April saw notable shifts in the FIDE Circuit 2025 leaderboard, with Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu moving into first place after a strong showing in Poland. Vladimir Fedoseev’s victory in Warsaw propelled him to third, while Vasyl Ivanchuk’s success in Menorca earned him fourth. Other key movements include Lu Shanglei rising to eighth and Parham Maghsoodloo entering the […]
Monthly Archives: May 2025
Chess 960, or Freestyle Chess, is currently experiencing a boom with many tournaments and games. The idea is that each new game with an unknown starting position brings new challenges. Now the first major collection of games is available, the Chess 960 Yearbook by Arno Nickel. Hartmut Metz took a look at it.
Prague Chess Festival 2025: Analyses by Aravindh, Giri, Gurel, Navara, Nguyen, Shankland, Wei Yi and others – ‘My favourite miniature’: Entertaining, instructive, short – 27 games under 20 moves, annotated by CBM authors – Dutch vs. London: Yago Santiago counters with 1.d4 f5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bf4 e6 4.e3 Nc6! – ‘Rooks in seventh heaven’: Oliver […]
Vladimir Fedoseev delivered a standout performance at the 2025 Superbet Rapid & Blitz Poland tournament, securing overall victory with three rounds to spare and finishing five points ahead of the field. The Slovenian grandmaster lost only one game out of 27 and posted one of the highest scores in Grand Chess Tour history. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave […]