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European Girls’ and Women’s Chess Weekend will take place on 14-16 May with various contents: tournaments, coaching sessions, simultaneous exhibitions, and panel debates. Tournaments will be played through lichess.com in different rating categories: for beginners, for participants rated under 1300, for players U1800 and for others. The best players from the qualifier sections will...
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The best Dutch Grandmaster and World #6, Anish Giri, lists his chess goals in Twitter! We hope Anish will add more content to his list! :) #goals pic.twitter.com/G9bW2IdQ2F — Anish Giri (@anishgiri) May 4, 2021
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The Namibian Chess Championship 2021 took place 30 April – 04 May in the Windhoek Country Club Resort. The open section was a ten player single round robin. IM Dante Beukes dominated the event and finished with a perfect 9,0/9 The women section was eight player single round robin and was significantly more contested. WCM […]
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Mitropa Cup 2021, the annual team chess tournament for national teams from Central Europe, this year will be played as an Online hybrid event. 10 nations compete in Women and Open sections: Austria, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Italia, Slovakia, Slovenia and Switzerland. The first round was played today after short opening ceremony. Results […]
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Ian Nepomniachtchi gave an extensive interview to Eteri Kublashvili from the Russian Chess Federation. Among the many topics Nepomniachtchi talked about the course of the Candidates, his team of seconds, and shares many details about the games and his opponents. The upcoming Carlsen – Nepomniachtchi 2021 match is also discussed. Nepo says, “I think [with […]
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The 73rd edition of the Montenegro Individual Chess Championship has started yesterday in Podgorica, Montenegro. The battlefield is led by GM Djukic Nikola who defends the title of Montenegro National Chess Champion. Results and LIVE games can be followed through Official Website of the event.
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“Believe in yourself. You are braver than you think, more talented than you know, and capable of more than you imagine.” Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart This week I would like to share with you the preliminary results of some home analysis done together with one of my students. If you are … Continue reading "Students Analysis (5)"
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Magnus Carlsen survived a fierce fightback from Hikaru Nakamura to clinch his first Meltwater Champions Chess Tour title on Sunday. The World Champion broke his duck in the $1.5 million Tour events at the fifth attempt with a 3-1 final set victory that sealed the New In Chess Classic. “I’m really, really relieved,” Carlsen said. […]
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114 boys and 59 girls are playing this week in the Serbian Youth Chess Championships 2021. The event takes place 3-9 May in Subotica and is one of the bright signs that chess is (finally!) going back to normal. The event started this weekend with rapid and blitz games. Starting Monday is the main classical […]
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The Champions Chess Tour was in the last round this Sunday with a final between Magnus Carlsen and Hikaru Nakamura. But it was a HOT David Howell who stole the show with a #ChilliChessChallenge! Carlsen’s face when he asked David Howell to resign is a poem :) Currently the Nakamura – Carlsen final goes on, […]
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The Azerbaijan Chess Championship 2021 is going to take place May 4-18 in Nakhchivan. The stakes in the event are high as the winner qualifies to the World Chess Cup 2021. Among the top players are chess GMs Nijat Abasov (2665), GM Nidjat Mamedov (2609), and GM Vasif Durarbayli (2606), GM Eltaj Safarli (2598), GM […]
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How well does Magnus Carlsen handle questions while playing blitz? Magnus Carlsen is definitely politically correct, dodging masterfully key questions. Yet, his honestly is brutal, “Stop bothering me […] it is really annoying!” For you, Magnus, it was annoying. We had lots of fun ;)
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I was playing out a drawn rook ending in an online rapid game the other evening when the phone rang. I told my friend I’d call back when I’d finished the game, but my concentration was shattered. Well, that’s my excuse, anyway. Some time later we reached this position. I was white and you’ll observe … Continue reading "A Person from Porlock"
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The Secretary General of the European Chess Union Mr. Theodoros Tsorbatzoglou gave an extensive interview for Chessdom. Among other topics he discussed the current situation regarding chess in Europe, the digitalization of chess, and the Carlsen – Nepomniachtchi 2021 match. Mr. Tsorbatzoglou hailed the European chess heritage and presented the video released by ECU. We […]
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The new Chessdom is finally here! Check out our updated sections and beautiful new design! The new Chessdom will stay true to the established principles of chess promotion via independent journalism. What is more, we have augmented our mission! Now you will find special sections dedicated to Women chess, young chess talents, and chess education. […]
