Faustino Oro scored 6½/9 points at the “Cerrado IM Barcelona” to become the youngest International Master in the history of chess. The Argentine prodigy gained his third IM norm at 10 years, 8 months and 16 days, thus breaking Abhimanyu Mishra’s record by less than a month. Remarkably, Oro has already surpassed the 2400-rating mark […]
Monthly Archives: June 2024
In 1921 World Champion Emanuel Lasker played a match against challenger José Raúl Capablanca. Game 10 saw the Cuban gain an advantage with the black pieces, but with limited material on the board Lasker had chances of survival. The game is particularly interesting from move 39 to 43, where there are several interesting riddles we […]
Fabiano Caruana obtained a convincing victory over Bogdan-Daniel Deac to become the sole leader at the Superbet Chess Classic in Bucharest. Tied for second place are Indian prodigies Praggnanandhaa and Gukesh. On Saturday, Pragg got the better of Anish Giri in a gripping 80-move encounter. | Photo: Lennart Ootes
The Global Chess League, a joint initiative between the International Chess Federation and Tech Mahindra, is set for a highly anticipated second edition in London. The 10-day, one-of-a-kind chess league featuring top players will take place at Friends House, located in the heart of central London, from October 3 to 12. Building on the success […]
When FIDE created the inaugural list of grandmasters, in 1950, there were 27 of them. Today, there are more than 1,850. “There are too many grandmasters,” said GM Nigel Short, FIDE director for chess development. “To call me grandmaster adds nothing. They are two a penny.” Dylan Loeb McClain writes about the situation in this […]
Fabiano Caruana and D Gukesh continue to share the lead at the Superbet Chess Classic in Bucharest, as the one decisive result of round 2 saw Alireza Firouzja beating Nodirbek Abdusattorov. Since Firouzja had lost to Caruana in the first round, this victory only allowed him to return to a fifty-percent score. Importantly, co-leader Caruana […]
Knights are the pieces with the most complicated moves. Beginners know this, but professionals are also often painfully reminded of this when they overlook forks. Jan Markos goes in search of the secret life of the knights…
In an in-depth interview, the founder and CEO of ChessBase India, Sagar Shah, talks about how chess is developing in India and what projects are keeping him busy. The interview was conducted by Stefan Liebig for the German chess magazine Schach 64 and tells us about Sagar’s professional career, and his work with top Indian […]
The Superbet Chess Classic saw two out of five games ending decisively on the first day of action. Fabiano Caruana and D Gukesh became the early co-leaders by beating Alireza Firouzja and Bogdan-Daniel Deac respectively. Both games featured considerable changes in evaluation, as the double-edged positions that appeared on the boards provoked mistakes by all […]
The second event of the 2024 Grand Chess Tour is the Superbet Chess Classic, a 10-player single round-robin taking place from June 26 to July 5 at the Grand Hotel Bucharest. Defending champion Fabiano Caruana is the rating favourite, while Ian Nepomniachtchi and Nodirbek Abdusattorov are the second and third seeds respectively. | Follow the […]