A badly positioned piece can make the difference between victory and defeat! In his series ‘Practical tips for the tournament player’, Jan Markos develops a winning strategy from this in the new CBM #221: Gain a decisive advantage by taking one of your opponent’s pieces out of the game. In his video, he demonstrates how […]
Monthly Archives: September 2024
With the results of the Sinquefield Cup officially registers, there has been some movement in the top 20 of the world rankings. With his success at the Rubinstein Memorial, Vincent Keymer is now among the top 20 in the world and is also one of the 4 highest-rated juniors. However, Hans Niemann gained even more […]
Time trouble is part of the game. In many cases, players in acute time trouble knock down pieces and don’t fix them before pressing the clock. Some players are very meticulous to fix any displacement in their own time while others are not. Arbiter’s intervention is to be determined in case to case basis. International […]
One of the most popular ideas for my columns here has been to look at great attacking games. Various names have been mentioned, and I’m starting today with a fine example by the Soviet grandmaster Leonid Stein (pictured), one of the greatest attacking players of the mid-20th century. I’ve also continued with the theme of […]
Who hasn’t experienced this? Many hours of good play are spoilt by a careless move. World-class coach Vishnu Prasanna gives tips on how to reduce the frequency of mistakes. His most famous pupil was the young Dommaraju Gukesh, whom he turned into one of the youngest GMs in chess history and who will be fighting […]
‘Update’ is the magic word. Time and again we receive enquiries from users, and the solution is often simple: regular updates keep the programme running smoothly. You can find out how to do this – if you are logged in – in the article.
Venceslav Rutar from Slovenia is organising a match between GM Sam Shankland and GM Surya Sekhar Ganguly on 2-3 September. What’s so special about this event? As Venceslav says, “Draws are not the problem, the problem is how we score them!” A unique scoring system will be used in this match. The traditional system with […]