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Monthly Archives: September 2023
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave won the Tata Steel Chess India Rapid with 7 points and an undefeated performance. The Frenchman distanced himself from the rest of the field by 1½ points with a round to spare. Teimour Radjabov finished in sole second place with 5½ points, while Praggnanandha Rameshbabu, Alexander Grischuk and Vidit Gujrathi scored 5 points […]
On Friday 8 September, the best players in the USA and Garry Kasparov will begin to explore the depths of Fischer Random Chess (Chess 960 or “Chess 9LX”) in Saint Louis. They will be competing for a prize fund of no less than $150,000. Before the tournament, however, the players and sponsor Rex Sinquefield want […]
ChessBase Magazine offers a window to the world of professional chess. The latest issue, CBM 215 is just out. Here our columnist, Nagesh Havanur takes a look at a recent issue. 162 games (41 annotated), decisive encounters from World Championship deeply annotated. 12 opening surveys, 3 opening videos, 9 demo lectures and several exercises for […]
Jennifer Shahade herself founded the women’s program in the US Chess Federation, but is now stepping down as its director. In a Facebook post, Shahade cited the way the chess federation reacted – or failed to react – after Shahade accused GM Alejandro Ramirez, who was then working as a coach for the federation, of […]
Day 1 of the World Women’s Team Championship saw two rounds played in each pool. Three teams scored back-to-back wins — Kazakhstan is the only squad in pool A with 4/4 match points before round 3, while the United States and China are sharing first place with perfect scores in pool B. The pool stage […]
Out of the four players who were sharing the lead after the first day of action at Tata Steel India Rapid tournament, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave recorded the best score in rounds 4-6. The Frenchman is now the sole leader in Kolkata with 4½ out of 6 points. Teimour Radjabov stands in sole second place, a half […]
The World Cup had it’s fair share of underdog surprises in the first round. Robert Ris decided to pick a game from round three, though! Anish Giri faced Nijat Abasov, and in the tiebreaker, the GM from Azerbaijan played aggressive moves, which caused a lot of trouble for Giri. Ris shows us exactly, how the […]
The World’s Women’s Team Championship is taking place on September 6-11 in Bydgoszcz, Poland. Twelve teams of four players are divided into two pools of approximate strength according to the teams’ average rating, with the best eight advancing to a double-round knockout stage. The time control is 45 minutes for the whole game, plus 10-second […]
There has been an official announcement from the UK Government of a package of measures that will support the England teams, our best juniors, new tournaments and our deaf and blind players. This is the culmination of a 25-year quest and a 12-month-long campaign. Initiator Malcolm Pein tells us how it all came about and […]