Game 3 of the 1972 match between Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky has been analysed countless times. But there are still many open questions and new discoveries to be made. Karsten Müller invites you to help him solve the riddles emerging from this fascinating, historic encounter.
Monthly Archives: January 2024
Gukesh D. and Nodirbek Abdusattorov scored full points on Wednesday to go into the second rest day of the Tata Steel Masters sharing the lead with 6½/10 points. Sharing third place at a half-point distance are Praggnanandhaa R. and Anish Giri, while Ian Nepomniachtchi is one of four players standing a half point further back […]
Five games ended decisively, all favouring the player who had the white pieces, in round 9 of the Tata Steel Masters. Praggnanandhaa R. and Nodirbek Abdusattorov scored victories and joined the 4-player leading pack, which also includes Gukesh D. and Anish Giri. Former co-leader Alireza Firouzja, on his part, was defeated by Alexander Donchenko. Firouzja […]
FIDE and World Chess are set to launch a Women’s Wednesday Online Tournament series, a a groundbreaking move to elevate women’s participation and recognition in the world of chess. The weekly event, hosted on the FIDE Online Arena platform (chessarena.com), and represents a significant stride in empowering women within the chess community. Press release.
The 84th Armenian National Championships held at the Petrosian Chess House in Tbilisi ended with a victory for Robert Hovhanissyan. Manuel Petrosyan won the silver medal ahead of Zaven Andriasian, who had the same number of points but the worse tiebreak. Susanna Gaboyan won the 79th Women’s Championship. | Photos: Official page
The 9th European Team Championship was played in Haifa, Israel, 35 years ago. There are many reasons why it was a notable landmark in history. It was the last time the unbeatable team from the Soviet Union took part. And it was the first time in over 25 years that they set foot on Israeli […]
In the second segment of our problem-solving experiment, we invited a former world champion of chess solving (!) to answer the unorthodox chess puzzles, featured in our Dec. 31st article. This strong grandmaster breezed past the first two problems, and so we gave a final composition which proved to be slightly more challenging for the […]
By beating none other than world champion Ding Liren, Alireza Firouzja joined the leading pack at the Tata Steel Masters in Wijk aan Zee. The remaining decisive result of the round saw Ian Nepomniachtchi defeating former co-leader Nodirbek Abdusattorov. Meanwhile, in the Challengers, Marc’Andria Maurizzi beat Saleh Salem and leapfrogged him in the standings. Maurizzi […]
Since we can’t hope to emulate the calculating ability of modern engines, what we must do is to plough a sensible course, in which we calculate as much as possible within the constraints of the time limit, aiming for positions to play in which we feel reasonably comfortable. There’s little advantage in going for some […]
The organisers in Stavanger have announced the participants of the upcoming Norway Chess Tournament. As a novelty, a women’s tournament will now be organised in parallel under the same conditions as the open event from 27 May to 7 June. Each tournament will feature six players, with both world champions included — Ju Wenjun and […]