The tenth round of the 2022 U.S. Championships saw several of the leaders dangle precipitously on the edge of disaster. Still, in the end, only three players were able to add full points to their scorecards: GM Hans Niemann in the Open Championship, an…
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La estrella india del ajedrez Dommaraju Gukesh ha batido hoy otro récord al convertirse en el ajedrecista más joven en vencer a Magnus Carlsen como campeón del mundo de ajedrez. A principios de este año, Gukesh se convirtió en el …
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A day after Arjun Erigaisi beat Magnus Carlsen for the first time in his career, another (even younger) Indian prodigy managed to beat the world number one at the Aimchess Rapid online event. Gukesh Dommaraju defeated Carlsen with white to become the y…
Leinier Dominguez won his round-7 game in the U.S. Championship after only ten moves. The opening debacle prompted Jon Speelman to locate similar examples both in a book by Yakov Neishtadt and in the database of his own games. And he also remembered to…
These players are currently the 10 best-rated chess players according to the International Chess Federation (FIDE).
The one decisive result in round 10 of the U.S. Championship saw Hans Niemann beating Elshan Moradiabadi with the black pieces. Fabiano Caruana continues to be the sole leader going into the second rest day of the 13-round tournament. In the women’s se…
Herman Grooten is an International Master, a renowned trainer and the author of several highly acclaimed books about chess training and chess strategy. In the 95th instalment of his ChessBase show “Understanding before Moving”, Herman discusses structu…
Studying openings is one of the most popular activities among chess players. It is reasonable: if you are good at openings, you get a head-start for the middlegames or even endgames. The first stage of the game is also the most predictable one. You can cook certain lines or traps at home and then catch […]
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Arjun Erigaisi se convirtió en el mejor del día, con tres victorias y un empate, para quedar empatado en el cuarto puesto con el polaco Jan Krzysztof Duda. El sábado, Arjun Erigaisi demostró su valentía en los momentos importantes y …
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Hans Niemann beat Elshan Moradiabadi to score the only win of Round 10 of the Open section of the US Chess Championship. “I’m a competitive chess player on the path to becoming a World Champion,” was how Hans described himself after finding a knockout …
Today we want to know from Lilit what is happening one day before a tournament. When should you arrive? What happens if you had a bad sleep? Once you know your first opponent, how to prepare? The Armenian IM shows us the steps on how to do so, of cours…
Uzbek wonderkid Nodirbek Abdusattorov clung onto a narrow lead in the $150,000 Aimchess Rapid as World Champion Magnus Carlsen suffered a shock defeat.
Entre el 8 y el 16 de octubre de 2022, se disputa el XIX Torneo Abierto para Aficionados, en Calvià (Mallorca). El torneo se disputa por sistema suizo a nueve rondas, con un ritmo de juego de 90-15-30. Este año hay un récord de participantes (154) en e…
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Today, as I write this, is World Mental Health Day 2022, Monday 10 October, so I thought it a good time to write a few words on the subject of chess and mental health. We live in stressful times, with rising rates of diagnosis of mental health problems, especially amongst children and young people, and … Continue reading “Mental Health Awareness”
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