Tan Zhongyi takes the lead in the six-game Women’s Candidates Final after defeating Lei Tingjie in one of the most exciting games of the year. In a double-edged struggle that emerged out of an English Opening, which saw Tan giving up a couple of pawns early on, Lei was the one making the last mistake. […]
Monthly Archives: March 2023
Grandmaster (GM) Leon Mendonca is a rising star in the chess world and one of India’s most promising young talents. Recently, he won the HIT Open 2023 in Slovenia, with an insane 9 out of 9 points. In this ChessBase article, Leon provides an in-depth analysis of three of his games from the tournament, offering […]
Toronto will host the 2024 FIDE Candidates and Women’s Candidates, scheduled for April 3-25, with a prize fund of EUR 750,000. It will be the first time in chess history that both events will be held at the same time and venue, and also the first time that the Candidates Tournament will be held in […]
The 2023 Women’s Candidates Final is taking place in Chongqing (China) from March 29 to April 5. Chinese grandmasters Lei Tingjie and Tan Zhongyi face each other in a six-game classical chess match. The winner will receive €60,000 and the right to challenge the current women’s world champion, Ju Wenjun, for the title in July.
The third round of the Women’s Grand Prix in New Delhi was played on Tuesday. Three of four games finished drawn for a second day in a row, and also for the second day running, Bibisara Assaubayeva was the only player to collect a full point. The 19-year-old beat Nino Batsiashvili with the white pieces. […]
16-year-old Dommaraju Gukesh is one of the brightest talents of India and World Chess. He is now World no.18 with a FIDE Rating of 2730. The current India no.2 graced the ChessBase India Chess Club with his presence on Saturday, 18th March 2023. There was a big challenge in front of him – he was […]
The “Ginger GM” Simon Williams enjoys playing the Dragon a lot, but is an even bigger fan of the Dragadorf. But, what happens if the opponent plays the interesting 6.f4 Levenfish variation for White? Simon Williams knew the answer and dominated his opponent. Chris Ward analysed the game closely, and found some interesting options for […]
Castling in endgame studies is a rich and entertaining topic – be it real castling, the threat of castling, or even just retroanalysis that proves that castling is impossible. Last year we began a new series in which we chronologically explore the most interesting endgame studies with castling ideas. We aim at a mix between […]
The second-round games of the Women’s Grand Prix in New Delhi were played on Monday. Bibisara Assaubayeva, the 19-year-old IM from Kazakhstan, is the only player who has so far scored a win in the tournament, as she defeated India’s Vaishali Rameshbabu with black. A look at the standings does not help much at the […]
It is usual for rook endgames to end in a draw. At least, they usually have a strong tendency to do so. Recently young grandmaster Iniyan visited our company and showed us a position from one of his games which should be won by White. But he needed to work very hard to do so. […]