The traditional TePe Sigeman & Co tournament will take place on May 3-9 as an 8-player single round-robin event. An exciting mix of veterans and rising stars is likely to make for an enjoyable tournament, as defending champion Jorden van Foreest will be joined by the likes of Michael Adams, Alexei Shirov, Arjun Erigaisi and […]
Monthly Archives: April 2022
Castling is a fascinating move. According to Wikipedia, “it originates from the ‘king’s leap’, a two-square king move added to European chess between the 14th and 15th centuries, which took on its present form in the 17th century”. The intricacies of the rules of castling have inspired many studies. Specialized columnist Siegfried Hornecker presents some […]
Two world champions, Steinitz and Euwe; a chess family, the Cramlings; and plenty of 1.d4 practitioners, Moiseenko, Gaprindashvili, and Miles are born under the zodiac sign of Taurus. Their power lies in their calmness. A proper Taurus acts thoughtfully, prudently, deliberately. They calculate what they do, everything else is considered unreasonable. They may allow their […]
The 55th edition of the Capablanca Memorial took place on April 19-28 at the historic Hotel Nacional de Cuba in Havana. Hans Niemann from the United States dominated the Elite group, scoring 7½ points in the 10-player single round-robin. The Premier group, a women’s tournament, was similarly dominated by Romanian IM Irina Bulmaga, who also […]
The complete FIDE Grand Prix 2022 (Berlin I – Belgrade – Berlin II) with analyses by Esipenko, Giri, Oparin, Predke, Shankland, So, Vidit and Vitiugov. In addition, Rogozenco presents two selected games of the winners, Nakamura and Rapport, in the video – “Trend line put to the test”: Rustam Kasimdzhanov shows new ideas in the […]
In a surprising development, Jan-Krzysztof Duda leapfrogged Praggnanandhaa and Magnus Carlsen in the final round of the Oslo Esports Cup. The Polish star won the tournament after beating an off-form Eric Hansen and seeing both Carlsen and Pragg quickly losing their matches against Shakhriyar Mamedyarov and Anish Giri. Le Quang Liem, who was tied in […]
In the long-distance duel between Magnus Carlsen and Praggnanandhaa in the Oslo Esports Cup, round 6 went well for the World Champion: He won his match against Eric Hansen, while Praggnanandhaa lost against Jan-Krzysztof Duda. Before the seventh and last round Praggnanandhaa and Carlsen share the lead with with 12/18 each, but Duda also has […]
Those who have learned their variations with the Fritz Opening Drill may start with the practical exercise: the training game against Fritz 18. For good reason: with its “Evolving Genius” mode, Fritz 18 is the ideal partner for practice-oriented opening training. Fritz adjusts its playing strength and you quickly see whether you can play the […]
The finals of the American Cup kicked off today with the first of two classical games in the matches between Aronian – Caruana and Krush – Lee. In the Open, Aronian (pictured) managed to build up a winning endgame advantage but faltered at the last moment, allowing Caruana to escape with a draw. Meanwhile in […]
London, with its rich chess tradition, has been the scene of many great tournaments. One of these, the London International Tournament of 1883, happened at an important point in history. It is remembered mainly as the event that led to the first World Chess Championship, which, in turn, formalized the title of World Champion. Johannes […]