Following three draws, Lei Tingjie beat Anna Muzychuk in the final encounter of the Women’s Candidates semifinals in Monte Carlo. The 25-year-old will face the winner of Pool B, a similar 4-player knockout set to kick off on November 28 in Uzbekistan. | Photo: FIDE / Michal Walusza
Monthly Archives: November 2022
Praggnanandhaa and Nandhidhaa P V won the open and women’s sections of the 2022 Asian Championships, respectively. Praggnanandhaa took the sole lead in round 8, and a draw in his final game was enough for the 17-year-old to win the open. Nandhidhaa, aged 26, claimed tournament victory with one round to spare. | Photos: All […]
I take a break from my usual historical articles to pay tribute to a countryman who has been recently honored with one of the highest distinctions in chess — his induction into the World Chess Hall of Fame. In a sense, this tribute is still partly historical, as his long career is now all part […]
The Edinburgh Chess Club was founded in 1822 and is celebrating its 200th birthday on November 4. It is the world’s second oldest chess club in continued existence after Zurich (1809). Best wishes for the Bicentenary celebrations, and for the next 100 years!
In the 1980s Vasyl “Chucky” Ivanchuk became one of the world’s top 100 players and he will probably remain one for another ten years, or longer. Svitlana shows us how the Ukrainian GM plays the Sicilian – in two wonderful games we see how Ivanchuk defeats Kasparov and Vallejo Pons with White, and then we […]
In the new issue of ChessBase Magazine, 21 participants from the Chess Olympiad comment on their best games, including Anish Giri, Wesley So, Arjun Erigaisi, Jules Moussard, Luke McShane, Pentala Harikrishna, Matthias Blübaum, Rasmus Svane, the silver medal team from Armenia and the gold medallists Anna and Mariya Muzychuk. In addition, our authors Robert Ris, […]
The Chess Houseboat 2023 event, set to take place on 22-28 January, is a unique tournament that is played on a boat on the backwaters of Kerala, in southwest India. The games take place while sailing through fairytale landscapes. After the rounds, participants will have the opportunity to enjoy the mooring locations and will be […]
This is something that everyone is looking forward to. Both the youngsters are very well matched. What is the format for the Death Match? In this article you get to know not only the format of the ChessBase India Death Match 2.0, but also all about the upcoming Comedians Over The Board (COTB) and the […]
A drama-filled season spanning nearly a full year of competition has led to the ninth and final event of the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour. The tournament is a seven-day long all-play-all round robin in San Francisco starting on November 14 and concluding on November 20. Eight elite chess stars will take part in the third […]
The 24th European Senior Team Championship is taking place in Dresden. After six rounds, England is leading the 50+ age group, after grabbing wins in all its matches. In the 65+ age group, Germany 3 is leading with 11/12 match points. Robert Hübner gave a lecture and played a simultaneous exhibition. Ulrike Vogel reports. | […]