Vladimir Putin uses athletes for his propaganda. But Russian chess grandmaster Daniil Dubov is standing up to the Russian leader and the war in Ukraine. In an interview with Europe’s premier news magazine, the 25-year-old explains why he is willing to take that risk. “Nuclear war could break out and I could miss the end […]
Monthly Archives: March 2022
If we were to assume that there really is something to astrology — that people born in autumn really do tick a little differently from those born in spring — might we have a useful clue to our opponent’s strategy in a chess game by asking about their star sign? Perhaps we would also involuntarily […]
India’s own elite online chess tour starts on March 31 with a star-studded line-up of 16 top talents from every corner of the Asian country. A prize pot of $100,000 is at stake in the MPL event plus golden tickets to the elite Champions Chess Tour. Leg 1 will be a four-day rapid chess tournament […]
One system ruffled up the chess world in the last decade – the London System. Svitlana couldn’t stay away from this system either, and it is now a part of her repertoire. How to play it? What to take care of? Time for some smart moves!
Wesley So and Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, the rating favourites in Tuesday’s rapid and blitz tiebreakers at the Berlin Grand Prix, defeated Sam Shankland and Vincent Keymer and thus advanced to the event’s semifinals. So will face Amin Tabatabaei, while Mamedyarov will play Hikaru Nakamura in 2-game matches starting Wednesday. | Photos: World Chess
Finding novelties is a fun way for students to learn how to use a database to annotate chess games. Novelties, loosely defined, are new moves but not necessarily good moves. National Master Jeffrey Ashton explains.
On Sunday, the European Individual Championship (“EICC”) began in Terme Čatež (Slovenia). After two rounds no less than 41 players share the lead with 2.0/2, among them top seed David Navara and a couple of strong juniors. Round 3 starts at 15:00 local time (9:00 am ET, 13:00 UTC). Follow the games live.
After two rounds 41 players with 2.0/2 share the lead at the European Individual Championship. One of them is the 15-year old strong junior Aydin Suleymanli (pictured) from Azerbaijan who defeated Anton Korobov in round two. | Photos: SZS/Luka Rifelj
Starting today, all Fritz 18 users will receive an additional engine as a free update: Fritz 18 Neuronal. The new engine Fritz 18 Neuronal achieves an increase in playing strength of about 120 ELO points compared to the classic Fritz 18 engine at shorter time controls. Simply start Fritz 18 and start the automatically offered […]
All results in round 6 of the Berlin Grand Prix favoured Hikaru Nakamura, as he won pool A and secured a spot in the Candidates Tournament after beating Andrey Esipenko with the black pieces. The four players who could have leapfrogged the US grandmaster in the overall standings of the series had they also reached […]