As the traditional introduction to a new solving season, the 19th International Solving Contest (ISC) will be held this Sunday, January 29. A set of chess problems will be simultaneously offered to more than 500 solvers around the world at 11 AM CET. T…
By Zokir Istamkulov Warm greetings from Uzbekistan, native country of 105th Premier Chess Podcast Guest Timur Garayev! The great love of the population, especially youth, for chess, and what is most important, without age restrictions contributed to the creation in March 1996 of Uzbekistan Chess Federation, which represents chess players of our country in the …
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I have written on this blog about how I approach game analysis of the games I have played myself. In this post, I’d like to give you a concrete example of how that looks in practice. The analysis was done after the game and also something was added after the tournament. Note how I always […]
More than 900 players joined the winter holiday fun in the 2022 North American Open held in the Horseshoe Hotel of Las Vegas, Nevada, from December 26-30. Polar vortex-induced weather conditions throughout much of the nation before the tournament li…
Rapid interviews are fun: interviewer and guest face each other in an epic rapid chess battle. The chess guest not only has to face the interviewer’s questions, but also concentrate on the chess game at the same time. This leads to surprising answers a…
Sara Khadem talks from Spain after tournament decision some saw as sign of her support for protests back homeThe routine played out each time Iran’s Sara Khadem travelled abroad for chess tournaments – between contemplating openings and sizing up her o…
Winning chess games requires harmony between your pieces and pawns in chess. Harmony is one of the three essential elements that GM Irina Krush says make up a chess game – time and space being the other two.
GM Magnus Carlsen won his first tournament in Wijk aan Zee in 2008, at the age of 17, tying for first with GM Levon Aronian. For such a young player to take top honors at one of the most grueling, competitive events was truly impressive. 15 years later…
Dutch author and International Master Willy Hendriks just published “The Ink War: Romanticism vs Modernity in chess”. The book analyses the rivalry between Wilhelm Steinitz and Johannes Zukertort, who in 1886 played the first official World Championshi…
Thanks to dedicated individuals who follow their own heart’s pursuits, ancient chess variants are still alive today. An overwhelming number of enthusiasts and associations throughout the world cultivate old variants and other board games. Among them is…
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 109th instalment of his ChessBase show “Understanding before Moving”, Herman continues to exp…
Some of you will be aware that I write regular book reviews for British Chess News. Three of the books I’ve reviewed recently might be of interest to Chess Improvers like you. They all cover, at least in part, tactics and calculation. They’re three very different books written by very different authors, and with very … Continue reading “Some Recent Books”
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By Shavi Bash I am a young adult living with ADD/ADHD, diagnosed in elementary school. For me, diet has always been key to managing my attention/concetration – staying with natural. non-processed foods was always the rule growing up. My parents noticed behavior shifts whenever I consumed artificial colors or excessive sugar and taught my early …
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The positions with only queens and rooks on the board are a special type of position. They are notoriously difficult to play. In fact, they are one of the most difficult positions to play in chess. They are considered a borderline case between a middlegame and an endgame – there aren’t many pieces on the […]
Norway’s world champion was beaten on Tuesday by Anish Giri of the Netherlands then lost a 60-move queen endgame on Thursday to Uzbekistan’s Nodirbek AbdusattorovMagnus Carlsen suffered a rare double defeat in classical chess this week at Wijk aan Zee,…
Turkish GM Mustafa Yilmaz leads the Tata Steel Challengers headed into the first rest day, with an impressive 4/5 score that includes a fifth round victory against top seeded Iranian GM Amin Tabatabaei.
While the 30-year-old Yilmaz represents …
