Sunday
Apr122020
Some Chess Today: The Pepe Cuenca Invitational
Sunday, April 12, 2020 at 4:20PM
In anticipation of the Magnus Carlsen Invitational, which starts this coming Saturday, Chess24 is first holding the Pepe Cuenca Invitational, which started today. (Pepe Cuenca is a Spanish GM and their main Spanish-language commentator. A bit more of him later today, I think.)
Today two matches took place, between Teimour Radjabov and David Anton, and between Vladislav Artemiev and Leinier Dominguez. (Name orders randomized - no spoilers here.) There will be two matches tomorrow, between Peter Svidler and Santosh Vidit, and between Pentala Harikrishna and Jan-Krzysztof Duda. Here are today's matches, with live commentary by Svidler himself and Jan Gustafsson: