In a new article published on Forbes India, former world champion Vishy Anand reflects on how India has come to be recognised as a global chess powerhouse. Anand writes: “So, when I started the academy with Westbridge Capital, the idea wasn’t just to get Indians to play chess, but to see how we can get […]
Monthly Archives: June 2023
Endgame theory consists of various concepts. Unlike the opening, the theory in the endgame is not getting influenced by the computer. Knowing certain concepts will always help to understand various endgame theories. Correspondence squares is one of those must-know concepts. Is it only limited to pawn endgame? GM Sundararajan Kidambi explores a concept which he […]
The Aimchess Rapid Play-In featured a number of top-notch grandmasters, who had to go through a difficult open event to fight for a spot in the next stage of the Champions Chess Tour. Magnus Carlsen, Wesley So, Levon Aronian and Eduardo Iturrizaga made it through in the end. GM Karsten Müller followed the games closely […]
The Kasparov Chess Foundation, in association with the European Chess Academy and the Trainers Commission of the European Chess Union, present the first European conference for chess trainers. The event will take place during the SuperUnited Rapid & Blitz tournament in Zagreb, the third stage of this year’s Grand Chess Tour.
GM Aleksandar Indjic and WIM Marina Gajcin are the new chess champions of Serbia. Indjic notched up his fourth victory in the national championship, while Gajcin took her maiden title. The Serbian Championships 2023 took place on June 6–14 in Senta, with the open and women’s tournaments running concurrently. Both competitions were 10-player round robins […]
The fifth edition of the Prague Chess Festival will take place on June 21-30 at the Don Giovanni Hotel in the Czech capital. The Masters Tournament is a 10-player single round-robin with Wang Hao, Sam Shankland and defending champion Pentala Harikrishna (pictured) as the top seeds. The lineup also includes German star Vincent Keymer and […]
The Cairns Cup is the strongest privately organized women’s tournament in the world. The third edition of the event came to an end on Monday, with Anna Zatonskih stunning the chess world by winning the closed competition with a round to spare. Alexandra Kosteniuk finished in second place, after grabbing three wins in a row […]
Dommaraju Gukesh, who just turned 17, is the youngest player among the Top 20 in the world ranking, and he continues to climb up the rating ladder. Those who are keen to learn something from his great chess talent can get invaluable lessons from the master himself in the FritzTrainer ‘Attack like a Super Grandmaster’. […]
Everybody knows one of the most famous chess games ever played, right? Interestingly, Svitlana just recently discovered Anderssen’s Immortal game against Kiseritzky! Looking at this game is similar to reading a great book, or watching a fantastic movie over and over again. It never gets old, it is extraordinary, and it is entertaining! But if […]
More than 30 years since its inception, ‘First Saturday’ is still going strong. Constantly reinventing itself, it has been kicking and running against all odds. Most of today’s top professionals have succumbed to the attraction of this ingenious concept that aims at providing chess players with the opportunity to earn norms and subsequently further their […]