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en.chessbase.com — 5+ hour, 22+ min ago
MVL beats Carlsen twice, wins AI Cup
en.chessbase.com > post...Magnus Carlsen has shown incredible results throughout the 2023 Champions Chess Tour (and since the start of the era of online, elite tournaments... ...Rogozenco explains the ins and outs of the mainline and sidelines.... ...Vladimir Fedoseev beat Vladislav Artemiev to win Division II, while Sam Sevian beat Rauf Mamedov to win Division III.... ...To reach Friday’s Grand Final, the Norwegian beat none other than Hikaru Nakamura, Ian Nepomniachtchi and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, scoring 4 wins,...
en.chessbase.com — 1+ day, 57+ min ago
World Senior Team Ch: USA and Germany Lasker GK grab gold medals
en.chessbase.com > post...By GM Alex Colovic Drama and excitement dominated the final round of the World Senior Team Championship.... ...USA beat Poland 4-0, though not without some luck.... ...Kaidanov (2549) beat Sapis (2375), Novikov (2513) beat Sielicki (1956), and Yermolinsky (2419) beat Flis (1948), none of them experiencing major... ...Germany Lasker Schachstiftung GK drew their match with Germany and secured gold. England 1 beat Switzerland 4-0 SG RIEHEN to claim silver....
en.chessbase.com — 1+ day ago
World Junior Ch: Maurizzi, Dudin and Avila in the lead
en.chessbase.com > post...The top group included German IM Ruben Gideon Koellner, who even took second place after special scoring.... ...In one of the three top games, Koellner faced the Hungarian IM Gleb Dudin.... ..."Lucky bag" with analyses by Anish Giri, Viktor Moskalenko, Michal Krasenkow, Lubomir Ftacnik and many others.... ...On the first board, Marc"Andria Maurizzi won the duel against Pranav Anand. On board 3, meanwhile, Santiago Avila defeated Sharma Dushyant....
en.chessbase.com — 1+ day ago
AI Cup: Carlsen beats MVL, reaches Grand Final
en.chessbase.com > post...Vachier-Lagrave had won just as smoothly, without a playoff, against Alireza Firouzja and against Shakhriyar Mamedyarov.... ...In the final of the AI Cup winners’ bracket, Magnus Carlsen faced Maxime Vachier-Lagrave.... ..."Lucky bag" with analyses by Anish Giri, Viktor Moskalenko, Michal Krasenkow, Lubomir Ftacnik and many others.... ...In the losers" bracket, Anish Giri continued to show good form, beating Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 2-0, while Ian Nepomniachtchi eliminated Alireza Firouzja...
en.chessbase.com — 2+ day ago
Wieza Pomot Pegow win first-ever Polish Team Championship
en.chessbase.com > post...Master Class Vol.16 - Judit Polgar Pego2 played with the Ukrainian Andrei Volokitin and the Frenchman Maxime Lagarde on the two top boards, and had... ...two Czechs in its ranks: Stepan Zilka and Vojtech Plat.... ..."Lucky bag" with analyses by Anish Giri, Viktor Moskalenko, Michal Krasenkow, Lubomir Ftacnik and many others.... ...KSz Hetman Płock, with Rasmus Svane on board two behind Thai Dai Van Ngyuen, finished third in the finalstandings with 12 points....
en.chessbase.com — 3+ day ago
Jeremy Silman (1954-2023)
en.chessbase.com > post...These two words are enough for John Donaldson to characterise Jeremy Silman. They had known each other since the seventies.... ...Silman had moved to San Francisco from Texas when he was 18.... ...His wife, Gwen Feldman, founded the publishing house Silman-James Press in Los Angeles in 1990 with a partner named James Fox.... ...Pal Benkö, Jeremy Silman and Ron Gross Silman was brought in as a consultant for the film Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone....
en.chessbase.com — 2+ day ago
The Monthly Dragon - Key resource: Annoying the white queen with 9.0-0-0 d5
en.chessbase.com > post...The British Grandmaster Chris Ward is always delighted if he can play his favourite opening as Black: the Sicilian Dragon.... ...about this strong opening is covered in several of his books, his blog on chesspublishing, and his three, greatly popular FritzTrainers in our ChessBase... ..."Lucky bag" with analyses by Anish Giri, Viktor Moskalenko, Michal Krasenkow, Lubomir Ftacnik and many others.... ...Full analysis by Chris Ward Sicilian Dragon: Luis Engel (Nimzo-Indian with 4.e3 0-0 5.Bd2) and Romain Edouard ("Critical lines in the Dragon" Part...
en.chessbase.com — 3+ day ago
FIDE prepares to celebrate its centenary in 2024
en.chessbase.com > post...FIDE was formed on July 20, 1924, in Paris, France, at the Town Hall of the IX Arrondissement of Paris (6 Rue Drouot) during the first unofficial... ...Press release by the International Chess Federation In 2024, the International Chess Federation (FIDE) celebrates its centenary.... ...Dana Reizniece-Ozola, Deputy Chair of the FIDE Management Board, said: The International Chess Federation has come a long way since its first steps... ...FIDE President Arkady Dvorkovich stated: Founded in 1924 under the motto Gens una Sumus, FIDE is one of the very first International Sports Federations...
en.chessbase.com — 3+ day ago
World Senior Team Ch: Italy and Germany top the standings
en.chessbase.com > post...By GM Alex Colovic The seventh round brought some unexpected results in the S50 section and very expected results in the S65 section.... ...Italy scored a very convincing victory over the USA. As the match went on, the American team didn’t even stand a chance.... ...In the match between Iceland and North Macedonia Alkaloid, the first victory was scored on board three, where, in a very sharp position, Bogdanovski... ...Hjartarson (2432) and Georgiev (2542) reminded us of the famous Karpov-Kasparov duels in the Classical Scheveningen....
en.chessbase.com — 4+ day ago
Levitov Chess Week: Nepo and Svidler widen the gap
en.chessbase.com > post...It has been three days of exciting chess at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in Amsterdam.... ...Co-leading are Peter Svidler and Ian Nepomniachtchi, creative representatives of two different generations — who, coincidentally, are known for their... ...However, while they had a ½-point lead over Vishy Anand and Levon Aronian after nine rounds of play, they are now a whole 2 points ahead of Aronian... ...Master Class Vol.16 - Judit Polgar Svidler and Nepo finished the first half of the double round-robin sharing the lead, and both scored 3½/5 on Monday...