The FIDE Centenary celebrations include some new and promising projects in cooperation with the World Federation for Chess Competition. In November, the World Youth Solving Championships for girls and boys will be held in Florianópolis, the capital of southern Brazil’s Santa Catarina state, where juniors will be solving eight problems and endgames on November 4, […]
Monthly Archives: July 2024
For a sunny chess summer, there are three great offers available only this week (29 July to 4 August): the ChessBase Magazine subscription for €99.90 (instead of €109.80) and the bundles Ganguly: Endgame Essentials 1 & 2 for €49.90 (instead of €69.90) and Nick Pert: Typical Mistakes for €59.90 (instead of €79.90). All at a […]
The World Rapid and Blitz Team Championships will be officially opened on 1 August in Astana, Kazakhstan. The five-day event will feature both the world champion, Ding Liren, and the world’s top-rated player, Magnus Carlsen, alongside a star-stunned lineup of super-grandmasters playing alongside amateur players. Rounds 1-4 of the rapid are set to take place […]
Pieces have various roles in different stages of the game. Have you heard of ‘marathon bishops’? GM Sundararajan Kidambi explores the concept, which he found while going through GM Axel Smith’s book on colour complexes. Check out the detailed analysis, which employed a game by living legend Boris Gelfand to enrich your understanding of this […]
The 110th edition of the British Chess Championship is taking place from 27 July to 4 August in Hull. The main event is a 9-round Swiss open featuring 86 participants. Defending champion Michael Adams is one of four players rated 2600 or above – David Howell, Gawain Jones and Luke McShane are the remaining three. […]
Boris Spassky, world champion from 1969 to 1972, is regarded as a universal player. He played 1.e4 and 1.d4 and was equally at home in dynamic tactical positions as he was in positional-strategic ones. And he was a feared attacking player. It’s no wonder that he managed a few nice queen sacrifices in the course […]
The long Portuguese chess summer has begun with the national league. AX Gaia won with aplomb. The championship and the battle to stay in the league would have been more exciting if two double rounds had not ensured that the decisions were made at midnight. Our Lisbon correspondent Stefan Löffler reports. | Pictured: Estrelas São […]
Hector Guifarro had a troubled childhood. At the age of 19, he “made a bad choice” which landed him in prison. Chess was his way out. This is his story. Guifarro remarked: “Prison is where I found the game of chess. It kept me out of trouble. It built my confidence and made me believe […]
The final round of the US Senior and Junior Championships was played yesterday at the Saint Louis Chess Club. Vladimir Akopian (pictured) won the US Senior Championship with a round to spare, while Christoper Yoo and Alice Lee won the US Junior Championships. | Photo: Lennart Ootes / Saint Louis Chess Club
The final day of action at the Biel Chess Festival saw Rinat Jumabayev emerging victorious in the Masters Open (MTO). Jumabayev tied for first with former leader Leon Luke Mendonca, Ayush Sharma and Mukhiddin Madaminov, and outscored all three on tiebreak criteria. In the Masters Triathlon, meanwhile, Praggnanandhaa climbed to third place by beating Abhimanyu […]