Magnus Carlsen, investor Jan Henric Buettner and VC Left Lane Capital launched a new company to establish a tournament series that aims to revolutionise the world of chess. The event series will showcase the world’s best chess players in a new format which aims to be attractive for media, spectators and consumers. The participants will […]
Monthly Archives: July 2024
Last week we showed you some chess puzzles of a different kind – some were quite easy, some pretty hard. They were at least most entertaining, bringing smiles to our faces. Today we show you the solutions, and video of a strong chess player solving the problems in real time.
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave won the third event in this year’s Champions Chess Tour, the CrunchLabs Masters, after beating Alireza Firouzja in the Armageddon decider of the Division I Grand Final. MVL thus secured a spot in the tour’s Finals, set to take place over-the-board at the end of the year. The deciding match saw the contenders […]
Le Quang Liem once again showed that the Triathlon format suits him perfectly, as he defeated Praggnanandhaa R on Wednesday to claim his third consecutive tournament victory in the Biel Masters – with a round to spare! In the Challengers, which was won by Saleh Salem on Tuesday, Alexander Donchenko defeated Vaishali R to secure […]
On July 20, 2024, for the 100th anniversary of its founding, FIDE planned a monumental event. It is a quest to set the Guinness World Record for the most chess games played in 24 hours, asking players all over the world to help achieve this goal. They are asked to play at least one 5-min […]
Two very different Grand Finals were seen in Division II and Division III of the CrunchLab Masters. While Alexander Grischuk needed two matches (seven games in total, including an Armageddon) to take down Vidit Gujrathi in Division II, Arjun Erigaisi quickly defeated Evgeny Alekseev by a 2½-½ score in Division III. The Division I Grand […]
Saleh Salem secured tournament victory at the Challengers Triathlon in Biel after beating Vaishali Rameshbabu with the white pieces on Tuesday. The Emirati GM was declared the winner thanks to his whopping 11-point lead over Alexander Donchenko. In Biel’s flagship event, the Masters Triathlon, on the other hand, there were no winners at the start […]
Pictorial portraits of ten chess players from many different countries, engaged in various sections (GMT Masters Triathlon, GMT Challengers Triathlon, Masters Open, and Amateur Open) at the 57th edition of the Biel Chess Festival. An unparalleled mix of chess activities! Our author, who lives in Biel, presents both known and unknown faces from the Festival […]
Surya Ganguly, the experienced GM from West Bengal, is playing at the Masters Open Tournament in Biel. In an entertaining interview conducted by Arne Kaehler, Surya shares anecdotes from his lengthy chess career and responds to rather unexpected questions. Not to be missed!
Alireza Firouzja advanced to the Division I Grand Final in the online CrunchLab Masters by beating Ian Nepomniachtchi in the losers’ bracket final. On Wednesday, following a rest day, Firouzja will face Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, who had already defeated Firouzja in the winners’ bracket final. In Division II, Alexander Grischuk and Vidit Gujrathi reached the Grand […]