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You Can't Hide Your King From Dubov! Download Mproov and Improve Your Chess Today! https://app.mproov.me/AgadYouTube1Search all the games on my channel here! https://agadmator-library.github.io/...

Rapid and Blitz World Team Championships - Live! The World Rapid and Blitz Team Championship begins on Friday with a three-day rapid chess tournament. The blitz tournament follows on Monday and Tuesday. Among others, Magnus Carlsen, Ding Liren and Vincent Keymer will be competing. Rounds start in the rapid tournament on all three days at 14.30 loc...

Al-Ain win the World Rapid Team Championship in Astana The final four rounds of the World Rapid Team Championship were played on Sunday in Astana. Al-Ain ACMG UAE, which entered the final day of action in the lead, won the event after achieving a close victory over Theme International Trading in the twelfth round - thanks to a clutch win by Daniil Dubov...

Can Nihal Sarin stop Magnus Carlsen's magic | World Rapid Team Championships 2024 Magnus Carlsen took on the talented Indian youngster Nihal Sarin in round 11 of the World Rapid Team Championships 2024. It was WR Chess Team vs Ashdod Chess...

World Rapid Teams: Chessy take the lead as Rapport beats Carlsen The World Rapid and Blitz Team Championships kicked off in Astana, with four rounds of rapid chess taking place on Friday. Chessy, the team led by Richard Rapport and Haik Martirosyan, grabbed 4 wins in 4 matches, with Rapport stunning Magnus Carlsen in round 4. Decade China, led by Ding Liren, and....

No Endgame For You, Sir Magnus! Download Mproov and Improve Your Chess Today! https://app.mproov.me/AgadYouTube1Search all the games on my channel here! https://agadmator-library.github.io/...

Always at the board: Vasyl Ivanchuk Vasyl Ivanchuk's first visit to Portugal was a complete sporting success. The former world number two now spends a lot of time in Spain. Stefan Löffler spoke to him. | Photos: Federico Marin Bellon (unless otherwise indicated)

The British Championships - live The British National Championships are currently taking place in Hull as a major chess festival with many events for a large variety of players. A number of grandmasters are competing for the title in the Masters Tournament, including defending champion Michael Adams. Live daily from 14.30 local tim...

Krum Ivanov Georgiev, 1958-2024 Grandmaster Krum Ivanov Georgiev was born in Pazardzhik (Bulgaria), May 24th, 1958 and passed away in Sofia (Bulgaria), July 31st 2024, after a short illness, at the age of 66. GM Kiril Georgiev wrote: >"Today is a sad day for Bulgarian chess! We lost Grandmaster Krum Georgiev. He was best known for...

Pragg is Black Here! Download Mproov and Improve Your Chess Today! https://app.mproov.me/AgadYouTube1Search all the games on my channel here! https://agadmator-library.github.io/...

2024 Speed Chess Championship: Firouzja Fireworks Lead To Win Over Grischuk, So Outlasts Lazavik GM Alireza Firouzja kicked off his Speed Chess Championship 2024 campaign in style with a 13.5-10.5 round of 16 victory over GM Alexander Grischuk in a match that was packed to the brim.

Remembering Dietmar Kolbus (1966-2024) International Master and patron Dietmar Kolbus passed away while taking part in the Master Open tournament at the Biel Chess Festival. He had sponsored the SG Trier Bundesliga team for years and then moved with his team to the 4NCL. Kolbus was a great chess enthusiast and regularly played in open to...

FIDE/ WFCC special project The FIDE Centenary celebrations include some new and promising projects in cooperation with the World Federation for Chess Competition. In November, the World Youth Solving Championships for girls and boys will be held in Florianópolis, the capital of southern Brazil's Santa Catarina state, where j...

Gelfand's marathon bishops Pieces have various roles in different stages of the game. Have you heard of 'marathon bishops'? GM Sundararajan Kidambi explores the concept, which he found while going through GM Axel Smith's book on colour complexes. Check out the detailed analysis, which employed a game by living legend Boris Ge...

The British Chess Championships have started in Hull The 110th edition of the British Chess Championship is taking place from 27 July to 4 August in Hull. The main event is a 9-round Swiss open featuring 86 participants. Defending champion Michael Adams is one of four players rated 2600 or above - David Howell, Gawain Jones and Luke McShane are the re...

Queen sacrifices with Boris Spassky Boris Spassky, world champion from 1969 to 1972, is regarded as a universal player. He played 1.e4 and 1.d4 and was equally at home in dynamic tactical positions as he was in positional-strategic ones. And he was a feared attacking player. It's no wonder that he managed a few nice queen sacrifices i...

AX Gaia win the Portuguese League The long Portuguese chess summer has begun with the national league. AX Gaia won with aplomb. The championship and the battle to stay in the league would have been more exciting if two double rounds had not ensured that the decisions were made at midnight. Our Lisbon correspondent Stefan Löffler re...

The Hector Guifarro story: chess, choices and change Hector Guifarro had a troubled childhood. At the age of 19, he "made a bad choice" which landed him in prison. Chess was his way out. This is his story. Guifarro remarked: "Prison is where I found the game of chess. It kept me out of trouble. It built my confidence and made me believe in myself". |....

"The Queen Sacrifice Magnus Missed" Download Mproov and Improve Your Chess Today! https://app.mproov.me/AgadYouTube1Search all the games on my channel here! https://agadmator-library.github.io/...

Biel: Rinat Jumabayev emerges victorious in the Masters Open The final day of action at the Biel Chess Festival saw Rinat Jumabayev emerging victorious in the Masters Open (MTO). Jumabayev tied for first with former leader Leon Luke Mendonca, Ayush Sharma and Mukhiddin Madaminov, and outscored all three on tiebreak criteria. In the Masters Triathlon, meanwhil...

Le Quang Liem wins Biel Masters for third year in a row Le Quang Liem once again showed that the Triathlon format suits him perfectly, as he defeated Praggnanandhaa R on Wednesday to claim his third consecutive tournament victory in the Biel Masters - with a round to spare! In the Challengers, which was won by Saleh Salem on Tuesday, Alexander Donchenko....

Vachier-Lagrave beats Firouzja in Armageddon, bags CrunchLabs Masters Maxime Vachier-Lagrave won the third event in this year's Champions Chess Tour, the CrunchLabs Masters, after beating Alireza Firouzja in the Armageddon decider of the Division I Grand Final. MVL thus secured a spot in the tour's Finals, set to take place over-the-board at the end of the year. The d...

Magnus Carlsen raises $12 million for Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Magnus Carlsen, investor Jan Henric Buettner and VC Left Lane Capital launched a new company to establish a tournament series that aims to revolutionise the world of chess. The event series will showcase the world's best chess players in a new format which aims to be attractive for media, spectators...

Biel: Dominating Salem wins Challengers Triathlon Saleh Salem secured tournament victory at the Challengers Triathlon in Biel after beating Vaishali Rameshbabu with the white pieces on Tuesday. The Emirati GM was declared the winner thanks to his whopping 11-point lead over Alexander Donchenko. In Biel's flagship event, the Masters Triathlon, on th...

The Belt and Road Women's Chess Festival has started in Shaoxing On 17 July, the fifth edition of the Belt and Road Women's Chess Festival began in Shaoxing, Shanxi Province, China. Tan Zhngyi won a rapid chess tournament, with Stavroula Tsolakidou and Antoaneta tying for second place. The rapid event is followed by an international open with a very substantial p...

New Guinness Chess World Record On July 20, 2024, for the 100th anniversary of its founding, FIDE planned a monumental event. It is a quest to set the Guinness World Record for the most chess games played in 24 hours, asking players all over the world to help achieve this goal. They are asked to play at least one 5-min game on one...

Chess Olympiad: USA, India and China the rating favourites FIDE has published the official entry and starting lists for the Chess Olympiad in Budapest (11 to 22 September). In the open tournament, the USA, India and China are the top teams in the seeding list according to Elo. The German team is in tenth place. In the Women's Olympiad, Georgia leads the see...

CrunchLabs Masters: Firouzja beats Nepo to reach Grand Final Alireza Firouzja advanced to the Division I Grand Final in the online CrunchLab Masters by beating Ian Nepomniachtchi in the losers' bracket final. On Wednesday, following a rest day, Firouzja will face Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, who had already defeated Firouzja in the winners' bracket final. In Divis...