It has been a tough day for everyone. Vladimir Putin’s appalling decision to invade Ukraine has shocked the world, and his actions have been condemned by most world leaders. At the Airthings Masters, three out of four semifinalists hail from Russia, with Ian Nepomniachtchi confessing after beating Andrey Esipenko, “I can’t think”. Nepo will face […]
Monthly Archives: February 2022
In this article, statistician Bruno Wiesend reports on a scientific controversy about a study on the “Influence of intelligence and practice on the development of skills”. The author considers the results of the study to be wrong due to methodological errors. | Photo: Pixabay
Ajax Amsterdam vs Benfica Lisbon is one of the quarter-final matches in the 2022 Football Champions League. Ajax whetted the appetite for the clash with a virtual chess game, in which two fans look back on the history and on the great players of the two clubs. Yesterday, the first game of the real quarter-final […]
Did you solve the Sam Loyd problem? The key is the move you would least expect! A week ago we showed you a small collection of delightful problems from the January issue of CHESS Magazine. Today we give you the solutions, annotated by Graham Phythian. You can figure out all the variations with the help […]
Savielly Tartakower was an elite master throughout his career of nearly half a century. Although he never quite reached the chess summit, he is remembered fondly as a colorful figure who enriched the game immensely. On the occasion of the 135th anniversary of his birth on 21 February, it is fitting to look back at […]
Ding Liren was about to become the first player to reach the semifinals of the Airthings Masters, as he had a 1-point lead and a winning position in game 3 of his match against Vladislav Artemiev. However, the Chinese wasted his chances and lost both that game and the next one to get knocked out […]
Going into the final round, Jaime Santos was the sole leader at the Ibero-American Championship in Mexico City. The Spaniard fell at the last hurdle, though, as he was defeated by top seed Jorge Cori. Sandro Mareco (pictured) profited from this result, as he clinched tournament victory by beating Omar Almeida with the white pieces. […]
Underdogs Vincent Keymer and Eric Hansen qualified to the knockout stage of the Airthings Masters on Tuesday. On the other hand, the likes of Anish Giri, Levon Aronian and Shakhriyar Mamedyarov did not make the cut. Ian Nepomniachtchi was the clear winner of the round-robin with a commanding score of 29/45 points.
Svitlana’s former coach taught her to solve chess studies frequently. The idea is bending the mind a little more than usual to find the solutions. Chess compositions normally have “only moves”, or at least a very narrow path to crack the puzzle. We take a look at some beautiful brain-teasers.
Today, the German chess historian Michael Negele celebrates his 65th birthday! Negele published widely about a variety of topics but his main focus was and is the life and work of Emanuel Lasker, and he was one of the driving forces in editing an extensive three-volume biography about the German World Champion. | Photos: German […]