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It’s been several decades since the last time Paris has been the site of a top-tier chess tournament. The French city of Lyon played host to Kasparov’s title defense match against Karpov in 1990, but other than that, nobody here can se... | Read More
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Here is something you don't see very often...
On the 17th move of the game, Tartakower decides to sacrifice his rook for a few pawns. Although his attack seems to go nowhere, he then calmly completes his development. Eventually, he is able to use... | Read More
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The subject of our Chess.com player profile this time is none other than Norway´s chessplayer No. 2 after the not-so unknown Magnus Carlsen: You guessed it, it´s Jon Ludvig Hammer, better known as SultanOfKings here on Chess.com. Hammer is a... | Read More
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Since the chess.com staff seems to have run out of good April Fool's Day jokes, I have decided to post an article on joke chess problems. They are puzzles in chess which use humor as a primary or secondary element.
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The European Team Chess Championship finished quite recently, on November 11th. This was my debut year. Generally speaking, this event is held once every two years, and attracts nearly all the top grandmasters from Europe. Exciting and fighting ga... | Read More