Yasser Seirawan is back with his analysis of game two of the world chess championship between Magnus Carlsen and Fabiano Caruana. Learn what the chess legend thinks about this exciting game, where Caruana could have turned the tables on the world champion to take an early match lead.
Two Russians topped Chess.com's November Titled Tuesday with performances of 8.5/10 each. GM Evgeny Tomashevsky (@EvgenyT), known as "The Professor" for his solidity, glasses, and demeanor, and Grigory Oparin (@OparinGrigoriy), one of Russia's rising talents. Each reached a score of 8.5/10, enough lift them above the rest of the field. This was Tomashevsky's first Titled Tuesday win and Oparin's second. A field of 313 titled players participated in the event, making it the third-largest Titled Tuesday...
Fabiano Caruana and Magnus Carlsen also drew the fourth game of their 2018 world chess championship. This time they played an English Four Knights, in which Carlsen's advantage was mostly symbolic. The game lasted 34 moves and the score is now 2-2 after four games. The world championship match between Magnus Carlsen and Fabiano Caruana is underway in London. Here’s all the information: Results Watch on Chess.com Dates Location Players Prize...
Magnus Carlsen innovates with the white pieces as he tests Fabiano Caruana out in the English Opening. Will this subtler approach deliver success where sharper opening play failed? Don't miss GM Alex Yermolinsky's analysis of game four at the 2018 World Chess Championship!
On my stream last night, I had a particularly interesting game which focused on relative piece value. Before we dive in to that game, let's give this idea of relative value some context by defining it a bit more clearly. Since a lot of my viewers tend to play the London System, I think this is a prime example: When I'm working with my students who play the London, I'll ask them: "do you like it when Black plays 2...e6?" The answer should always be yes! Black is confining his bishop on c8...
Today's round-four clash at the 2018 world chess championship between Magnus Carlsen and Fabiano Caruana ended in the shortest draw of the bunch, at less than three hours. The match is tied 2.0-2.0 after Carlsen's English Opening went nowhere, but the intrigue actually began around 6 a.m. local time. Magnus Carlsen's suit change didn't change the result today. | Photo: Mike Klein/Chess.com. Likely before either player arose (Carlsen famously wakes quite late, often not even in the a.m. hours),...
It's the biggest chess event of the year as World Champion Magnus Carlsen will try to defend his title against the American challenger Fabiano Caruana. The 2018 world chess championship will run November 9-28, and you can follow it all on Chess.com. Game five will start Thursday, November 13 at 7 a.m. Pacific time (10 a.m. Eastern, 3 p.m. London/GMT. Your local time: ). Caruana will play White and Carlsen will play Black in game five. The match is scheduled for 12 games plus tiebreaks...
After winning the rapid, Hikaru Nakamura has good chances to take the first prize at the blitz part of the Tata Steel Chess India tournament in Kolkata. The American grandmaster scored 6.5/9 and is half a point ahead of Wesley So. Monday was a rest day in the tournament, but the players did pay a brief visit to the tournament hall. A one-hour Q&A was organized for the many chess fans that are visiting each day, followed by an autograph session. Although it's only the first time that this...
When I was a kid, I didn't watch much TV. You see, 40 years ago we had only two state-controlled TV channels in the Soviet Union, so most of the kids spent their time outdoors rather than watching boring news. Nevertheless, there was one weekly program that I never missed. Of course it was The Chess School hosted by famous Soviet chess luminaries. This program was so popular that even lyrics of one of the pop songs of that time stated that GM Averbakh opened chess school on TV. At the end...
