Half the field of the Women’s Candidates is participating in a knockout event to decide who qualifies to a final match set to take place sometime in 2023. Pool A’s qualifier is taking place from October 24 to November 6 at the Hotel Hermitage in Monte Carlo. | Follow the games live with expert commentary […]
Monthly Archives: October 2022
Last week the 25th Hoogeveen Chess Festival celebrated chess again – with matches and tournaments. Local hero Lucas von Foreest won his match against Luke McShane and Daniel Dardha from Belgium won his match against Max Warmerdam. The Open finished with a “Final Four” finale which was won by Robert Hovhanissyan. Frans Peeters reports. | […]
There is love at first sight, as everyone knows, and there are, somewhat surprisingly, “statistics at first sight”. What is that? In the infamous matter labelled by now as “the Hans Niemann cheating case” (a title that S.S. Van Dine would have greatly appreciated, as well as the mystery surrounding the case) such “statistics at […]
188 years ago, from June to October 1834, Louis-Charles Mahé de La Bourdonnais of France and Alexander McDonnell of Ireland played a series of five matches to determine who was the world’s best player of their time. La Bourdonnais won with an overall score of 45 wins, 27 losses and 13 draws. Today, this series […]
Half the field of the Women’s Candidates will battle it out in a knockout event to decide who qualifies to a final match set to take place sometime in 2023. FIDE announced the adoption of a new format back in June, and has yet to disclose where and when the second group of players (i.e. […]
After her first round win, Lilit had a winning position in her second game, but wasn’t able to convert it, and drew. The draw against Anna Kubicka felt like a loss, and the IM had to recover quickly, to be prepared for the next round. Everybody knows the feeling after a loss in a tournament. […]
In the third and final instalment of the Chess Artistry Adventure series, we bring you seven more studies, six of them originals, by world-class composers like Arpad Rusz, Amatzia Avni, Michael Pasman, and more. We also briefly discuss the composers and try to understand how they can turn positions from games into original compositions. Like […]
The FIDE World Fischer Random Chess Championship is back with its second edition. The over-the-board final will take place at the Berjaya Natura Hotel in Reykjavik, Iceland, on 25-30 October. The 8-player lineup will include defending champion Wesley So, classical chess champion Magnus Carlsen and rapidplay specialist Hikaru Nakamura.
Bobby Fischer was the fifth of the twelve World Chess Champions whom Frederic met. 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 Christian Hesse, with fascinating chess stories from the last 50 […]
Jan-Krzysztof Duda won the 2022 Aimchess Rapid online tournament after beating Shakhriyar Mamedyarov in what somewhat unexpectedly turned out to be a hard-fought final match. After getting a clear victory in the first set, Duda got a superior position in Friday’s first game. Shakh first managed to turn the tables in that game and then […]