Last week, we worked through a position in which it was Black’s turn to move. This week, we’ll look at the same position, but this time it’s White to move. I mentioned that whose turn it is can be decisive in a given position. This week, we’ll see how things can change when it’s the … Continue reading "A Foundation for Beginners Fifty Nine" The post A...

Capablanca Memorial 2022 took place 19-28 April in La Habana, Cuba. This year the event featured strong round robin tournaments for men and women, as well as an open event.  Hans Niemann won the men round robin event, aka Elite Group, with a round to spare. With a final score of 7.5 points he was two […]

Polish star Jan-Krzysztof Duda pulled off a stunning late charge to clinch the $210,000 Oslo Esports Cup, the first Major of the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour season. This win will be a booster for Duda before the Candidates Chess 2022 of which we already know the pairings. The 24-year-old took full advantage as both World Champion Magnus […]

Fabiano Caruana is the winner of the American Chess Cup 2022. He defeated Levon Aronian in the final with a total score 1,5-0,5 after a decisive final game. With the victory Caruana also won $50 000 and an extra $10 000 bonus from the hefty prize fund. American Chess Cup 2022 preview / Participants / American Cup 2022 live / Many […]

The FIDE Council has approved a cooperation agreement with the Grand Chess Tour. By virtue of this agreement, the two top finishers of the 2023 and 2025 Series will qualify for the Candidates Chess 2024 and 2026 respectively. Now: Grand Chess Tour 2022 As the Grand Chess Tour is an invitational event many questions remain unanswered. […]

The FIDE Candidates Chess 2022 was announced in late December last year, with the dates, place and the sponsor. FIDE disclosed the event will take place in Madrid, June 16 – July 7 The Candidates Chess 2022 is an 8 player double round robin tournament with some of the world’s top Grandmasters. As the players are qualifying […]

English Chess Federation announces English Championships in May, the British Championship in August, and the relaunched ECF Grand Prix from July 2022 to June 2023, all supported by Chessable. The first in the series of Chessable supported events will be the English Championships which are scheduled to take place in May, with the English Seniors […]

After global (no pun intended) pressure from the chess community, Chess.com rectified and changed the title of their new event from World Championship to Global Championship. On Twitter with a short video titled “global > world” IM Danny Rensch tries to downplay the seriousness of the situation by taking a humorous approach mirroring the creative […]

Magnus Carlsen and Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa will duke it out for the Oslo Esports Cup title tomorrow after India’s boy wonder finally cracked under pressure. Three points ahead going into the penultimate round of the $210,000 event, 16-year-old Pragg suffered a painful quickfire reverse against Poland’s World Cup winner Jan-Krzysztof Duda. It handed world No.1 Carlsen a...

After the Airthings Masters 2022 and the Charity Cup 2022, both won by Magnus Carlsen, the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour breaks new ground next week with the launch of the first fully in-person esports event in chess – the Oslo Esports Cup. A star-studded gala event will open the tournament as Norway’s World Champion Magnus Carlsen goes for an unprecedented...

The 1st Chessable Sunway Formentera Chess Festival starts tomorrow in Formentera – the smallest Spanish Balearic island in the Mediterranean Sea. The Festival takes place from April 29 to May 8 with a total prize fund of 20.500 euros and a wide range of events. The main events are Open tournaments: A and B, being […]

Both GM Fabiano Caruana and GM Irina Krush managed to qualify to the finals in day 6 of the American Cup, after drawing the second game and avoiding a playoff in their Champions Bracket matches against GM Leinier Dominguez and FM Alice Lee. In the Elimination Bracket, GM Levon Aronian defeated GM Ray Robson 2-0, […]

Now close to a week after the creation of a new world championship , there is no official reaction by FIDE. This middleground of no rectification by Chess.com and no reaction by FIDE only fuels the rumors on behind the scenes deals, while at the same time the attrition to the image of chess and […]