Chess engines have been helping chess players for over 40 years, first as opponents, and later as analysts, but over that lengthy timeframe, very little has been added to the core landscape of chess engine analysis. ChessBase 17 aims to change that and seriously extend the analysis done, and the information it produces.
Monthly Archives: November 2022
The Tata Steel Chess India event kicked off on Monday in Kolkata. Each of the two tournaments has a sole leader with 3 out of 3 after the first day of rapid chess. In the open, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov has taken the lead, while among the women, Nana Dzagnidze tops the standings with six rounds to […]
The 30th edition of the FIDE World Senior Chess Championship in Assisi (Italy) ended on Saturday, November 26, after a hard fight until the last minute. In the 50+ group, the Georgian Grandmaster Zurab Sturua became the new World Champion. The Women’s World Champion in this group was WGM Elvira Berend (Luxembourg). In the 65+ group the […]
Half the field of the Women’s Candidates Tournament will battle it out in a knockout event to decide who faces Lei Tingjie, winner of Pool A, in a final match next year. The tournament is taking place from November 29 to December 11 in the ancient city of Khiva, Uzbekistan. | Follow all the games […]
The Tata Steel Chess India event is taking place from November 29 to December 4 at the National Library of India in Kolkata. An open tournament and a women’s event are being played concurrently, with the same format and the same prize fund. A rapid and a blitz section will take place, with ten players […]
Cheating in chess has a long and storied history, none of these stories ever penetrated the public eye, having been relegated to books on history and anecdotes on the game of chess. This all changed when a cheating controversy in chess became known throughout the US and then the world, and at its center was […]
Tireless in his quest for truth, Karsten Mueller brings up the rear with a selection of instructive and sometimes jawdropping endgames. Wesley So is both teacher and student as he overwhelms one opponent but stumbles in a simplified rook endgame against another. Be sure to see the notes to the last game with some amazing […]
Half the field of the Women’s Candidates Tournament will battle it out in a knockout event to decide who faces Lei Tingjie, winner of Pool A, in a final match next year. Pool B will take place from November 29 to December 11 at the Hotel Farovon Khiva in the ancient city of Khiva, Uzbekistan. […]
Magnus Carlsen was in scintillating form in San Francisco, where he won the Champions Chess Tour Finals. In round 6 he played an excellent match against Praggnanandhaa. After the match ended, we were able to get Magnus on the livestream to discuss some of the critical moments from the match. It was a special interview […]
Top International Grandmasters, top Indian men and women Grandmasters, young Indian talents and Viswanathan Anand — as the ambassador and advisor of the tournament — will enrich the fourth edition of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament. For the first time, a women’s tournament will be played with the same format and the same prize fund. […]