Superfinals: Vitiugov and Gunina sole leaders
Alekseenko blunders The incredibly fighting Russian Superfinal could have easily gone into the three final rounds with Kirill Alekseenko sharing...
Alekseenko blunders The incredibly fighting Russian Superfinal could have easily gone into the three final rounds with Kirill Alekseenko sharing...
A clean sweep Vladimir Kramnik had already praised Praggnanandhaa’s form while providing commentary in the semifinals, noting that the youngster...
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Round 10 of the 2021 U.S. Chess Championship reshaped the tournament standings before the decisive day. GM Fabiano Caruana won...
The next generation of chess royalty A week or so ago, in Westminster Abbey, Queen Elizabeth II was seen in...
Final Polgar and Kramnik joined forces with Play Magnus Group back in April to host the elite series of online...
by ChessBase 10/17/2021 – Herman Grooten is an International Master, a renowned trainer and the author of several...
The Kingslayers and Pivotal Pawns will play the finals of the Chess Super League on Sunday. Two more teams were...
In round nine of the 2021 U.S. Chess Championship, which took place after a rest day, all leaders drew their...
Three and out The two players who made it into the final of the Julius Baer Challengers Tour certainly left...
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Only eight games needed Iniyan Panneerselvam scored an unbeaten 7/8 to win the La Nucia International Open 2021. He had...
Mendonca put up a great fight All four participants of the Challengers Tours Finals who played their quarterfinals matches on...
with Lawrence Trent and Arne Kaehler Lawrence Trent takes us through the world of tactics. Every new episode, he is...
The powerful bishop Following on from Carlsen’s extraordinary win in the bishop endgame against Firouzja, I'll be looking at a...
GM Nikita Vitiugov is the sole leader at the Russian Championship Superfinal on the rest day, after six rounds. In...
Komodo Dragon 2 Komodo Dragon 2 has both excellent positional play - thanks to the neural network -...
Nemcova undefeated in second place A bit over half the games in this year’s US Women’s Championship have finished with...
Round four of the Chess Super League saw three players dramatically losing their games due to offering a draw before...
Pragg and Yoo advance The first two matches of the quarterfinals at the Julius Baer Challengers Tour Finals were played...
Round eight of the 2021 U.S. Chess Championship was very peaceful, as all six games ended in a draw. GM...
The game Mastrovasilis-Nikolov from the Greek Team Championship features some illustrative ideas for White to fight for the initiative in...
With Svitlana Demchenko and Arne Kaehler Svitlana Demchenko is a 18-year-old, Canadian WIM, and chess coach. Here and now, she...
Caruana bounces back It is simply impossible to rule out a player like Fabiano Caruana in the fight for first...
The round-robin phase of the Chess Super League is still wide open after three rounds of play. The Brutal Bishops,...
Streamer sensation IM Levy Rozman (GothamChess) has recently announced he will be funding scholarship opportunities. Rozman will donate $100,000 to...
Three players in the chasing pack Almost half the field (5 out of 12 players) in the open section of...
In round seven of the 2021 U.S. Chess Championship, two players joined GM Aleksandr Lenderman atop the standings: GM Sam...
A rapid chess knockout Press release by the Play Magnus Group The knockout Finals of the ground-breaking Julius Baer Challengers...
Game of the Week #485 The USA Championship is a tense affair, and after six rounds number one seed Caruana...
GM Jorden van Foreest took home first place in Titled Tuedsay on October 12, his first-ever win in the event....
A group of six players unsuccessfully filed legal proceedings against the Dutch Chess Federation and the municipality of Hoogeveen. The...
Sevian defeats Caruana Things are not going well for Fabiano Caruana in Saint Louis. Out of the six games he...
The Brutal Bishops grabbed the sole lead on day two of the Chess Super League on Tuesday. A 3-3 tie...
Why endgame studies Some endgames can be dull, technical affairs, there is no argument. However, the same is true of some...
But first, a warm-up: The position below is from the game D. Andreikin-K. Alekseenko, Russian Superfinals. White has obviously managed...
In round six of the 2021 U.S. Chess Championship, the two leaders, GM Aleksandr Lenderman and GM Ray Robson played...
Lenderman joins the lead The favourites have not quite been up to their usual standards at the 2021 US Championship. Hikaru...
Passionate declarations of love abound in literature, but passionate declarations of love for chess openings are rare. Sam Renshawe, narrator...
The brand new Chess Super League got underway on Monday with its first round, covered live with a sparkling Indian...
After opening, middlegame and endgame comes the 4th phase of the game when both sides have queened. The main guideline...
Goryachkina scores in round 2 For the first time in a Russian Superfinal, a woman is playing in the open...
In round five of the 2021 U.S. Chess Championship, GM Aleksandr Lenderman defeated GM Sam Sevian while the top seed...
To get in the mood, here's a warm-up: The diagram below shows a tricky endgame rook+knight vs rook+bishop. Romain who...
When I was shown this site, my first thought was that this was a bit of a gimmick, a bit...
GM Maxim Chigaev triumphed in a tense knockout final against GM Jeffery Xiong to win the third Speed Chess Championship...
Russia has defeated India 2.5-1.5 and 3-1 to confidently triumph in both rounds of the finals of the World Women's...
In round seven of the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour Finals, the two leaders, GM Magnus Carlsen and GM Teimour Radjabov, faced...
Meltwater Champions Chess Tour - Round 6 The four regular games between Magnus Carlsen and Anish Giri had all ended...
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with Lawrence Trent and Arne Kaehler Lawrence Trent and Arne Kaehler talk about what happened chess-wise last week. They give...
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