Chris Ward gathered not one, not two, but three beautiful Dragon examples for us. The key features in this episode are the d5 break, the Rook on the c-file, and the explosive c4 square! In typical fashion, Chris explains his thoughts, plans, ideas and more about the most recent Sicilian games. | Photo: John Upham
Monthly Archives: August 2024
During the FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Team Championships in Astana, a player from the all-Chinese team, Decade China, made headlines: Pang Bo! The 26-year-old dominated the amateur board, winning every single Rapid game and excelling in the Blitz section. His official FIDE rating is 1400, but he has yet to play an international tournament […]
On Saturday, the traditional Riga Tech University Chess Festival, organised to mark FIDE’s 100 year anniversary, began in the Latvian capital Riga with a blitz tournament. Indian Grandmaster Iniyan Pa won with 10.0/11, half a point ahead of German IM Jakob Pajeken. The main tournament began on Monday with almost 300 players.
The WR Chess Team was unable to defend the title of World Rapid Team champions. Instead, Wadim Rosenstein’s squas won the new title in the blitz category. WR Chess narrowly defeated MGD1 in the final encounter. Chessy, with Richard Rapport on the top board, and Al-Ain ACMG UAE, which won the rapid event, were the […]
Gawain Jones defeated David Howell in a hard-fought series of rapid and blitz tiebreakers to win the 110th edition of the British Championship in Hull. After drawing their classical encounter, the contenders for the title traded wins in the first set of rapid tiebreakers, which meant the Championship would be decided in blitz – Jones […]
Normally, the three Fritztrainers by the Indian Super-Grandmasters individually add up to €169.70. Bought together the bundle costs €94.90. But this week in our Summer Special you can get all three for €59.90! That is a massive saving. They are products that will directly add to your playing strength, and entertain you at the same […]
The final four rounds of the World Rapid Team Championship were played on Sunday in Astana. Al-Ain ACMG UAE, which entered the final day of action in the lead, won the event after achieving a close victory over Theme International Trading in the twelfth round – thanks to a clutch win by Daniil Dubov on […]
As we try to improve our chess, much of the work involves considerable analysis, which is hugely expedited by talking to our silicon masters. The important thing, however, is not merely to sit at the Oracle’s feet and genuflect, but to ask sufficient questions so as to develop our own understanding and, on a very […]
After 8 out of 12 rounds at the World Rapid Team Championship in Astana, the Al-Ain ACMG UAE have taken the lead with 14/16 match points – Daniil Dubov, Parham Maghsoodloo and Vladislav Artemiev play on the top three boards of the Emirati team. Decade China, led by world champion Ding Liren, stand in sole […]
Two of the big favourites to win the British Championship clinched crucial victories on Saturday to go into the final round in shared first place – top seed David Howell and third seed Gawain Jones. Only the co-leaders or Matthew Wadsworth, who is the one player standing a half point back, have chances of grabbing […]