The 43rd Chess Olympiad in Batumi, Georgia officially opened on Sunday with a spectacular opening ceremony that included dancing and singing performances, speeches and the drawing of colors. Many esteemed members of the chess community called it the best ever, including players like Ivan Cheparinov, who is about to play in his eighth Olympiad.
The rich chess history of Georgia could be felt throughout the opening ceremony, held 45 km away from the Batumi city center in the 10,000-seat...
In 11 days from now, a new FIDE president will be elected in Batumi, Georgia. Today we're providing answers from Arkady Dvorkovich and Nigel Short to Chess.com questions sent to all three candidates. Sadly, Georgios Makropoulos declined to participate.
On Monday, September 3 Chess.com sent the same list of questions to all three candidates. Our goal was to get a clear view of the areas where they agree and disagree, and to learn more about which candidate has what kind of plans for the future...
Here you'll find updated standings and leaderboard information for the Arena Kings Streamers Championship Season 2.
Season 2 press release and announcement.
Rank
Player
Points
Twitch Channel
Name / Title
1
penguingm1
215
www.twitch.tv/penguingm1
GM Andrew Tang
2
DanielNaroditsky
190
www.twitch.tv/dnaroditsky
GM Daniel Naroditsky
3
AlexanderL
160
www.twitch.tv/gmlenderman
GM Alexander Lenderman
4
Fins0905
125
www.twitch.tv/johnbartholomew
IM John Bartholomew
5
gkchesstiger
120
www.twitch.tv/igmgatakamsky
GM...
Dive into IM Keaton Kiewra's deep lesson on the Trompowsky Attack in this next lesson, as he discusses a tricky line he's had trouble with in his own games.
This is an opening that rewards flexible play and learning this line will make you happy to see 2...c5 in your games.
Hello everyone, welcome back to the 2nd part of the series 'Putting on the bind!' Today's game is a special squeeze by the Iron Man of Chess, Tigran Petrosian.
Let us revise what we have learnt. Bind is a strong grip or stranglehold on a position that makes it difficult for the opponent to execute useful breaks. What we are doing here is trying to limit the opponent of useful squares- in other words, trying to gain space.
Let's have a look at an example that would refresh your positional...
A new blitz and rapid tournament will be held in November in Kolkata, India. Chess.com is partnering with the tournament.
Tata Steel Chess India 2018 is a new super-tournament scheduled for November 9-14. The tournament format is similar to what is used in the Grand Chess Tour: three days of rapid chess and two days of blitz.
The location is the Indian Council for Cultural Relations in Kolkata, India. The participants are a mix of international top grandmasters and Indian stars:
Tata Steel...
The 2018 Chess.com Speed Chess Championship will feature 16 of the world's best chess players in an innovative eSports bracket tournament and a guaranteed prize pool of $55,000.
See the round two results here.
NEXT MATCHES:
So vs Vidit Gujrathi:
Nakamura vs Vachier-Lagrave:
You can find important information on the event below.
Broadcast and streaming
Bracket
Matchups and pairings
Fantasy prediction contest
SmarterChess predictions
Schedule
Results
Event...
Winning all three segments and using lots of nasty tactics, Levon Aronian defeated Anish Giri in the second quarterfinal of the 2018 Chess.com Speed Chess Championship on Thursday. The winning score for the Armenian GM was 18-11.
The next Speed Chess match, between Wesley So and Vidit Gujrathi, is on with commentary on Chess.com/TV and Twitch.tv/chess. Don't miss it!
It was a high-class match between two players who are side-by-side on the FIDE rating list: Aronian is currently the world number-six...
The next match of the Speed Chess Championship quarterfinals is today as Anish Giri (@anishgiri) faces Levon Aronian (@levonaronian). The match winner will play the winner of Hikaru Nakamura vs Maxime Vachier-Lagrave.
Giri is the higher seed, but is he the favorite to win the match? Find out what our statistical predictions think.
Watch the match live today, .
The following viewing options will be available:
Twitch.tv/chess: the official broadcast with...
