The Candidates Tournament and the Women’s Candidates Tournament will be played simultaneously next year in Toronto. Four spots are still up for grabs in the open event, while three participants remain to be decided among the women. In both cases, two spots will be decided in the upcoming Grand Swiss tournaments. Let us recap who […]
Monthly Archives: October 2023
The recently completed Qatar Masters 2023 was a quite strong event and, as usual, a lot of interesting games and subjects were in the daily menu. In the first instalment of this series world leading chess trainer GM Efstratios Grivas showed us why the endgame of rook vs. two minor pieces is a difficult one […]
Playing with the knight is easy and enjoyable if the position of your opponent resembles a Swiss cheese. If his pawn structure is full of holes, you simply transfer the knight to the best possible outpost and then enjoy watching how it destroys your opponent’s army. However, things get much more difficult when your opponent’s […]
The recently completed Qatar Masters 2023 was a quite strong event and, as usual, a lot of interesting games and subjects were in the daily menu. The endgame of rook vs. two minor pieces is a difficult one to understand and master. Using games from the above event, the world leading chess trainer, grandmaster Efstratios […]
In this video course you will learn about basic chess opening strategies, which can help you start your chess game. Become familiar with the most famous chess trap, winning in just four moves: Scholar’s Mate – and how to defend against it. But there is so much more! You will become acquainted with the Golden […]
Magdeburg is a city steeped in history, including a long chess tradition. Every year an international open is held, this year for the 28th time. Over 200 players took part. The victory went to the only grandmaster in the field, Oleg Korneev. Bettina Trabert reports.| Photo: A view into the tournament hall | Photos: Bettina […]
The Spanish Championships were held in Marbella this year, a nine round Swiss, in which men and women played in the same tournament. In the end, Eduardo Iturrizaga and Sarasadat Khademalsharieh won the titles. With 7.0/9 Iturrizaga shared first with Alan Pichot and Maksim Chigaev, but won the tournament on tiebreak. Khademalsharieh finished with 6.0/, […]
Magnus Calrlsen’s disastrous loss to Alisher Suleymenov in Qatar has gone round the world, partly because it was an excellent game but mainly because it was so unusual: Carlsen’s first defeat by such a relatively “weak” opponent since the Norwegian Championship of 2006! Unusual but not really that shocking. Anybody can have an off day, […]
The strongest Swiss event of the year is around the corner. On the scenic Isle of Man, the first round starts on 25 October. The Grand Swiss is a pivotal part of the FIDE World Championship cycle, as the top two players in the final standings of the open event and the women’s event will […]
The 2023 edition of the World Junior Championships took place at the end of September in Mexico City. Marc’Andria Maurizzi from France and Candela Francisco from Argentina won the open and women’s sections respectively. Such a lengthy and prestigious event saw many games entering notable endgame positions. GM Karsten Müller followed the action and analysed […]