A day after getting a convincing victory at the Generation Cup, as he anticipated, Magnus Carlsen has shared a public statement regarding the polemic surrounding his withdrawal from the Sinquefield Cup and his quick resignation against Hans Niemann. The world champion wrote: “I believe that Niemann has cheated more — and more recently — than […]
Monthly Archives: September 2022
Today, Svitlana takes her “smart moves” very literal, and presents to us an opening, which you might not have heard of yet. The two knights tango is not a Gambit, but a quite solid offbeat opening, focusing on the power of very early knight development, and asking the opponent to push the pawns forward too […]
Once again we will be presenting you with some unusual and interesting positions. They are clever and somewhat difficult to solve. But all of them are fun. We will present the studies on replay diagrams, where you can move the pieces to analyse. In one case there will be an engine that will defend against […]
Magnus Carlsen won the final match of the Julius Baer Generation Cup in the lowest possible number of games. The world champion beat Arjun Erigaisi 2½-½ in the first set, and then scored back-to-back wins in the second set to secure tournament victory as quickly as it is allowed by the rules. Despite losing the […]
Magnus Carlsen only needed three games to win the first set of the final match against Arjun Erigaisi at the Julius Baer Generation Cup. The world champion now only needs 2 out of 4 points in Sunday’s second set to get a remarkable victory in one of his best showings at an online tournament ever.
Last month, we talked about themes that blurred into the philosophical, but also into insanity. Jan Sprenger combines both: His profession is philosophy, his recent mastery of endgame studies is insane. Yours Truly sent a few questionnaires to Jan Sprenger, the results of the interview as well as a selection of his studies is presented […]
Mikhail Botvinnik was the second of the twelve World Chess Champions whom Frederic met in the late before and during his involvement with ChessBase. In our new weekly series he tells us how he met and befriended the top players, and the adventures they experienced together. Frederic has written a new book, together with Professor […]
In the women’s chess world, certainly Judit Polgar is the absolute legend. Not only was she among the top ten of the chess world for quite a while, she also played powerful attacking chess, with stunning tactics. Lawrence found four of them, which are instructional, and lovely to solve.
Magnus Carlsen, Vincent Keymer (pictured), Arjun Erigaisi and Le Quang Liem advanced to the semifinals of the Generation Cup. All four quarterfinal matchups offered a dose of excitement, as every single semifinalist lost at least one game on Thursday. While Le is set to play Arjun in semis, Keymer will have the tough task of […]
It’s like having Carlsen and Anand at your disposal. Komodo Dragon and Power Fritz both won the World Championship, each in a separate section. Both are products you can get in the ChessBase shop. They are arguably the most powerful chess programs in the world, and will do wonders for your study of the game. […]