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Sethuruman and Kulkarni win Asian Continental

6/6/2016 – The Asian Continental held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan ended with no small amount of surprises and drama. The men's event saw the two sole leaders Le Quang Liem and Wei Yi both lose with white in the final round, missing gold as a result. Indian GM Sethuruman beat Wei Yi and took first. In the women's event, WGM Bhakti Kulkarni took sole first with 7.0/9. Illustrated report with analysis.

Asian Continental starts with dreams and hopes

5/30/2016 – The Uzbekistan Chess Federation on behalf of Asian Chess Federation and FIDE is hosting the Asian Continental Chess Championships. Atstake are five places in the World Cup for the Open section, and one spot in the Women World Championship. Top seeds are Le Quang Liem, Rustam Kasimdzhanov, and Wei Yi, but the field is chock full of prodigies ready to make waves. An illustrated report.

Tashkent 11: Andreikin Wins

11/2/2014 – All the Russian grandmaster needed was a quick draw with Anish Giri in the final round to seal the deal. None of his suitors managed to win their games and Andreikin crowns hi mself the champion of the second leg of the 2014-15 FIDE Grand Prix. Nakamura and Mamedyarov tied for second, while in today's games Karjakin and Caruana won against Kasimdzhanov and Jakovenko. Report, games, analyses.

Tashkent 09: Costly mistakes

10/31/2014 – Both Jobava and Jakovenko lost with white today after making very big mistakes in their games. Jakovenko blundered a sequence that left him in a lost endgame while Jobava's opening was strange to begin with, something that we have come to expect from the Georgian player, but in a difficult position he erred and everything collapsed. This leaves Andreikin in the solo lead.

Tashkent 08: Georgian Magic

10/29/2014 – Baadur Jobava has to be, by far, the most uncompromising player in this tournament. His choice of openings, his aggressive style and his powerful attacks sometimes give him spectacular wins, but many times he suffers painful and overwhelming defeats. This tournament it seems everything is working for him; he won with Black by rolling over Gelfand's position and he is now tied for first!

Tashkent 07: Much needed air

10/28/2014 – Two luckless players in this tournament have finally found some relief. Caruana, the winner of the previous Grand Prix and the man who was on an absolute tear through the chess world, had a mediocre start in Tashkent but he finally found a full point against Gelfand, who is now last. Karjakin recovered from two consecutive losses with an attacking win against Giri.

Tashkent 06: Naka shares lead with Andreikin

10/27/2014 – Original and creative play was rewarded today in Tashkent. Andreikin and Mamedyarov were the winners of today's round and both used very unorthodox openings in to their games. Andreikin vanquished Karjakin in an unusual d4 opening where Black was too optimistic about his chances on the kingside, falling to a counter-attack. With this win Andreikin joins Nakamura at the top.

Tashkent 05: MVL tumbles, Naka leads

10/26/2014 – With renewed energy after the rest day, we witnessed many interesting games from Tashkent. Jakovenko brought a new spice to the Grunfeld and it seems as if MVL was unable to handle it. The Russian player took a pawn and nursed it into a winning advantage. This opened the door for Nakamura to take the lead by beating Gelfand. Meanwhile Jobava sacrificed and won against Karjakin.

Tashkent 04: Back to Peace

10/24/2014 – Maybe looking forward to the free day tomorrow, the games somehow ended up being mostly dry in Tashkent. With every single game ending in a draw it was really only the game between Mamedyarov and Nakamura that provided any excitement to the fans. MVL is, of course, the one that is happiest with the results. Seven more rounds like this would crown him champion in Tashkent.

Tashkent 03: Feisty third round

10/23/2014 – Most of the games today in Tashkent were interesting brawls, with quite a few decisive results. Kasimdzhanov overestimated his chances against Jobava, who took a pawn, outcalculated the Uzbek player and won. Karjakin nurtured an extra pawn into a win against Jakovenko while Mamedyarov tricked Gelfand in an endgame. The rest of the games were very long fights.

Tashkent 02: Now with Playchess Commentary!

10/22/2014 – To fill the gap left by the lack of broadcast from Tashkent, Playchess will be providing live commentary for the second leg of the Grand Prix! Simon Williams and Daniel King have stepped up to provide chess fans from around the World an entertaining, live look at the most important tournament currently in the World. One that is currently being led by MVL, with 2.0/2.

Tashkent 01: Anything but boring

10/21/2014 – Whether it was the change of venue, the fact that it was the first round or because of the new players added to the field, it is clear that this round was nothing like the final rounds in Baku which were filled with relatively dull draws. Caruana fell to MVL, Jobava to Nakamura and Mamedyarov self-destructed in the endgame. However, not everything is rosy in far away Tashkent.

Stage set in Tashkent

10/21/2014 – The second stage of the 2014-2015 FIDE Grand Prix is taking place in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. The tournament will run from October 20th to November 3rd, 2014. Some of the strongest players in the world will compete in a Round Robin event. Gelfand and Caruana currently lead the race for the Candidate's tournament, but with three more GPs everything is still anyone's qualification spot.
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