
SixDays Budapest May GM B	Budapest	HUN	15:00	8
Guillermo Garcia Gp2	Santa Clara	CUB	20:00	8
Guillermo Garcia Gp1	Santa Clara	CUB	20:00	8