Our beloved IM from London returns, but not with the “News Review” show. Lawrence’s “Trent’s Tactics” is teaching us about the world of tactics. In this episode, Lawrence will show us different tactics about the back-rank mate. And even though we know the motif now, some of the examples which Lawrence picked are still very […]
Monthly Archives: October 2021
For the first time in this year’s US Championship, a round finished with all six games drawn, which means Wesley So, Sam Sevian and Aleksandr Lenderman are still sharing the lead going into the second rest day of the event. Meanwhile, in the women’s tournament, Carissa Yip kept the sole lead by scoring her third […]
Praggnanandhaa and Christopher Yoo advanced to the semifinals of the Julius Baer Challengers Tour Finals after knocking out Volodar Murzin and Lei Tingjie respectively. While Pragg obtained a commanding 3-0 victory, Yoo was inches away from losing more than once in a match that was decided in blitz tiebreaks. The other two quarterfinal matches will […]
The knockout Finals of the Julius Baer Challengers Chess Tour are taking place on October 14-17. The 8 top qualifiers from the previous “Challenge” events are participating. Each match consists of four rapid games, with 10 minutes per player for each game plus a 5-second increment. | The action kicks off daily at 16.00 CEST […]
Three decisive results in round 7 left Wesley So, Sam Sevian and Aleksandr Lenderman in the shared lead of the US Championship. Former co-leader Ray Robson was beat by Fabiano Caruana, who bounced back from two painful consecutive losses. In the women’s championship, Carissa Yip beat Anna Zatonskih to grab the sole lead. Irina Krush […]
On Thursday, 14 October 2021, at the Maritim proArte Hotel, Friedrichstraße 151 in Berlin, the German Bundesliga starts to finish the 2019/2020 season. Due to the Corona pandemic the season was postponed again and again but now the last seven rounds season will be played until 17 October. 15 clubs meet in Berlin, and they […]
After taking down former leader Kirill Alekseenko in round 4, Dmitry Andreikin was defeated by Nikita Vitiugov on Wednesday. Vitiugov thus grabbed the sole lead on 3½/5 points. In the women’s section, Valentina Gunina is now sharing first place with Evgenija Ovod, who scored back-to-back wins in rounds 4 and 5. | Photo: Eteri Kublashvili
The knockout Finals of the ground-breaking Julius Baer Challengers Chess Tour kick off on Thursday with German chess prodigy Vincent Keymer favourite to be crowned champion, though he will face stiff competition from the likes of Praggnanandhaa and Nodirbek Abdusattorov. At stake is $12,500 for the winner and a regular spot in next year’s elite […]
This week, Merijn van Delft shows a theoretically interesting game from the US Championship, in which Daniel Naroditsky tried the Dragon with Black against Darius Swiercz but soon had to defend an unpleasant endgame. It was a game that makes you wonder whether the Dragon is still playable. | Merijn’s show is available on-demand with […]
After drawing their direct encounter, Aleksandr Lenderman and Ray Robson remain in the shared lead of the US Championship. Meanwhile, Fabiano Caruana lost a second game in a row, this time against Sam Sevian. In the women’s event, Katerina Nemcova is now sharing the lead with Carissa Yip and Ashritha Eswaran. | Photo: Crystal Fuller