A round of draws in Saint Louis allowed Alireza Firouzja to keep his 1-point lead over Fabiano Caruana going into the final day of action at the Sinquefield Cup. These results also granted Firouzja victory in the Grand Chess Tour series with a round to spare. The French representative thus repeated his success from 2022, […]
Monthly Archives: August 2024
Four world-class grandmasters met in a Dutch town for a double round-robin tournament. It was dominated by World Champion Anatoly Karpov, who went into the final round with a 1½-point lead and faced the second-placed GM Vlastimil Hort. Karpov won the game – but could Hort have prevented this happening? That’s an interesting riddle we […]
David Llada is a household name in the world of chess. After working extensively as a chess photographer, he was hired by FIDE as Chief Marketing and Communications Officer. He left the post last year, and only months later asked for permission to work as a photographer for an independent media company (i.e. not FIDE). […]
Alireza Firouzja grabbed his third win of the Sinquefield Cup by beating world champion Ding Liren in Monday’s seventh round. Firouzja now has a full-point lead over Fabiano Caruana with 2 rounds to go. One more game ended decisively in round 7, as Nodirbek Abdusattorov got the better of Wesley So with the white pieces. […]
Take a look at this position. Looks simple enough – just five pieces on the board. But we are asked to find a clear and forced win for White. That requires some unusually subtle strategic moves. Try and solve it, and two other similarly clever problems, which you are sure to find pleasing. Full video […]
New York City will become the epicentre of the chess world as the FIDE World Rapid & Blitz Championships make their North American debut on 26-31 December 2024. The iconic Wall Street backdrop will set the stage for a thrilling competition as the world’s top chess players converge in the heart of global finance. An […]
Alireza Firouzja is still the sole leader after round 6 of the Sinquefield Cup. Sharing second place are Wesley So and Fabiano Caruana, as the latter joined his compatriot in the chasing pack after beating Ian Nepomniachtchi with black on Sunday. Caruana took advantage of a perplexing mistake by Nepo, who played a game-losing blunder […]
The ALREH Akiba Rubinstein Memorial took place on 17-25 August in Polanica Zdroj, Poland. It was a 10-player single round-robin featuring 3 players rated 2700 or above and a host of strong, experienced 2600+ participants completing the lineup. Second seed Vincent Keymer had a formidable start, with 5 wins and 2 draws allowing him to […]
A very special offer awaits you in this week’s summer special – two products that are indispensable for serious chess players are on special offer and available as a bundle: ChessBase 17 and the Opening Encyclopaedia 2024. Take the chance and get both for the summer special price of only €249.90 (instead of €299.90)!
The Chess Olympiad will be hosted by Budapest on 10-23 September. Zeneszöveg.hu and Artisjus organised an international songwriting camp where participants wrote songs to honour this prestigious event. One of these songs, written by Rose May and Raul, has been selected as the official song of the Chess Olympiad.