The fourth season of the Tech Mahindra Global Chess League got under way on Saturday, with the FYERS American Gambits making the strongest start. They won both of their opening-day matches, including a victory over the Triveni Continental Kings, who lost twice. The Ganges Grandmasters and Alpine APL Pipers also began with wins as the […]
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Iranian grandmaster Pouya Idani has switched federations and will now represent France. The 30-year-old, who has lived in Brest since 2023 and has long been active in French club chess, enters the country’s top group of players with a rating above 2600. Idani, a former World Under-18 champion and Iranian Olympiad representative, will nevertheless have […]
The Tech Mahindra Global Chess League returns for its fourth season from 5 to 13 September in Bengaluru, continuing its franchise-based format that combines elite male and female players. Featuring a team structure, the league brings together elite grandmasters and rising stars, with the title to be decided through a double round-robin stage followed by […]
British Grandmaster Daniel King has been one of ChessBase’s most popular and respected trainers for decades. In this Summer Special, all of his video courses are available at heavily reduced prices, including the complete 28 volume Power Play series, opening repertoires, tactical training and endgame courses. A great opportunity to explore Daniel’s best training material […]
Calculating variations, assessing positions accurately and finding the best move at the critical moment: few aspects of practical chess pose a greater challenge to players than concrete calculation. Robert Ris first addressed this topic in his 2018 Fritz Trainer, “Calculation Training”, laying the foundations for a series of further courses. Lukas Koepl has taken a […]
In a candid interview from January 2026, 2700-level chess prodigy Awonder Liang reflects on his unique journey from a teenage sensation to a serious competitor while balancing a degree in economics and applied math. Liang challenges the notion that elite chess requires sacrificing a normal life, arguing that at the low 2700s, massive gains are […]
In this episode of Svitlana’s Smart Moves, Svitlana Demchenko explores how to keep complete control of a position through the classic game Petrosian vs. Unzicker. She shows how Petrosian calmly neutralized every source of counterplay, dominated the open c-file and gradually improved his pieces before creating a second weakness on the kingside. A remarkable king […]
Thomas Paehtz was one of the leading players in East Germany, winning the East German Championship twice and the German Championship once. He later worked as a chess coach. His most successful pupil was his own daughter Elisabeth, who for decades was Germany’s leading female chess player. One of his current pupils is Christian Gloeckler. […]
Club Ajedrez Solvay completed a perfect campaign at the Spanish “Primera División” in Linares, winning all seven matches to secure the title and promotion to the “División de Honor”. Andreu Paterna finished second to claim the other promotion place, while Platja d’Aro took third. Vasyl Ivanchuk led the champions on board one, scoring 5/7 and […]
I have been generally investigating AI’s ability to appreciate humour. Do AI clients catch the point in jokes and cartoons, and do they interpret them correctly? Do they consider the jokes funny, or do they merely know what humans find funny? After doing some general research on these questions, I turned to chess. I showed […]