Possibly readers would enjoy a little bit of behind-the-scenes information on how chess composers work together. As always, this will be supplemented by endgame studies.| Photo: Midjourney
Monthly Archives: September 2023
The Isle of Man plays host once more to the chess world’s crème de la crème, as the 3rd FIDE Grand Swiss and 2nd FIDE Women’s Grand Swiss tournaments are set to launch on 25 October. The return of these prestigious world championship qualifying competitions to the Isle of Man marks a momentous occasion. Over […]
With a remarkable performance, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave got to beat Magnus Carlsen in two consecutive matches to win the AI Cup, the sixth and final ‘regular’ event of the 2023 Champions Chess Tour. Carlsen had defeated MVL in the final of the winners’ bracket, before the Frenchman gained the right to a rematch by beating Ian […]
Drama and excitement dominated the final round of the World Senior Team Championship. In the end, the United States (pictured), England and Iceland reached the podium in the S50 section, while Germany Lasker Schachstiftung GK, England and Slovakia finished in the top three spots in the S65 category. | Photo: Mark Livshitz
ChessBase 17 offers a unique variety of functions for players and coaches. For beginners this complexity is challenging – even though every function is described in the manual (printed 500 pages). For this reason, Walter Saumweber, author of many Microsoft topics, has written a book about ChessBase 17 in which he deliberately concentrates on those […]
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave proved to be a worthy opponent for Magnus Carlsen in the final of the AI Cup winners’ bracket. In the end, however, the Norwegian prevailed in Armageddon. In the losers’ bracket, Ian Nepomniachtchi defeated Alireza Firouzja, while Anish Giri got the better of Shakhriyar Mamedyarov.
For the first time in its history, Wieza Pomot Pegow managed to win the Polish Team Championship. The event was held as a 10-team round-robin tournament in Lublin. Almost all German national players were successfully involved in various teams. Votum SA Polonia Wrocław and KSz Hetman Płock finished in clear second and third place, respectively. […]
Jeremy Silman (1954-2023) got hooked on chess after the Bobby Fischer boom, discovered his writing talent, and went on to get paid handsomely for chess lessons. Last Thursday, the Californian bestselling author died after a long illness. Stefan Löffler sent us an obituary. | Photos: JeremySilman.com
Ian Nepomniachtchi collected four wins and a loss on the final day of action at the Levitov Chess Week to claim clear tournament victory with 12½ (out of 18) points. Nepo had also won the first edition of the event sponsored by Ilya Levitov back in 2019. This time around, he finished two points ahead […]
Shortly after the Speed Chess tournament, Magnus Carlsen and Hikaru Nakamura faced each other again, this time in rapid chess. Carlsen demonstrated his fantastic endgame skills in the very first game and went on to win the match. The other quarterfinal winners were Ian Nepomniachtchi, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave.