You reach an ending with king and pawn against king and pawn. Both players promote: king and queen against king and queen. Time to agree a draw, shake hands and adjourn to the bar? Not always. There are one or two positions where you can win: it’s well worth knowing them just in case one … Continue reading "Queen Against Queen" The post Queen Against Queen appeared first on The Chess...

Last week, we looked at reducing tension or pressure within a position. I was going to give you some positional examples this week, but realized that I needed to add two additional components to the mix, relative value and the trading of material. There’s more to relative value than meets the eye, especially if you’re … Continue reading "A Foundation for Beginners Sixty Two" The...

China’s Ding Liren battled mosquitoes, late-night starts and an inspired fightback from boy wonder Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa to break Indian hearts and win the Chessable Masters today. The world no.2 had to neutralise an incredible performance from 16-year-old Pragg who came back hard after falling behind in the final yesterday. The youngster from Chennai had a […]

The 9th edition of the Cherry Blossom Classic takes place from 26-30 May at Washington Dulles Airport Marriott in Virginia. The event consists of 6 tournaments: Open tournament, U2300, U2000, U1700, U1400 and U1100. 47 players from 9 countries registered for the main Open event and the battlefield is currently led by: GM Aleksandr Lenderman, GM Hedinn Steingrimsson, GM...

The 1st Grandiscacchi Challenge Open 2022 was the second event of the Italian Summer Chess tour, taking place from 21-27 May in Montebelluna. Twenty players from 11 countries participated the event, including 7 grandmasters. After 9 played rounds, the two top seeds Vitaliy Bernadskiy and Andrey Esipenko tied for the top scoring 7/9 points. Tie-break criteria was […]

The city of Casablanca in Morocco hosts the Casablanca Chess Week from May 30 to June 4, 2022, with several events throughout the week. The event will open on 31 May in the venue of the Casablanca Stock Exchange with attendance of Officials of the city of Casablanca and Officials of the International Federation (FIDE). […]

International Chess-Tennis Masters will take place from August 13 to 15, 2022, at the Vienna Athletic Sports Club. Men’s and women’s tennis singles and the chess rapid event be held on August 13 and 14 and tennis and chess doubles on Monday 15 August. Read more: Tennis star Carlos Alcaraz is using chess to up […]

Maxime Vachier-Lagrave recently won the Grand Chess Tour Romania event in Bucharest. In the interview he gave before the tournament he said he enjoys different sports activities when he has time. Two days ago, the French Grandmaster met an American professional basketball player who currently plays for Paris Basketball – Kyle Allman Jr. Despite the fact they met […]

The final of the Chessable Masters started with Ding Liren giving 16-year-old Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa a tough test just hours after the talented youngster sat a real-life school exam. The Chinese star showed exactly why he’s ranked world number 2 with a cool and classy display to take the first of two matches of the Meltwater […]

English Chess Federation crowned the National Chess Champions in Kenilworth. The Chessable English Championship and Chessable English Women’s Championship 2022 took place on 19th-22nd May 2022, and two weeks earlier, the National Champions among Seniors were crowned in the same venue. The Open event attracted 33 entries while the women’s Championship had 10 participants...

The Slovenian National Women’s Team Chess Championship 2022 took place over two weekends in May, being played from 13-15 and 21-22 May at the Grand Hotel in Rogaska Slatina. The second top seed according to the average rating of players – team of Tajfun Ljubljana Chess Club clinched gold with the perfect score of 10 […]

The Ontario Open Chess Tournament took place from May 21 through May 23, at the beautiful West Toronto Masonic Temple. The event featured 4 tournaments: U2200, U1800, U1400 and the main tournament Ontario Crown Open 2022. The events gathered more than 170 players who fought for the total prize fund of 8.500$. All information about the events […]

This week’s Master Chess Web Show featured another special guest in FIDE Master Tim Wall. Tim told us how he got into chess, describes the chess scene in the North East and how he ended up in Russia as the editor of an English language newspaper: Nigel Davies The post Master Chess Web Show (15) appeared first on The Chess Improver.