Vasil Ivanchuk’s first visit to Portugal was a complete sporting success. The former world number two now spends a lot of time in Spain. Stefan Löffler spoke to him. | Photos: Federico Marin Bellon (unless otherwise indicated)
Monthly Archives: July 2024
The British National Championships are currently taking place in Hull as a major chess festival with many events for a large variety of players. A number of grandmasters are competing for the title in the Masters Tournament, including defending champion Michael Adams. Live daily from 14.30 local time (last round 11.00 local time)
The tenth game of the 1921 match saw challenger José Raúl Capablanca gain an advantage with the black pieces, but with limited material on the board, World Champion Lasker had chances of survival. We gave our readers several interesting riddles we want to solve. Here is the definitive solution to the historic game.
Two players still have a perfect score after four rounds at the British Championship in Hull: 2017 British champion Gawain Jones and 15-year-old Shreyas Royal. While Jones defeated Matthew Wadsworth with white, Royal stunned top seed David Howell with the black pieces. Stuart Conquest, Ameet Ghasi and Svyatoslav Bazakutsa stand a half point behind the […]
It’s fascinating to see how Slovakian coach Jan Markos explains the strengths and weaknesses of kings at the end of his video course series, and the fascinating examples he has found to illustrate them. | Picture: Image by Tung Thanh from Pixabay
In the second half of July, the Turkish Süper Ligi team championship was decided in a major tournament. The team from Bayegan Pendik Satranc Spor KülübüIn won after a close race, with the best player in the team being 13-year-old Turkish talent Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus, who had a 2730 performance. But the best player of […]
In the second half of July, the Turkish Süper Ligi team championship was decided in a major tournament. The team from Bayegan Pendik Satranc Spor KülübüIn won after a close race, with the best player in the team being 13-year-old Turkish talent Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus, who had a 2730 performance. But the best player of […]
Doesn’t every chess game get decided by mistakes? Absolutely. But most players never truly comprehend that they are making the same kind of mistakes over and over again. The first task is to identify these mistakes and label them. Then the next time you sit at the chessboard, you are aware and able to avoid […]
After three rounds, four players still have perfect scores at the British Championship in Hull. The leading group includes two of the big favourites to take the title, David Howell (pictured) and Gawain Jones, who are joined by 15-year-old Shreyas Royal and Matthew Wadsworth – the latter obtained an upset victory over Luke McShane on […]
International Master and patron Dietmar Kolbus passed away while taking part in the Master Open tournament at the Biel Chess Festival. He had sponsored the SG Trier Bundesliga team for years and then moved with his team to the 4NCL. Kolbus was a great chess enthusiast and regularly played in open tournaments. | Photo: Gerd […]