A few inaccuracies and some blunders took a harsh toll on contenders for the Champions Showdown on the second day of the rapid section in St. Louis. As most rapid matchups are nearly decided with a day to spare, two head-to-head encounters will be resolved by photo-finish.
Wesley So retaliates:
A relieved Wesley So talking to journalists. | Photo: Saint Louis Chess Club.
A time-trouble incident knocked out David Navara to a third consecutive loss against Wesley So in the most exciting match...
As the Computer Chess Championship moves into its next stage, an exciting new feature gives viewers the ability to predict each game's results to win cash and membership prizes. The championship will also be covered by a series of broadcast streams hosted by various Chess.com masters, including IM Lawrence Trent and NM James Canty.
Follow the always-running Computer Chess Championship:
Watch and chat on Chess.com/CCC—includes the all new Chess.com user interface
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The Austrian chess master Heinrich Wolf (1875-1943) is not exactly a household name for most chess players these days. Yet he is father to one of the most profound concepts in modern opening theory.
If people have heard of Wolf at all, it is usually for the reason that he was the angstgegner of the great Mikhail Chigorin, holding a crushing 7-0 record against him. He did have some decent tournament results in the first quarter of the 20th century, and he also was a second to Emanuel Lasker...
Anatoly Karpov was not only a world champion. He was also one of the most solid chess players to ever pick up a piece. So how do you beat such tough champion? Find out how Ulf Andersson did it in this exciting game.
I have been pretty busy tonight, so today's blog post will be a short one!
One of the themes I find really beautiful in chess is domination - namely, seeing a small unit dominate an equivalent or higher-value force. You can find many examples of this theme in endgame studies, but we shouldn't forget that it also has significant practical value for our own games. As evidence of this, see the puzzle:
It is White to play and find the winning plan! I will reveal the answer sometime tomorrow,...
U.S. champion Sam Shankland couldn’t get much from his home advantage against Richard Rapport in an intense opening day of the 2019 Champions Showdown in St. Louis. The 22-year-old Hungarian superstar had it all too easy in the first four rounds of the rapid match and could have been on full score hadn’t Sam held a pulse-pounding rook endgame on round four.
Fabiano Caruana redeemed team America as he outplayed India’s Pentala Harikrishna and brought home three convincing wins.
The...
The recently concluded Tata Steel chess tournament was very memorable for the U.S. grandmaster Sam Shankland.
From now on he will be forever remembered as a chess player who the beat the former world champion Vladimir Kramnik in his last professional classical game. But Sam will also be remembered as a grandmaster who resigned in a book-drawn position.
Sam Shankland. | Photo: Alina l'Ami/Tata Steel Chess.
I bet you've already seen that game:
A resignation in a dead-drawn position is so unusual...
Shortly after the start, the first round of the Aeroflot Open has been canceled due to a bomb threat at the venue, Hotel Cosmos in Moscow. The round has been postponed until tomorrow.
The traditional Aeroflot Open, the super-strong open tournament sponsored by the Russian national airline company, started today at 3 p.m. local time. With top seeds Wei Yi (China), Vladimir Fedoseev (Russia) and Wang Hao (China), the top 10 boards of the round looked like this:
Bo.
No.
Name
FED
Rtg
Result
Name
FED
Rtg
No.
1
51
GM
Moroni...
In a continuation from the last article, Is Classical Chess Dead From Draws, we will be comparing different time controls in the Grand Chess Tour (GCT). Mike Klein just wrote a recent piece highlighting the new 2019 format and the players on the invite list.
Last month we analyzed the classical chess draw rate by year when both players were rated over 2750. In the past couple of years, that rate has increased above 70%!
Data CollectionThe data for this article contains all Grand...
