Unbelievable but true! Svitlana Demchenko and Arne Kaehler are celebrating their 100th episode of “Svitlana’s Smart Moves”. It all started in April 2021, and has now reached a magical number. In the video, Svitlana and Arne take a look at some superlatives of the past episodes: the most and least viewed, the shortest, the longest, […]
Monthly Archives: July 2024
With the US team in the over 50s tournament and England 1 in the over 65s tournament, the two favourite teams won the gold medals at the Senior World Team Championships. The women’s titles went to Estonia (over 50s) and Latvia (over 65s) in the Baltic States. Photo: All winners | Photo: Mark Livshitz
Fabiano Caruana continues to impress at the SuperUnited Tournament in Croatia. The US star entered the third day of action as the sole leader and scored three consecutive wins to win the rapid section and go into the final two days of blitz with a 3-point lead over Wesley So. The remaining US representative, Levon […]
The second season of the Global Chess League will be held at Friends House in London from 3 to 12 October 2024. The six “franchises” of the second edition of the tournament and the companies behind the teams were unveiled in a press release. | Photo: The Triveni Continental Kings, the winners of the Global […]
Fabiano Caruana emerged as sole leader after rounds 4-6 were played on Thursday at the SuperUnited Tournament in Croatia. Wesley So, who grabbed 1 win and 2 draws for a second consecutive day, stands in sole second place, while a resurgent Gukesh is now tied for third with Alireza Firouzja and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave. | Photo: […]
It was announced today that Magnus Carlsen’s mother, Sigrun Øen, died on Monday after a long illness surrounded by her family. Sigrun Øen was a chemist, but gave up her profession after the birth of her children, and accompanied her son Magnus Carlsen together with her husband and daughters to numerous chess tournaments. Sigrun Øen […]
We all love the dragon for it’s attacking play against the king on the queen-side. But how can one attack the king on the king-side? Chris Ward has not only an answer to that, but actually dives deep into the the psychology of king-side attacking, and how to actually get an advantage on the queen-side […]
The first three rounds of rapid action at the SuperUnited Rapid & Blitz Tournament in Croatia saw Maxime Vachier-Lagrave scoring two wins and one draw to become the early sole leader in Zagreb. MVL defeated Levon Aronian and Ivan Saric in the first two rounds before holding a draw in a pawn-down endgame against Wesley […]
For a chess player, chess pieces are like special tools in a toolbox. We need to know how best to use them, just as a craftsman knows his tools. We shouldn’t use a screwdriver to hammer in a nail; and we shouldn’t write off the king as a vulnerable creature in need of constant care […]
The third event of the 2024 Grand Chess Tour is the SuperUnited Rapid & Blitz Croatia, the second of three speed chess events. The tournament is taking place on July 10-14 in Zagreb. The event starts with 9 rounds of rapid action, followed by 18 rounds of blitz. Included in the field are the next […]