{"id":2406,"date":"2023-02-19T18:22:32","date_gmt":"2023-02-19T18:22:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/necl.org.uk\/wordpress\/?page_id=2406"},"modified":"2023-02-19T23:21:29","modified_gmt":"2023-02-19T23:21:29","slug":"news-summary-the-week-in-chess","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/necl.org.uk\/wordpress\/news-summary-the-week-in-chess\/","title":{"rendered":"The Week in Chess"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><\/ul>\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-dates has-authors has-excerpts wp-block-rss\"><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/theweekinchess.com\/chessnews\/events\/14th-norway-chess-2026'>14th Norway Chess 2026 &#8211; Games and Results<\/a><\/div><time datetime=\"2026-05-25T22:14:00+01:00\" class=\"wp-block-rss__item-publish-date\">25\/05\/2026<\/time> <span class=\"wp-block-rss__item-author\">by Mark Crowther<\/span><div class=\"wp-block-rss__item-excerpt\">The 14th Norway Chess tournament took place Mon 25th May to Fri 5th Jun 2026. There was the regular tournament and a women&#039;s event, this year with the same prize-money. Each event had 6 players and 10 rounds and there was an Armageddon game if there&#039;s a draw. Open: Magnus Carlsen, Vincent Keymer, Alireza Firouzja, Wesley So, R Praggnanandhaa and D Gukesh. Women: Ju Wenjun, Zhu Jiner, Humpy Koneru, Bibisara Assaubayeva, Anna Muzychuk [&hellip;]<\/div><\/li><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/theweekinchess.com\/chessnews\/events\/gct-super-chess-classic-romania-2026'>GCT Super Chess Classic Romania 2026 &#8211; Games and Results<\/a><\/div><time datetime=\"2026-05-23T18:45:00+01:00\" class=\"wp-block-rss__item-publish-date\">23\/05\/2026<\/time> <span class=\"wp-block-rss__item-author\">by Mark Crowther<\/span><div class=\"wp-block-rss__item-excerpt\">The Grand Chess Tour Super Chess Classic Romania took place Thu 14th May to Sat 23rd May 2026. Players: Caruana, Sindarov, Giri, Firouzja, Keymer, Wesley So, Jorden Van Foreest, Praggnanandhaa, MVL and Deac. Vincent Keymer emerged as the clear winner with 6\/9 half a point clear of Fabiano Caruana on 5.5, Javokhir Sindarov and Wesley So were half a point further back on 5 points. Alireza Firouzja withdrew after five rounds after badly [&hellip;]<\/div><\/li><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/theweekinchess.com\/twic-news-feed\/faustino-oro-earns-his-final-gm-norm-in-sardinia'>Faustino Oro earns his final GM norm in Sardinia &#8211; 9<\/a><\/div><time datetime=\"2026-05-11T10:51:00+01:00\" class=\"wp-block-rss__item-publish-date\">11\/05\/2026<\/time> <span class=\"wp-block-rss__item-author\">by Mark Crowther<\/span><div class=\"wp-block-rss__item-excerpt\">Argentinian chess player Faustino Oro finally has become a Grandmaster after a six points from nine games performance at the Sardinia World Chess Festival. Oro had previous norms at the Legends and Prodigies tournament in September 2025 and the Magistral Szmetan-Giardelli in December 2025. Oro had been chasing the third and final mark since then but couldn&#039;t break Abhimanyu Mishra&#039;s record of 12 years, 4 months, 25 days. Oro finally got his title [&hellip;]<\/div><\/li><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/theweekinchess.com\/chessnews\/events\/sardinia-world-chess-festival-2026'>Sardinia World Chess Festival 2026 &#8211;<\/a><\/div><time datetime=\"2026-05-11T10:10:00+01:00\" class=\"wp-block-rss__item-publish-date\">11\/05\/2026<\/time> <span class=\"wp-block-rss__item-author\">by Mark Crowther<\/span><div class=\"wp-block-rss__item-excerpt\">The Sardinia World Chess Festival took place Sun 3rd May 2026 to Sun 10th May 2026 in Orosei, Italy. Frederik Svane took clear first place with 7.5\/9 half a point clear of Haik M. Martirosyan, Ian Nepomniachtchi and Mamikon Gharibyan. Tied for 25th place on 6\/9 was Faustino Oro who in spite of a loss to Nepomniachtchi in the final round earned his final GM norm at 12 years, 6 months, 26 days, [&hellip;]<\/div><\/li><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/theweekinchess.com\/chessnews\/events\/gct-super-rapid-blitz-poland-2026'>GCT Super Rapid &amp; Blitz Poland 2026 &#8211; Games and Results<\/a><\/div><time datetime=\"2026-05-09T17:46:00+01:00\" class=\"wp-block-rss__item-publish-date\">09\/05\/2026<\/time> <span class=\"wp-block-rss__item-author\">by Mark Crowther<\/span><div class=\"wp-block-rss__item-excerpt\">The GCT Super Rapid &amp; Blitz Poland took place Tue 5th May to Thu 7th May 2026. 9 rounds of rapid and 18 rounds of blitz. Players: Wesley So, Radoslaw Wojtaszek, D Gukesh, Hans Moke Niemann, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Alireza Firouzja, Vladimir Fedoseev, Fabiano Caruana, Javokhir Sindarov and Jan Krzysztof Duda. Hans Moke Niemann held off a fabulous Caruana challenge on the final day to win by half a point. Wesley So was a [&hellip;]<\/div><\/li><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/theweekinchess.com\/twic-news-feed\/magnus-carlsen-wins-the-31st-sigeman-co-tournament-after-tie-break-win-over-erigaisi'>Magnus Carlsen wins the 31st Sigeman &amp; Co tournament after tie-break win over Erigaisi &#8211; 7<\/a><\/div><time datetime=\"2026-05-07T23:32:00+01:00\" class=\"wp-block-rss__item-publish-date\">07\/05\/2026<\/time> <span class=\"wp-block-rss__item-author\">by Mark Crowther<\/span><div class=\"wp-block-rss__item-excerpt\">The final day of the 31st Sigeman &amp; Co tournament saw a number of twists and turns before Magnus Carlsen emerged as the winner. The leader Arjun Erigaisi went full blooded for a win against Andy Woodward and it really was too much when he pushed his g and h pawns with no development. Erigaisi was losing but somehow managed to escape with a draw. In the meantime Magnus Carlsen was meeting 14-year-old [&hellip;]<\/div><\/li><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/theweekinchess.com\/twic-news-feed\/erigaisi-leads-the-sigeman-tournament-alone-with-one-round-to-go'>Erigaisi leads the Sigeman tournament alone with one round to go &#8211; 6<\/a><\/div><time datetime=\"2026-05-07T00:01:00+01:00\" class=\"wp-block-rss__item-publish-date\">07\/05\/2026<\/time> <span class=\"wp-block-rss__item-author\">by Mark Crowther<\/span><div class=\"wp-block-rss__item-excerpt\">The final round of the Sigeman &amp; Co Chess Tournament in Malmo promises to be very tense after an interesting round 6. Arjun Erigaisi beat Zhu Jiner in an endgame where the Chinese player had a tricky defence in a holdable position. Magnus Carlsen chose the King&#039;s Indian against Andy Woodward which led to double edged play and eventually Carlsen brought home the full point. Carlsen will have white against Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus [&hellip;]<\/div><\/li><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/theweekinchess.com\/twic-news-feed\/gukesh-beats-sindarov-in-the-gct-poland-super-rapid'>Gukesh beats Sindarov in the GCT Poland Super Rapid &#8211; 5<\/a><\/div><time datetime=\"2026-05-06T19:20:00+01:00\" class=\"wp-block-rss__item-publish-date\">06\/05\/2026<\/time> <span class=\"wp-block-rss__item-author\">by Mark Crowther<\/span><div class=\"wp-block-rss__item-excerpt\">The first event in the Grand Chess Tour 2026 is the Super Rapid &amp; Blitz Poland in Warsaw. This is a category 20 field. The players meet once in a rapid game and twice in the blitz. Of major interest was the first meeting of Javokhir Sindarov and World Champion Gukesh in the rapid. It turned out to be a little disappointing. In a balanced position Sindarov sacrificed a piece and there was [&hellip;]<\/div><\/li><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/theweekinchess.com\/twic-news-feed\/erigaisi-and-erdogmus-lead-the-sigeman-co-tournament-after-five-rounds'>Erigaisi and Erdogmus lead the Sigeman &amp; Co tournament after five rounds &#8211; 5<\/a><\/div><time datetime=\"2026-05-06T15:10:00+01:00\" class=\"wp-block-rss__item-publish-date\">06\/05\/2026<\/time> <span class=\"wp-block-rss__item-author\">by Mark Crowther<\/span><div class=\"wp-block-rss__item-excerpt\">Arjun Erigaisi beat Jorden van Foreest in the fifth round of the 31st Sigeman &amp; Co tournament in Malmo. van Foreest will probably be disappointed with his play and especially 25&#8230;e5 which directly led to his loss. Magnus Carlsen said that his play was shaky against Zhu Jiner and that he&#039;d been outplayed in a key middlegame sequence. Zhu had the upper hand sometimes and Carlsen then got the advantage but let it [&hellip;]<\/div><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":-1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2406","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/necl.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2406","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/necl.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/necl.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/necl.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/necl.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2406"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/necl.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2406\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2457,"href":"https:\/\/necl.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2406\/revisions\/2457"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/necl.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}