If you still haven’t gotten your end-of-summer fix of super-grandmaster chess with the Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz this past weekend, the Saint Louis Chess Club brings you the 2022 Sinquefield Cup!
The opening ceremony for this annual, invite-online eli…
The US Chess office will be closed Monday, Sept. 5 in observance of the Labor Day holiday.
We will reopen on Tuesday, Sept. 6 at 8 a.m. CT.
The September 2022 issue of Chess Life is now available.
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This month’s issue contains our complete coverag…
As we get better at chess, wins are harder to come by. Your chess attack strategy needs to become stronger to match the more robust defense you encounter.
In his “Game of the Week” show #531 Merijn van Delft looks at one of his own games – a loss, in which he fell victim to a fine queen sacrifice and a violent attack by the Cuban GM Omar Almeida Quintana. | Merijn’s show is available on-demand with a Che…
Starting an attack against the opponent is often more fun, than defending. But converting an attack to a winning position, or a checkmate, is not always an easy task. It can fade away quickly, and we are left with less pieces, and a lost position. Good…
Eight years ago, in ChessBase Magazine #160, Dorian Rogozenco started his video series “The Classic”. With his contribution in the new issue CBM #209 on the game Pillsbury-Lasker (St. Petersburg 1896), the round number of 50 selected top games from the…
Hay muchas maneras de entrenar la táctica en ajedrez. Hay enfoques más metódicos o se pueden estudiar posiciones profundas. Hay otro factor que también es muy importante: la velocidad. Hay una herramienta muy práctica para el entrenamiento táctico que …
There are many ways to train tactics, from methodical themes, to deep positions, and while all have their place in a player’s arsenal of training tools, there is one that specifically targets speed of recognition and play: the Tactics Sprint. If you fe…
Mañana se cumplirán 50 años de la finalización del “Match del siglo”, en el que Bobby Fischer se consagró como campeón del mundo en Reikiavik, derrotando al soviético Boris Spassky. Hoy iremos más atrás, a dos años antes, cuando Spassky superó al estad…
The Play Magnus Group’s Challengers Chess Tour will return next month with a line-up of the world’s top juniors mentored by Judit Polgar, it was announced today. The tour, which launched the career of Indian superstar Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa and whic…
No hubo forma de detener a Alireza Firouzja en el torneo de rápidas y blitz en San Luis. El joven de 19 años ganó el evento a falta de cuatro rondas tras terminar con una puntuación de 26/36, cinco puntos por delante del segundo clasificado, Hikaru Nak…
There was no stopping Alireza Firouzja at the Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz tournament, as the 19-year-old won the event with four rounds to spare! In his first-ever participation at a tournament in Saint Louis, Firouzja finished with an astonishing 26/36 …
Alireza Firouzja was unstoppable and cruised to victory on the last day of the Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz, winning his first event on the Grand Chess Tour. The 19-year-old dominated and clinched victory with four rounds to spare.
Alireza Firouzja has opened up a gap to his competitors after an impressive display on the first day of blitz in Saint Louis. Meanwhile, Hikaru Nakamura is playing catch up, showing off his brilliant speed chess skills that were lacking on Day 3.
“A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer” Bruce Lee A quick reminder how it works: Have a look at the position for 1 minute (watch the clock) Think about the choices in front of you and pick the one you feel it is … Continue reading ““What Say You?” The 1 Minute Challenge (60)”
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