Short news
Sagar Shah joins Champions Chess Tour
23 Nov 2020
ChessBase India founder and director Sagar Shah and his wife Amruta Mokal have been hired by Play Magnus to run a special broadcast for the Indian market. The Champions Chess Tour that started on Sunday with a mouse slip by Magnus Carlsen that costed him the full game against Ian Nepomniachtchi, comes with many more appointments and broadcasts in different languages on chess24 and other platforms. A TV studio has been installed in Oslo that produces the main show in English presented by Sport Director Kaja Snare together with David Howell and Jovanka Houska. Chessable runs its own broadcast hosted by Simon Williams.
Events
- 22 – 30 Nov 2020 15.30 h: Skilling Open
- 26 Dec 2020 – 03 Jan 2021: Champions Chess Tour 2021 – Airthings Masters
- 06 – 14 Feb 2021: Meltwater Champions Chess Tour 2021 – Meltwater Opera Euro Rapid.
- 13 – 21 Mar 2021: Magnus Carlsen Invitational
- 24 Apr – 02 May 2021: Meltwater Champions Chess Tour 2021 – Regular #3
- 22 – 30 May 2021: Meltwater Champions Chess Tour 2021 – Major #3
- 26 Jun – 04 Jul 2021: Meltwater Champions Chess Tour 2021 – Regular #4
- 31 Jul – 08 Aug 2021: Meltwater Champions Chess Tour 2021 – Regular #5
- 28 Aug – 05 Sep 2021: Meltwater Champions Chess Tour 2021 – Regular #6
- 25 Sep – 03 Oct 2021: Meltwater Champions Chess Tour 2021 – Final