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Monthly Archives: March 2025
England’s top female chess players are turning out among a strong field to compete for the Menchik Memorial title. The 2025 tournament will take place at the London Mindsports Centre in Hammersmith from March 20 to 24. The tournament is named after Vera Francevna Menchik (1906-1944), the pioneering chess player who became the first Women’s […]
The Prague International Chess Festival offers a wide variety of events, catering to both competitive players and chess enthusiasts. Among them is the problem-solving competition, which was held for the second time on 28 February. Milan Petras won the event, scoring 55 points, ahead of Dimitra Amiridou and Sahib Hasanzada. A notable feature of this […]
With ChessBase 18, you can not only analyse your own games professionally – as we have already shown in the first four parts of the tutorial – you can also comment on them individually. There are several methods for doing this, and they can be linked together. The comments can be entered as text or […]
The Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour 2025 moves to Paris from April 7 to 14, bringing together 12 top grandmasters for the second Grand Slam event of the year. Held at the Pavillon Chesnaie du Roy, the tournament features a round-robin phase followed by a knockout stage with classical time controls. Magnus Carlsen, reigning World […]
The 2025 World Junior Chess Championship took place from 26 February to 7 March in Petrovac, Montenegro, featuring nearly 260 players from 67 countries. GM Pranav Venkatesh won gold in the open section with an unbeaten 9/11, while WIM Anna Shukhman secured victory in the girls’ event with the same score. The competition saw strong […]
Efim Geller was born on 8 March 1925, a hundred years ago today. Between 1950 and 1970, he was one of the best players in the world, even though he never managed to become world champion. Geller’s record against the world champions is remarkable – mostly positive. | Photo: Hugo van Gelderen (Anefo)
GM Mateusz Bartel is scheduled to deliver a live lecture at the Kasparov Chess Foundation (KCF) Academy on March 9, 2025, at 6:00 PM CET. This event is part of KCF Academy’s ongoing training program, crafted to provide high-quality chess education worldwide.
The seventh edition of the Prague Chess Festival concluded with Aravindh Chithambaram winning the Masters section after securing an undefeated 6/9 score. His final-round draw against Ediz Gürel ensured victory as Anish Giri defeated Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu, the only player who could have caught him. In the Challengers section, Nodirbek Yakubboev claimed first place after defeating […]
Fabiano Caruana won the Champions Showdown 2025 in Saint Louis. On the last day of action, Caruana defended his lead in the three-game mini-match against Ray Robson with victories in blitz and the semi-classical game. Wesley So finished second, ahead of Levon Aronian. | Photo: Lennart Ootes