In round 7 of the Norway Chess Tournament, the duels between Magnus Carlsen and Alireza Firouzja and Hikaru Nakamura (photo) and Shakhriyar Mamedyarov provided spectacular top chess – with ups and downs and many exciting moments. | Photos: Lennart Ootes/Norway Chess
Monthly Archives: June 2023
You probably have discovered the good news already – Svitlana made a new Fritztrainer: The Leningrad Dutch Defence! The Dutch Defence is a stable counter to the common opening moves 1.d4, c4 or Nf3. The Leningrad variation is particularly fun to play. Svitlana knows the opening by heart, as she played it herself for many […]
It involves six franchises for the inaugural edition, set to reach 600 million viewers in 160 countries. The Global Chess League represents a paradigm shift in chess spectatorship with the inclusion of world-class players and visionary franchise owners. Check out the world class players who will be playing in the League. It’s going to be […]
Monday was Armageddon day in Stavanger. Caruana won his classical game against Abdusattorov, and Nakamura, Carlsen, Gukesh and So improved their scores with Armageddon wins after draws. Fabiano Caruana remains in the lead. | Photos: Lennart Ootes/ Norway Chess
Jon Speelman has an eye for unusual constellations and interesting chess games, and in his column he presents a game that was played recently, but brought back memories of times gone by: “Over the last few weeks, the game which has made much the greatest impression on me is the splendid rapidplay battle between Richard […]
Following two rounds with 4 out of 5 games ending decisively, only Irina Krush and Bella Khotenashvili managed to score full points in round 3 of the Cairns Cup. Krush is now sharing the lead with Alexandra Kosteniuk on 2½ points. Anna Zatonskih stands in sole third place a half point behind the co-leaders. Zatonskih […]
Round 6 of the Norway Chess Tournament promises to be exciting: Magnus Carlsen plays with Black against Aryan Tari and will try to win his first classical game of the tournament, Hikaru Nakamura, the new world number two in the live rankings, plays with Black against Alireza Firouzja, while Gukesh has White against Anish Giri. […]
As a part of the Maharashtra Chess Festival, two chess legends, Peter Svidler and Nigel Short are facing young super-talents Vidit Gujrathi and Raunak Sadhwani. The latter got off to a great start, winning both games. But then the seniors struck back with emphatic victories. In round three the Young Talent won both games. This […]
He drew the Classical game against Nodirbek Abdusattorov (UZB) in Round 5 of 11th Norway Chess 2023, and then was completely winning the Armageddon against the former World Rapid champion Nodirbek Abdusattorov (2731). However, Gukesh decided to repeat moves as draw with Black, which won him the match. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE) and Hikaru Nakamura (USA) […]
Azerbeijani GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, who yesterday was in place nine, smoothly defeated the leader in the event, Fabiano Caruana, and advanced to fifth place. Hikaru Nakamura beat Aryan Tari. D Gukesh, Alireza Firouzja and Magnus Carlsen won their matches in the Armageddon tiebreaks. You can replay all the games with machine analysis on our live […]