The first game of the Women’s Candidates semifinals between Anna Muzychuk and Lei Tingjie finished drawn. Muzychuk seemed surprised by her opponent’s opening choice, as it was Lei’s first time playing the Sicilian. The Chinese managed to get an edge in an endgame with rooks and knights, but her advantage was not enough to kick […]
Monthly Archives: November 2022
It seems we have arrived at the strongest of all chess star signs. No less than three World Champions are Scorpios – Mikhail Tal, Alexander Alekhine, and Raoul Capablanca – and there are several other top players joining them – Ding Liren, Alexander Grischuk, Vincent Keymer, Lev Polugaevsky, Salo Flohr, and Ernst Grünfeld – to […]
Using an engine to find out how many moves in a game match its top choice, is but one way to measure a move’s quality with an engine. Another key way is what analysts such as Ken Regan use: a tool to compare the engine’s evaluation of a move with its own choice of best […]