The fifth Hungarian Parachess Championship, held from 22–25 May, brought together visually impaired, hearing impaired, physically disabled players and organ transplant recipients in a unique national event. Organised by the Hungarian Chess Federation, FODISZ and the Hungarian Paralympic Committee, the tournament celebrated inclusion and sporting spirit. FM Zoltán Zambó won overall gold, with strong performances […]
Monthly Archives: May 2025
The First Continental Chess Championships for Prisoners, held from 13 to 23 May 2025, brought together 77 teams from across five continents in a milestone event under FIDE’s Chess for Freedom initiative. Incarcerated players competed in high-level, organised tournaments across Open, Women’s and Youth sections. With standout performances from Zimbabwe, El Salvador, Serbia and India, […]
In this episode of Svitlana’s Smart Moves, Svitlana and Arne analyse a historic World Championship game from the 1985 match between Karpov and Kasparov. The focus is on Kasparov’s bold pawn sacrifice, 9…d5, in the Sicilian, which showcases deep home preparation and leads to him getting a powerful “octopus knight” on d3. The analysis reveals […]
The Kasparov Chess Foundation is pleased to announce that grandmaster Michael Prusikin will be delivering a live lecture at KCF Academy on Sunday, June 1. Prusikin is a German chess grandmaster and a renowned chess coach, originally from Kharkiv, Ukraine, born on January 19, 1978. Alongside his playing career, he has always focused on chess […]
Magnus Carlsen took the sole lead at the 2025 Norway Chess tournament by defeating Arjun Erigaisi in classical play during round four. World champion Gukesh Dommaraju and Wei Yi both scored 1½ points in their respective mini-matches, prevailing in Armageddon after drawing their classical games against Fabiano Caruana and Hikaru Nakamura. With a rest day […]
Round four of the Norway Chess Women tournament saw Sara Khadem score her first classical win by defeating Lei Tingjie with black, climbing to fourth place in the standings. Anna Muzychuk and Humpy Koneru, the tournament co-leaders, both lost their Armageddon games – to Vaishali Rameshbabu and Ju Wenjun respectively – but continue to share […]
World Chess and the Algorand Foundation propose levelling the playing field with a “chess passport”. In a whitepaper published last month, World Chess (LSE: CHSS) and the Algorand Foundation (ALGO) conceptualize a new blockchain-based system that would establish secure, private, and verifiable credentials for global sports organizations, including chess.
Round three of the Norway Chess Women tournament saw Humpy Koneru join Anna Muzychuk in the lead after scoring a classical win over Sara Khadem. Muzychuk, meanwhile, held a draw with black in her Armageddon game against Lei Tingjie and thus secured 1½ points. In the third matchup, Ju Wenjun defeated Vaishali Rameshbabu in a […]
Two classical victories marked the third round of the Norway Chess super-tournament in Stavanger. Fabiano Caruana continued his remarkable comeback by defeating Arjun Erigaisi with the white pieces, thus becoming the sole leader on 6 points. World champion Gukesh Dommaraju also collected a full 3 points after convincingly beating Hikaru Nakamura, bouncing back from a […]
Chris Ward and Arne dive into recent developments in the Dragon and Dragadorf variations of the Sicilian Defence, analysing three instructive games. They focus particularly on hybrid lines like the Dragadorf, where Black mixes ideas from both the Dragon and Najdorf, experimenting with early …a6 and …h5 setups. A major highlight is the analysis of […]