The Djerba Masters was an 8-player single round-robin featuring a mix of rising stars and experienced grandmasters. In the end, Daniel Dardha and Hans Niemann tied for first place with 4½ points each. Dardha was declared tournament winner thanks to his better tiebreak score. World junior champion Marc’Andria Maurizzi tied for third place with fan […]
Monthly Archives: March 2024
Do you need special batteries to play chess? No, a battery in chess refers to piece formation! A battery is a formation that consists of two or more pieces on the same rank, file, or diagonal. In a more detailed way, a battery refers to a configuration of heavy pieces (rooks or queens) that occupy […]
A smooth victory over Mateusz Bartel allowed Nodirbek Abdusattorov to become the sole leader of the Masters section in the Prague Chess Festival. Praggnanandhaa R and David Navara also scored full points in an eventful fifth round, the last one before the rest day. In the Challengers, Anton Korobov and Ediz Gurel continue to be […]
Two games ended decisively in round 3 of the strong Shenzhen Masters. Yu Yangyi became the sole leader by beating Vladislav Artemiev with the white pieces. Arjun Erigaisi (pictured), meanwhile, bounced back from his loss against Bu Xiangzhi with a fine victory over Anish Giri. | Photo: Liang Ziming
The Freestyle Chess Tournament in Weissenhaus generated a great deal of interest in the chess world. Perhaps we got to see the chess of the future. Given the success of the event, Jan Henric Buettner announced that he plans to continue supporting the royal game. The entrepreneur is now planning a Freestyle Chess Grand Slam. […]
After a quiet round in the Masters section of the Prague Chess Festival — with five draws — Nodirbek Abdusattorov and Parham Maghsoodloo continue to share the lead with 3/4 points each. On the other hand, the Challengers saw three games ending decisively in round 4, with co-leaders Anton Korobov and Ediz Gurel (pictured) both […]
Did you know that your brain makes up just 2% of your body’s weight, but accounts for 20% of its energy use. During a chess game you can burn a lot of calories by just thinking. Intel project manager (and avid chess researcher) Ashwin Subramanian uses the latest monitoring data to analyse the process. He […]
With the top players mainly playing online and freestyle, there has been little change at the top of the rankings. Magnus Carlsen, the current World Champion in Rapid and Blitz, is still the world number one, as he has been since July 2011. Fabiano Caruana follows in second place and is the only other player […]
The Masters and Challengers are the focus of the Prague Chess Festival, but the Open also has a strong line-up and an attractive field. GM Eltaj Safarli from Azerbaijan (Elo 2614) tops the seeding list, followed by Indian GM S.P. Sethuraman in second place, 11 Elo points behind. A total of 267 players are competing […]
Tata Steel 2024: Analyses of the tournament winner Wei Yi as well as Nodirbek Abdusattorov, Alexander Donchenko, Alireza Firouzja, Anish Giri, Erwin l’Ami, Praggnanandhaa, Eline Roebers and Vidit Gujrathi – Mihail Marin looks back at Linares 1992: Kasparov vs. the young generation – French à la Erigaisi: Sergey Grigoriants serves up a fresh idea in […]