In the finals of the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour, ten players will play a rapid round robin tournament and fight for the first prize of 100,000 USD. Each round consists of a match of four rapid games. If this mini-match ends in a 2-2 tie, a 2-game blitz tie-break will follow. If this match also […]
Monthly Archives: September 2021
The TePe Sigeman & Co Tournament 2021 in Malmö again offers of strong field with a fine mix of young talents and experienced players: Jorden Van Foreest, Gawain Jones, Etienne Bacrot, Nils Grandelius, Nihal Sarin, Nigel Short, Vincent Keymer, and Jonas Buhl Bjerre battle it out. The first round brought four decisive games, the second […]
In football, the German word “Schwalbe” (the swallow bird, and the football term for “diving”) is an attempt by a player to feign a foul by deliberately dropping himself in a tackle with an opposing player to gain an unfair advantage. The Schwalbe in chess, doesn’t mean that players fake a fall to the ground, […]
The organisers of the TePe Sigeman & Co tournament once again put together a highly interesting field with young and experienced grandmasters. The players did not disappoint and the first day brought four interesting games and four decisions. | Photos: Lars OA Hedlund (Tournament page)
On this updated DVD, experts including Daniel King, Mihail Marin, Karsten Müller, Oliver Reeh and Niclas Huschenbeth examine the games of the 16th World Champion. Let them show you how Carlsen tailored his openings to be able to outplay his opponents strategically in the middlegame or to obtain an enduring advantage into the endgame, and […]
When the FIDE officially introduced the title of Grandmaster in 1950, only one German received the title – Friedrich Sämisch. Alexander Alekhine once pointed out that “he could play among the very best, if he only managed to quit his extreme smoking”. What Alekhine seemed to have forgotten was Sämisch’s perennial addiction to time-trouble. Michael […]
Today, 14:00 CEST (8:00 ET, 12:UTC) the TePe Sigeman & Co Tournament 2021 starts in Malmö. With a great mix of young talents and experienced players: Jorden Van Foreest, Gawain Jones, Etienne Bacrot, Nils Grandelius, Nihal Sarin, Nigel Short, Vincent Keymer, and Jonas Buhl Bjerre will battle it out. Follow the games live.
The Saint Louis chess club and its sponsor Rex Sinquefield have done a lot for chess in the U.S. and the world, and they continue to organise top tournaments. Beginning on the 5th of October, the club will host the U.S. chess championship tournaments 2021, for women and men. With players such as Caruana, So, […]
While the Solve Tactics mode is undoubtedly the meat of the of the Tactics web app, there are two other modes that provide a very different sort of training, excellent to stay sharp. Both are based on trying to solve as quickly as possible, but each with a slightly different angle. They are also the […]
German prodigy Vincent Keymer obtained his second consecutive tournament victory at the Julius Baer Challengers Tour by winning the Hou Yifan Challenge, a 17-player single round-robin tournament that took place online on September 18-21. Christopher Yoo and Praggnanandhaa shared second place, finishing two points behind the winner. Keymer, Yoo and Pragg are 3 out of […]