At the age of 12 years, 7 months, and 17 days, Indian prodigy Gukesh Dommaraju became the second youngest grandmaster in chess history. He scored his third grandmaster norm at the 17th Delhi International Chess Grandmaster Open today in New Delhi, India. Despite the recent torrid tournament schedule for Gukesh, the world record of Sergey Karjakin still narrowly stands, this time by just 17 days!
He had a blazing start as he started with 4.5/5 and then drew three strong GMs to have great...
Ian Nepomniachtchi took sole lead in round three of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament in Wijk aan Zee, the Netherlands. The Russian grandmaster reached 2.5/3 after beating a so far struggling Vladimir Kramnik.
There were two more winners: Ding Liren defeated Jorden van Foreest, who was very close to drawing the Chinese GM in a bishop ending. Jan-Krzysztof Duda recovered from his loss on Sunday as he won a good game vs Vladimir Fedoseev.
Nepomniachtchi played the solid 5.Re1 against Kramnik's...
The PRO Chess League is an international online rapid chess league featuring 32 teams from around the world competing for $50,000 in prize money and the title of 2019 PRO Chess League champion. This season features stars like Fabiano Caruana, Hikaru Nakamura, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Ding Liren, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Wesley So, Anish Giri and many more!
The 2019 regular season is 10 weeks long, running from January 8 through March 14. During the regular season, teams will play one match against...
GM Simon Williams shows you an attacking, sacrificial masterpiece by one of the strongest young prodigies in chess.
Is this the game of the year for 2018? Watch and decide.
This blog isn't exactly on chess... I've just started searching for chess paintings and images in the web. I've found many many great posts with beautiful collections, some thematic, some with reconstructive intentions of the displayed chess positions... Here it will be tried something else.
I've found some chess images, paintings mostly, that are based on historical events, or generally known stories. Hence, chess as an art symbol is more comprehensible. In other words, in this blog I've chosen...
The new scoring system of the Professional Online Rapid (PRO) Chess League means teams aren't just trying to eke out victories. They're trying to demolish their opponents and run up big scores.
So, get ready for some teams to use some big names to try to open up big leads early in the season.
How did that play out in week one? Unsurprisingly, the league top team, the St. Louis Arch Bishops (one of last year's semifinalists), produced the biggest score, along with the Montreal ChessBrahs. The Arch...
Prearranged draws are the reality of chess. You might hate it, you might fight it, but if two players want to make a draw, they will find the way to do it.
Sometimes such players just agree to a draw before the game and when the game starts they try to trade pieces as quickly as possible to reach the desired result. There are designated opening variations that help you to achieve the goal quickly and efficiently. Like this one:
You can find about 1,500 games like this in the database. Don't get...
After losing their games in the first round, Dutch GMs Anish Giri and Jorden van Foreest bounced back with wins in the second round of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament in Wijk aan Zee, the Netherlands.
A disappointing first day was followed by a much better second day for the local fans in Wijk aan Zee. The hundreds of spectators, most of them playing themselves in the traditional Weekender, saw both Giri and Van Foreest play (and win!) excellent games.
The stage with the 28 players of the two groups....
Bobby Fischer is easily the most famous chess player of all time. When Bobby spoke about chess naturally people listened! Here are ten of his famous quotes.
1. "1.e4 - Best by test."
You can find a few games where Fischer started the game with 1.c4, or 1.Nf3, but without question, the most played first move by Bobby was 1.e4.
"1.e4 - Best by Test!"
2. "I like the moment I crush a man's ego."
Just play over a handful of Bobby Fischer's games, and you can easily sense his strong desire...
