The tiebreaks of the FIDE World Cup's third round saw a major upset as the 31st seed Jeffery Xiong (USA) knocked out the second seed, Anish Giri (Netherlands). Le Quang Liem (Vietnam) managed to send home the higher rated Vladislav Artemiev (Russia).
The losers in round three earned $16,000 whereas the following players, who start their round of 16 on Friday, are guaranteed of at least $25,000 each:
Ding Liren vs. Kirill Alekseenko
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave vs. Peter Svidler
Wesley...
The time has come to book your ticket to watch the live stages of the FIDE World Fischer Random Championship.
To buy tickets to the FIDE World Fischer Random Championship, visit the official site here.
The venue for the semifinals and final will be Norway's Henie Onstad Art Center, located just outside Oslo. The city previously hosted the remarkably successful pilot event, the unofficial title match between Hikaru Nakamura and Magnus Carlsen in 2018.
Those considering a visit would be advised...
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How did Bobby Fischer, one of the greatest to ever play the game, handle a match against an early chess computer? IM Daniel Rensch shows you an important game in the history of computer chess.
For the second video in my new series on the history of computers in chess, I covered one of the most famous examples of human dominance over the early versions of Chess AI.
Bobby Fischer's legendary victory over the machine known as "Greenblatt"—named after computer programmer Richard Greenblatt—will live on forever as an infamous example of a chess engine's early ignorance to the initiative, the dangers of choosing material over king safety, and every human being's desire to...
Sergey Karjakin, Pentala Harikrishna and the five other players who started their round three of the FIDE World Cup with a loss were all eliminated after failing to win the next day.
Kirill Alekseenko, Jan-Krzysztof Duda, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Alexander Grischuk, Teimour Radjabov, Wesley So and Nikita Vitiugov got through to round four with draws, and were joined by Levon Aronian, who defeated Maxim Matlakov. There will be eight tiebreak matches on Wednesday.
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I bet you've heard the cliche that "chess is 99 percent tactics" thousands of times.
While it is greatly overused and exaggerated to some degree, overall it is correct. The enormous strength of modern computers is based on their unmatched ability to calculate.
Naturally, if you want to get better in chess, you need to improve your calculation skills. Here at Chess.com you can find a variety of useful tools that will help you to achieve your goal. I would recommend to start with lessons, where you...
The Week In Chess is a household name in the chess world and still the place to find the latest chess games, altogether and nicely sorted, for download. The first issue was published 25 years ago today.
Mark Crowther, the publisher of the site, is from Clayton, a suburb of Bradford in northern England. He is always in for a chat on Skype, and a few days before the interview he said he was "looking forward to it." It characterizes the cheerful personality of the man who single-handedly changed...
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The number of books written about chess is tremendous. While that can be great for the chess world, it poses practical issues for many fans. Most chess players have their own favorites, but how do you know which books belong on your shelf?
Here are the top 10 classic chess books that every fan should know.
Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess by Bobby Fischer
How to Reassess Your Chess by Jeremy Silman
My System by Aron Nimzowitsch
Zurich International...
