Photo: Peter Doggers On his way from his golf round, traffic in Malmo made Magnus Carlsen late for the opening ceremony. However, once he arrived at the TePe Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament opening ceremony, he was not irritated at all. On the contrary. When he picked up the pawn …
Round 1: van Foreest – Erdogmus Zhu – Abdusattorov Woodward – Grandelius Carlsen – Erigaisi
Photo: Ekaterina Vasilchenko FIDE World Rating: 223 Elo: 2578 Born: November 16, 2002, in Jiaxing, China. 2016: Had her international break-through, winning the girl’s U14 class in the World Youth Championships. 2017: Entered the top-100 ladies’ FIDE rating list (in place 95). 2018: Played her first Women’s World Championship. Got …
Photo: Vysotsky FIDE World Rating: 90 Elo: 2631 Born: May 2, 2010, in Frisco, Texas, USA. 2021: Secured his first international master norm in the North American Junior Championship. 2022: Showed great promise by getting his first grandmaster norm. 2023: Caused an upset when he defeated US star player Hans …