Tan Zhongyi won the fourth classical game of her semifinal match against Aleksandra Goryachkina on Saturday at the Women’s Candidates Tournament in Khiva. It was also the last game of this competition. In view of the three draws previously signed, this victory qualified Tan to play the tournament’s final, where she will face her compatriot […]
Monthly Archives: December 2022
The Italian game was probably one of the very first openings you learned. The reasons are clear: The center is dominated, the minor pieces are active, the king is safe. The Giouco Piano is played by almost every top player in the world. Svitlana is teaching us the “slow” variation, the so-called Giuoco Pianissimo Variation […]
Amos Burn was one of the world’s leading players in the late 19th century. Competing mainly as an amateur in his long career, he was a highly successful player, theoretician, and journalist. Eugene Manlapao takes a look at the life, the career, and the games of this great English player. | Photo Source: www.liverpoolmuseum.org
On 11 December, IM Lawrence Trent, chess player, author and commentator, will play the most combative chess match of his career at the Galen Center (10,200 seats) in Los Angeles. He will face Canadian GM Aman Hambleton in the main match of the Mogul Chess Boxing Championship. Organiser of the event is the well-known Youtube […]
The 2022 edition of the Speed Chess Championship is in its final stages. Magnus Carlsen returned to participate after losing at the 2020 semifinals, and will be looking to stop Hikaru Nakamura’s reign, who has won every single edition since 2018. In the quarterfinals, Carlsen will face none other than 2018 World Championship challenger Fabiano […]
The Chechen federation has nominated the 2016 World Championship challenger to run against incumbent Andrey Filatov. Karjakin was banned for six months by the FIDE Ethics Commission for advocating Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine and continues to be an ardent supporter of Putin. | Photo: Tass
The second game of the Candidates semi-final in Khiva between Aleksandra Goryachkina and Tan Zhongyi also ended in a draw. As in game one, the Rejected Queen’s Gambit was on the board, this time with Tan Zhongyi leading the white pieces. In the exchange, the Chinese player did not gain any advantage and the game […]
ChessBase Magazine offers a window to the world of professional chess. Issue #210 contains 7578 recent games, (45 annotated) 12 opening surveys, 9 demo lectures and several exercises for training. Annotators include Anish Giri, Ajun Erigaisi, Gabriel Sargissian, Ivan Sokolov, Luke McShane, Pentala Harikrishna, Pragganandhaa, Maria Muzychuk and Wesley So among others. The icing on […]
The match to decide who will face Lei Tingjie in the final of the Women’s Candidates Tournament kicked off on Tuesday in Khiva. Aleksandra Goryachkina had the white pieces, found herself in a slightly inferior position, and in the end managed to get a draw against Tan Zhongyi. | Photo: Timur Sattarov
In Germany, the 6 December is the day of “Nikolaus” – a day for small presents, and on the evening of 5 December children in Germany put out their shoes, hoping that “Nikolaus” will fill them overnight with chocolate, sweets or other presents. To celebrate this nice custom ChessBase offers its customers the new “60 […]