Learning online, be it earning a college degree or learning how to fix a leaky pipe in your bathroom, has become a mainstay in our lives. Prior to the introduction of the internet, those who wished to improve their personal knowledge base were forced to seek education via a traditional system, such as books or […]

After a day full of fireworks, the players were quite conservative in their opening choices. Nakamura utilized Caruana’s preparation that Caruana used against him yesterday to deliver the only decisive result of the round, beating Vachier-Lagrave. The rest of the games were quite uneventful and did not affect the standings much. Wesley So decided to [...]

The players came back in a combative mood after the rest day as we saw the most explosive round of the 2016 London Chess Classic.Not only did this round bring the most decisive games in a single round, but the round also had the most exciting and brilliant games. The U.S. Champion startled everyone by [...]

Let’s put some meat on the bones of the Zulu Principle concept I mentioned in my previous article in this series. Is there a good source of ideas in which a returning player might specialize? Bill Hartston once suggested that it’s worth looking at what Bent Larsen played thirty years ago, and this isn’t a […]

Ένα ακόμη γλυκόπικρο γκαγκ του Γάλλου κωμικού Πιερ Ετέξ που πέθανε πριν δυο μήνες, αυτή τη φορά σκακιστικό γκαγκ. Στην παράδοση του Μπάστερ Κίτον και των θηρίων του βωβού.O Πιέρ Ετέξ γυρίσε πολύ λίγες ταινίες –...

I’ll make this the last Ruy Lopez for a little while, but once again it’s a deeply instructive one. Defending the Closed Spanish Black defends against White’s threatened attack by massing his pieces on the kingside (14…Ne8, 15…g6, 16…Ng7 and 17…f6 are key moves in the construction of his defensive formation). Later on Black also […]

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Usually a knight alone can hold against a passed pawn without the help of the king, but the rook pawn is an exception. The problem is that the knight can’t move to the other side of the pawn when attacked by the enemy king. To make the life simpler here is the rule: In order […]

The fifth round of the London Chess Classic was an important day for chess theory, as several of the players showcased their world class preparation.Caruana, Anand, and Giri surprised their opponents in the opening, with the last two playing important novelties and opening ideas that caught their opponents off guard and allowed them to draw [...]

The World Schools Individual Championship was held from December 2 till December 12 in Sochi. More than 400 young chess players from 30 countries took part in the event, for the first time ever hosted in Russia. In the spring of 2016, the Presidential Board of FIDE unanimously supported the bid made by Russian Chess [...]

A traditional Christmas event – Nutcracker Generation Tournament – will be held on December 16-23 in the Central Chess Club in Moscow. There will be two Scheveningen matches: Kings vs. Princes and Queens vs. Princesses. The lineup of the Kings: Boris Gelfand (Israel), Alexander Morozevich (Russia), Alexei Shirov (Latvia), Alexey Dreev (Russia); Princes: Vladimir Fedoseev, [...]

From 2 to 6 November 2016 a FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar was organized in Khartoum, Sudan, by the Sudan Chess Federation, in cooperation with the Arab Chess Federation and under the auspices of FIDE. The lecturer was IA Hassan Khaled (EGY), FIDE Lecturer and Assistant Lecturer was FA Omer Musa (SUD). The lectures were in Arabic [...]

From 6 to 10 December 2016 a FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar was organized in Sochi, Russia, by the Russian Chess Federation and under the auspices of FIDE. The Seminar was organized during the 2016 World Schools Chess Championships. The lecturer was IA Alexander Tkachev (RUS), FIDE Lecturer and Assistant lecturers were IA Alexander Ivanov (RUS). The [...]

Just like in round 3 of London Chess Classic, Hikaru Nakamura was the only player to deliver a decisive result. After playing a novelty in the opening, Nakamura went on to win a very topsy turvy game. He has now recovered from his tough round 1 loss to Wesley So and still maintains chances to [...]