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FIDE press release We are pleased to announce that FIDE has entered into a partnership with the German company WR Group Holding GmbH to launch a new major competition together: the Open World Team Championship.…

WGM Petra Papp is a qualified trainer and experienced chess player who offers online lessons for students of all levels. With a FIDE rating of 2336, she is able to offer high-level insights and tactical advice to…

Day Four of the Chess.com World Chess Championship featured electrifying matches, remarkable upset victories and inspiring stories of revenge. GM Benjamin Bok eliminated GM Alexander Grischuk, one of the tournament favorites.…

If you thought chess was boring, the Netflix show The Queen's Bet soon fixed that.However, some recent accusations of cheating have just made the discipline much more evil.Indeed, 19-year-old chess grandmaster Hans Niemann is currently at…

ST. LOUIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--This month, 13 of the world's top chess grandmasters competed in the Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz and Sinquefield Cup at the Saint Louis Chess Club. Tournaments and overall tour winnings totaled…

Two entries to win FIDE Press Release (Written by Michael Rahal) The first event of the 2022-2023 Women's Grand Prix Series will begin in a few days (September 17) in Nur-Sultan, the capital of Kazakhstan. Improve…

Beginning September 14, the Chess.com Global Chess Championship will see legendary chess players such as GM Viswanathan Anand, GM Vasyl Ivanchuk, GM Vladimir Kramnik and GM Veselin Topalov take on the best (online) players in…

I have a new motto: Embrace your inner impostor.In a recent episode of Lex Fridman's podcast, Magnus Carlsen, arguably the greatest chess player of all time, confessed to feeling "impostor syndrome" - and the topic of discussion, to be…

Sports films are often a great choice, as they are often fast-paced and thrilling. Most people identify with the characters, even those who don't play or watch sports. They may even arouse the curiosity of some of us, creating a new…

Bombay, September 4 (IANS): Six-year-old Anishka Biyani won a gold medal in the prestigious Malaysian Age Group Rapid Chess!--start>…

Young R Vaishali will replace Indian veteran GM Koneru Humpy in the first leg of the 2022-23 Women's Grand Prix (WGP). The 21-year-old MI will now be seen playing the WGP in Nur Sultan, Kazakhstan from September 17-30, 2022.The first…

GM Monika Socko won the 22nd European Women's Chess Championship, held August 20-31, 2022 in Prague. The 44-year-old Polish grandmaster was the only player to score 8.5 over 11 rounds in a field of 123 players. Socko, the…

Mammadzada in only second place Since our previous report, three rounds have passed and the same player remains alone at the top of the European Women's Championship. This does not mean, however, that there has…

Forest Green Rovers serve exclusively vegan concessions, are the first UN-certified carbon neutral club and proudly display a Palestinian flag in their stadium. UK clubs and players wave Palestinian flags . The small town of Nailsworth…

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Deadlock is a draw condition in a game of chess that can confuse new players. Unlike checkmate, where the enemy king is in check and cannot be parried, stalemate occurs when the king is not actually in check, but the player in question…

The winners of the 2022 Rapid Chess Championship Semi-Finals presented by Coinbase unfolded on Friday in two colossal clashes that saw GMs Hikaru Nakamura and Ian Nepomniachtchi advance to the winners' final. GMs Wesley So and…

I attended the 53rd US Chess School held at the Marshall Chess Club in New York from June 20-23. The American chess school, founded in 2006 by IM Greg Shahade, organizes annual free invitational camps for the best young chess players in…

Violin Master (FM) Ahmed Mlawa, one of the officials of the Tanzanian Chess Association (TCA), said the three won the titles after putting in impressive performances in the tournament which started on July 29 and ended on August 9. He said…

In an exclusive interview with Elon Musk, the billionaire claimed that chess is a very simple game. (Photo: Photo by Dean Mouhtaropoulos/Getty Images)A detailed view of the chessboard and pieces…

World Chess Hall of Fame press release Plus, tickets to a special celebration at the World's Fair Pavilion in Forest Park on Thursday 1 September, the official anniversary of Fischer's victory in the World Chess…

CHENNAI: India not only hosted what is arguably one of the best editions of the Chess Olympiad--- which ended on Sunday --- but also put on its best show in the competition by winning two bronze medals. The highlight of the tournament!-->!-->…

KYIV, Ukraine - Russia's war on Ukraine has permeated even the seemingly calm world of chess, where a Ukrainian grandmaster tries to overthrow the powerful Russian president of the International Chess Federation.Representatives of 195…

Beginner chess players understand the level of concentration required to perform very important opening moves. They might also notice that other more experienced players don't seem to value their openings as much as they might think.…

The 44th Chess Olympiad has generated a lot of interest in India, home to 67 grandmasters and a culture hungry for indoor sports like chess. The Olympiad started in Mamallapuram, Tamil Nadu on July 28 and will end on…

If you play or follow chess, chances are you've come across the term Elo rating. Simply put, it is a dynamic rating system used in chess to calculate the ability of players and compare them. What is the Elo Rating System The Elo rating…

He fights like a lion, they say. So it should be the pinnacle of martial arts. On the other hand, if you examine a specimen of this enormous and magnificent feline in a zoo or a desert documentary, you will…

Are chess 'haram' and 'un-Islamic'? For a brief time fundamentalist Islamic "scholars" - from the Sunni and Shia…

India is hosting the 44th edition of the Chess Olympiad, which will start on July 28 at the Four Points by Sheraton Mahabalipuram Resort and Convention Center in Mahabalipuram, near Chennai in Tamil Nadu. As the coveted tournament kicks…

A robot chess player broke his 7-year-old opponent's finger during a match at a tournament in Russia. The boy was facing the robot when he grabbed and broke the child's finger by mistake at the Moscow Open last…

CHENNAI: When Ukrainian grandmasterOleksandr Sulypa posted a photo of himself holding a gun earlier this year as Russian troops invaded the country, the 50-year-old instantly became a symbol of resistance across the world. Her resilience!-->!-->…

GM Levon Aronian won the FTX Road to Miami tournament on Sunday after a second convincing win over GM Wei Yi. The Armenian-American grandmaster won both games with the black pieces. Sunday's game was a must win for Wei, but…

As the winner of the preliminaries, GM Sam Sevian enters the knockout stage of the FTX Road to Miami tournament as the top seed. The American grandmaster will face GM Wei Yi in the quarter-finals. GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, who…

Only one round robin in Gijón Gukesh has now won five consecutive tournaments in Spain without conceding a single game. He hasn't lost a game in Spain since December 21, 2019. His current unbeaten streak is 16…

Two Angolan chess players are leading the African Youth Category Championship being held in Lusaka, Zambia after Thursday's sixth round, out of nine to play in the Swiss system. Alexandre Próspero left no chance to his opponents by…

Comic book and graphic novel publisher ABLAZE delves into the tense and competitive world of chess as part of the launch of its new manga series - BLITZ - which will begin on September 14e. From the pages of Shonen Jump, BLITZ…

Russia announced that the US Embassy is located at 1 Donetsk People's Republic Square. (Case)The U.S. Embassy in Russia uses contact information instead of an address on its website because authorities in Moscow renamed the…

Vice President Narhari Zirwal served as interim presidentMumbai: BJP MP Rahul Narwekar was elected Speaker of the Maharashtra Assembly today with 164 votes. Shiv Sena lawmaker Rajan Salvi won 107 votes. The government led by…

Magnus Carlsen, the highest rated chess player in history, is heading to the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas. According to a report by Chess24 citing an interview Carlsen gave to Norwegian media, Carlsen will play in the $10,000 Main…

Director Ritesh Rana's next film, Happy Birthday, starring the gorgeous Lavanya Tripathi in the lead role, is gearing up for release. The team comes up with unique strategies to promote the film. Recently, they released the teaser which…

The MCU's Phase 4 is all about connection points and the multiverse - and Immortal X-Men #3 has finally explained what a bond really looks like. This article contains spoilers for Immortal…

Online gaming has quickly become the most attractive form of entertainment in India due to younger demographics, increased internet penetration and affordable smartphones. The evolution of technologies resulting in immersive experiences…

THE BRAIN IN SEARCH OF ITSELF: Santiago Ramón y Cajal and the history of the neuron, by Benjamin Ehrlich"The devil's child", his family called him.There are streets named after him all over Spain. He spent decades staring down the barrel…

REXFORD — Adarsh ​​Neti, an 8th grader in the Shenendehowa Central School District, found himself in a losing position. Doubt immediately crept in, and Neti began to negotiate with himself, thinking that he might be satisfied with taking…

Hari and Le in shared lead The two players who were clearly stronger than the rest of the field in the Masters section of the Prague Chess Festival will enter Friday's final round tied for first place, a full…

(Photo by Joe Puetz/Getty Images) MLB teams often have to resort to unorthodox plays to score a point. It's not always as simple as swinging the bat and getting a home run, after all! The St. Louis Cardinals showed us that the magic of…

The chess world's attention is set on one of its biggest tournaments, starting this week, with one man garnering plenty of attention for all the right reasons.The Candidates Tournament is an eight-player double round robin to decide who…

Los Angeles, USA,-The research study presented here is an excellent compilation of various types of analysis of significant aspects of the global Chess market. Through devilishly researched analysis and Porter's Five Forces Analysis,…

Margaret Lynn "Peggy" Richardson, 69, of Warrenton, died on Sunday May 15. She survived her advanced cancer…

Nihal Sarin equalizes for first place The $100,000 MPL Indian Chess Tour is a series of four 16-man all-play tournaments where the winners and top four finishers on the Tour advance to an 8-man knockout final.…

Sohil Shaikh became champion of the 1st FIDE Open Under 2000 Pune Chess Championship at the Boxing Hall at Balewadi Sports Complex near Pune on Saturday. The Pune Open Below 2000 FIDE Rating Chess Tournament is played concurrently with the…

Image source: GETTY Vishwanathan Anand in competition There is no denying that Indian master Vishwanathan Anand is an unwavering force. When in full song, Anand can make moves that completely dismantle the opposition. The…

NAGPUR: Vedika Pal held the flag of Nagpur high during the National Chess Championship which ended in Bhubaneswar, Odisha. Of the 36 medals offered at the 10th National School Chess Championship, nine-year-old Vedika became the only master…

Tari replaces Report Richard Rapport has been playing almost non-stop during the first half of 2022. The 26-year-old has participated in both the Tata Steel Masters and the FIDE Grand Prix. More recently, he…

The way 16-year-old R Praggnanandhaa says it, he makes it sound like the most normal thing in the world. "I decided to play this tournament it was a study break during my exams. I was thinking of playing in the evening and studying in…

A post is going viral on social media with the claim that India Today photographed chess prodigy Praggnanandhaa's picture and removed vibhuti (holy ash) from his forehead.By Sabya Singh Published on May 26, 2022 1:53 p.m.…

MI Eric Rosen defeated MI Tania Sachdev in their Round of 16 of the 2022 I'M Not A GM Speed ​​Chess Championship. Suffering just two losses in the entire game, the American streamer thrived in the 3+1 and 1+1 segments in…

May 23, 2022 | 06:50 IST Ritviz wins the chess tournament MARGAO: Aspirant IM Ritviz Parab (2137) got the better of Sairaj Vernekar (1377) to win the 3rd Late Smt Premlata Omprakash Agarwal All Goa Open Rapid FIDE Rating Chess…

Ahmedabad: Five-year-old Dhairya Amit Shroff from Gujarat has become the youngest ranked chess player in India and the second youngest in the world. He achieved the feat aged five years, four months and two days, breaking the record of…

From Amazon Studios, the fantasy drama series night sky follows Irene (Sissy Spacek) and Franklin York (JK Simmons), a couple who have built a life and a family together, and who have also discovered a chamber in their garden that…

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Bob Ciaffone, perhaps best known as the author of Robert's Rules of Pokerdied Friday at the age of 81. Nicknamed "The Coach" because he was one of poker's first teachers, Ciaffone was a longtime columnist for card player and has written…

FIDE Vice President CM Enyonam Sewa Fumey from Togo join the presidential race for the 2022 elections of the international chess federation. The elections are going take place in Chennai, India on August 7 during this year's…

The Polugaevsky variant Petra Papp updates a very special Najdorf The Polugaevsky variant in the Najdorf comes after 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 b5against which I recommend the…

On Mother's Day, five-time World Chess Champion Viswanathan Anand has shared an interesting anecdote of when his late mother Susheela accompanied him to his first Chess Olympiad at the age of 14. years in Thessaloniki, Greece, in 1984.…

Joseph Francis Fitzgerald, 85, of Layton, died May 3, 2022. Joseph was born August 17, 1936, in Melrose,…

Five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand and Israeli chess great Boris Gelfand will work in tandem to guide Indian players ahead of the 44th Chess Olympiad as the Indian Chess Federation (AICF) brought the two legends together for the…

Joe Rogan had the chance to talk about his love for the Wu-Tang Clan on a recent episode of his podcast with Khalil Rountree. Rountree is a rising fighter in the UFC's light heavyweight division, and his two recent TKO victories have…

The Chess Handshake Chain Two years ago, I proposed a chess handshake contest: how many handshakes are you away from famous players? If you shake hands with a famous player, your handshake score is zero, if you…

Jammu, Apr 28 (KNS): Soham Kamotra, who won the gold medal in the recently held MPL U-18 National Open Chess Championship in Tamil Nadu, has called on J&K Police Director General Dilbag Singh to HQP here…

It can be easy to feel an intense swing of emotions watching a poor performance by a great player. Fans who have spent countless hours watching their favorite team play and learning player details through interviews are beginning to…

The 1970s. What a decade! Before graduating from college in 1972, I…

Sports journalistThe LOUIS Braille team won the visually impaired group chess tournament while the veteran team of the sighted group won the crown in the special chess competition between visually impaired and sighted players which was…

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Aryan and Urkedal take the podium A solid open tournament took place in the Norwegian town of Fagernes from April 10-17. The formation was led by three Indian players: Arjun Erigaisi, Krishnan Sasikiran and Nihal…

Young Ayush Chand hopes to become a better chess player after successfully completing eight hours of training with international-level grandmasters from Bulgaria and Australia. The training took place as part of a collaboration between the…

Waiting moves are among the hardest to spot in chess because, by definition, they don't seem to have an immediate purpose. They do not openly change the position in any way, and moreover, they pass the move to the…

NBA Hall of Famer Kevin Garnett calls Charles Barkley his childhood hero, revealing how playing the Suns MVP had a lasting impact on him. When we talk about some of the greatest power forwards in NBA history, it's impossible…

It was towards the end of the Eagles' regular season when Brandon Graham started showing up here and there outside the offices of the team's NovaCare complex.As usual, Graham was always in good spirits and more than willing to speak with!-->…

The Conway High School Chess Team placed third in the Arkansas State Chess Championship Saturday at Little…

The year 2022 marks 30 years since Heath Ledger's first (albeit uncredited) film appearance, but it was a career cut short by his death 14 years ago. On what would have been his 43rd birthday, we look back at the burgeoning work he left…

With clear victories in Friday's tiebreaker, US General Managers Hikaru Nakamura and Wesley So were set to meet in the final of the third leg of the 2022 FIDE Grand Prix series. The opener of the finals, with So playing the…

Alan-Safar Ramoutar, Trinidad and Tobago's top chess player, is set to become the country's first-ever…

The second round of the Individual European Championship at Terme Catez has been played. Nearly 320 players participate. The Ukrainian authorities have not only allowed their players to leave the country, they…

It's controversial. Some critics suggest that the human rights of Russian athletes are being violated because they are not responsible for military activities in Ukraine Daniil Medvedev removed the Russian flag from his social!-->…

When Russian forces crossed the Ukrainian border in a surprise attack on four axes of attack on the morning of February 24, 2022, Moscow assumed that there would be little military resistance and that the Ukrainian capital, kyiv, would be…

GM David Navara has just entered the Charity Cup knockout stage as the Czech GM had the best tiebreaker over GM Richard Rapport and GM Praggnanandhaa R., who won a brilliant match in the penultimate round. GM Le Quang Liem…

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy renewed his call for negotiations with Russian President Vladimir Putin, even as he and others accused Moscow of war crimes and deadly street battles raged in the key southern port city of Mariupol,…

TRIBUTE has been paid to a 'loving husband and father' who died following an accident on the A120 near Harwich. David Edmunds, 82, from Wrabness, died following a collision between his Volvo V40 and a blue Transit…

Iart Luca Shytaj He was born in Albania (Tirana) in 1986. His parents moved to Italy when he was six and he became an Italian citizen in 2007. Luca (as his friends call him) is a very strong player who won the…

SARATOGA SPRINGS -- Advait Iyengar focused intensely on the white chess pieces in front of him before making his next move against his opponent. Iyengar, 9, a third-grade student at Hillside Elementary School in Niskayuna, was one of 900…

(This is the second in a two-part series.)In all my days, I have never seen anyone who eats like John…

Game 6 Games 1-5 Live commentary on chess24 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pc60sFpw2LE The match will take place at the residence of Swedish Ambassador to the UK Mikaela Kumlin Granit. Taking place in the…

FRIENDSHIP — The eight-year-old Allegany twins, who are good at gambits, castling and chess and checkmate,…

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In London, a sister remembers her brother killed on the Ukrainian front line. In Glasgow, a truck driver receives a call from his wife in Lviv: war has come to their homeland. And in Connecticut, a college professor reflects on Putin's…

Former Indian national rapid chess champion Anwesh Upadhyaya, stranded in Ukraine, managed to leave the capital Kiev and reach Lviv, near the Polish border. The 30-year-old, who like many of his compatriots was stuck in Ukraine amid…

GM Ian Nepomniachtchi won the preliminary stage of the Airthings Masters. Pre-tournament favorites GMs Magnus Carlsen and Ding Liren are also in the game. They will be challenged by a well-represented group of young stars when…

Three losses and one draw in four games on the first day of a tournament would have had a debilitating impact on any chess player. But Praggnanandhaa, 16, is an exception. He came back stronger on the second day and how!…

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A game of chess played by Karl Marx does exist (see link below) but it should be considered apocryphal. In this game, Marx achieves a level of chessboard brilliance, corresponding to that of the games attributed to Napoleon…

Do you believe that necessity is the mother of invention, meaning that if you really need to do something, you will think of a way to do it? If that's true, then innovation should be the father of invention.Lewis Temple was a brilliant…

GM Borislav Ivkov, the first world junior champion, three-time Yugoslav champion and former world championship contender who beat five world chess champions, died Monday at the age of 88. The news has been confirmed by FIDE. "To…

08:3315 FebA man from Arizona $230,000 slot machine jackpot almost never been after a malfunction left him and the casino thinking he didn't win. It took a investigation involving surveillance footage, interviews with witnesses and…

GM Levon Aronian and GM Hikaru Nakamura comfortably neutralized challenges from GM Leinier Dominguez and GM Richard Rapport respectively in the second match of the semi-finals to set up an all-American clash in the 2022 FIDE…

My mother was Armenian, my Jewish father. My father died when I was seven and my mother never remarried. She lived the rest of her 50s for me. It's the greatest thing that ever happened to me – I had a mother who dedicated her whole life…

09:2711 FebImage reproduced with the kind permission of PokerGO.comJared Bleznick offer $1 million in cash to the person who can provide james lebron triple logoman basketball card – a one-time sports card that Bleznick says will be…

A week after finishing in third place, IM Le Tuan Minh picked up a win in Week 2 of Arena Kings Season 9 on Wednesday. He beat GM Vugar Rasulov in a close 3-2 (+2-1=2) final. Semi-finalists GM Oleksandr Bortnyk and GM Jose…

As you, the reader, know... February Black History Month. During this month, you'll see big companies showing their support for people of color, promotions on how you can support the black community, history lessons, and more. These are…

08:4107 FebA Malaysian businessman who lost £3.9m ($5.25m) in 72-hour gambling spree in an East London casino sue them to get his money backclaiming that they should have cut his credit.62 years old Han Joeh Lima well-known businessman £40…

The second round of the FIDE Grand Prix 2022 produced fierce battles in all games except Group C. GM Hikaru Nakamura, GM Radeslaw Wojtaszek, GM Levon Aronian and GM Leinier Dominguez became the sole leaders of their groups…

Imagine waking up in the morning, having your favorite breakfast with fried eggs or an omelet with a piece of toast, drinking orange juice and sipping aromatic coffee or tea, being able to read the…

The small North Sea town of Wijk Aan Zee experienced two storms that hit its coast. Corrie, screaming at 100mph, toppled trees and disrupted flights at Schiphol Airport on Monday, and the other, who goes by an Indian name, swept away the…

baona/iStock via Getty Images This is the title of a song by WS Gilbert from Gilbert & Sullivan in the operetta HMS apron. The title seems appropriate to think about investing today. In gathering research to reach my conclusion,…

Exciting changes are coming to Titled Tuesday starting February 1. We now offer of them tournaments and a big bump for the prizes: we will distribute $5,000 every Tuesday—$2,500 per tournament and over $250,000 per year! That's…

ChessThe name evokes a variety of reactions and stereotypes. But despite being hundreds of years old, chess…

Chess has beauty, says Richard Christie. Chess is inherently cruel, we might argue. It teaches children, adults and everyone the benefits of analytical thinking, identifying logical consequences and taking responsibility, he says.…

Kyneton Town Hall was adorned with flags and excitement on Wednesday January 26, as Macedon Ranges Council held its Australia Day citizenship and awards ceremony. Although held with limited attendance to align with…

In the summer of 1922, a century ago, London was home to a galaxy of international chess stars, including Alexander Alekhine , Akiba Rubinstein and Efim Bogoljubov. But the most…