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How PogChamps 3 Is Supporting Charities

How PogChamps 3 Is Supporting Charities

CHESScom
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8 days ago

PogChamps 3 will be supporting a range of charities selected by the participants in PogChamps 3 with all donations received on Twitch and other platforms during the event being passed on to charities selected by the participants. If you wish to co...

How I Found Love Over The Chess Board

How I Found Love Over The Chess Board

MomOnaBreak
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13 days ago

Written by Olya Kaye Playing chess simultaneously against 15 people was no easy feat. I admit, I was nervous. It was the fall of 2009 and I had not played much chess since 2001. My skills were rusty, but I was 25 and daring. You only live once...

Karen Asrian: The Departed Champion

Karen Asrian: The Departed Champion

GM GMValeduser
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16 days ago

I met GM Karen Asrian during the 1995 Armenian Championship. Back then, Karen was 15, but his advanced endgame skills and positional understanding were already deeply impressive. Evidently, a new talented player was coming up. Indeed, in the next ...

Fabiano Caruana And The Chess Revolution

Fabiano Caruana And The Chess Revolution

GM Gserper
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16 days ago

The recent Tata Steel tournament was a huge success. The organizers did an outstanding job creating a mixed field of players who are known for sharp, "take no prisoners" kind of chess. Yet, in my opinion, the main reason for the success of this to...

The 3-Time Soviet Champion Who Became A Master At 24

The 3-Time Soviet Champion Who Became A Master At 24

Santero13
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28 days ago

There was an era, a time now frozen in memory, when it seemed like every single time I opened a chess magazine, there was GM Leonid Stein winning a tournament, or he was the subject of a column in a chess newspaper. From the late 1960s to the...

Don't Be Lazy In Chess!

Don't Be Lazy In Chess!

GM Gserper
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30 days ago

In the introduction to his famous book "Grandmaster Preparation," GM Lev Polugaevsky tells a story that happened on December 17, 1969, when he and ex-world champion GM Mikhail Botvinnik were walking on the streets of Belgrade. Mikhail Botvinnik ...

Arena Kings Season 6

Arena Kings Season 6

CHESScom
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3 days ago

The sixth season of the Arena Kings chess tournament series runs between January 11 and April 2, 2021 and features a total prize fund of $20,000. As in earlier seasons, Monday and Friday are the regular Ar...

IMSCC Quarterfinals: Rozman Comes Back to Defeat Rosen in Tiebreaks, 13.5-10.5

IMSCC Quarterfinals: Rozman Comes Back to Defeat Rosen in Tiebreaks, 13.5-10.5

CHESScom
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9 days ago

IM Levy Rozman won a thrilling last quarterfinal over IM Eric Rosen in the 2021 I'M Not A GM Speed Chess Championship on Tuesday. After falling behind 9.5-6.5, Rozman won four straight games at the 1+1 time control to take a on...

PogChamps 3: All The Information

PogChamps 3: All The Information

CHESScom
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2 hrs ago

Chess.com is thrilled to host PogChamps 3 presented by GRIP6, which is set to begin on February 14. Expected to be one of the most viewed chess tournaments in history, PogChamps 3 will have a $100,000 prize fund. Among the participants of this lan...

How Smart Are The SmarterChess Predictions?

How Smart Are The SmarterChess Predictions?

NM SmarterChess
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Dec 21, 2020

In April 2016, the GM Blitz Battle Championship kicked off on Chess.com with seven of the world's top blitz players plus one qualifier open to grandmasters and international masters with FIDE ratings of 2500+. I started closely tracking the r...

Holiday Bots: 'Tis The Season Of Chess!

Holiday Bots: 'Tis The Season Of Chess!

CHESScom
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Dec 21, 2020

Ho, ho, ho! 'Tis the season to play chess! Santa's in town, and he's ready to play! Whether you've been naughty or nice, there are five brand new holiday bots that you can challenge here on Chess.com. Play them before they have to go back to the N...

Chess.com Computer Ratings: Dec. 2020

Chess.com Computer Ratings: Dec. 2020

ComputerChessChamps
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Dec 2, 2020

Stockfish made huge waves earlier this year when the release of Stockfish 12 pushed computer chess to new Elo heights. Stockfish remains the premier chess engine on the planet on this update, topping all rating lists—bullet, blitz, and rapid...

Chess.com Bullet Open Championship

Chess.com Bullet Open Championship

CHESScom
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Dec 19, 2020

The Bullet Open Championship will kick off on December 19-20, with the winner clinching a spot in next year's Bullet Chess Championship. With a $10,000 prize fund on the line, this event will feature a 1|0 time control, open to all ...

At What Age Do Chess Players Peak?

At What Age Do Chess Players Peak?

NM SmarterChess
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Nov 19, 2020

There was a study published last month by PNAS titled "Life Cycle Patterns of Cognitive Performance over the Long Run" which looked at chess as a way to measure cognitive performance. The study looked at the move-by-move performance of top profess...

Chess.com Computer Ratings: Nov. 2020

Chess.com Computer Ratings: Nov. 2020

ComputerChessChamps
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Oct 31, 2020

Chess.com is pleased to announce the Chess.com Computer Chess Ratings. These ratings are calculated based on performances in the Chess.com Computer Chess Championship, Chess.com's 24/7 computer tournament platform where the best engines are consta...

How Many Hours Of Chess Study Does It Take To Be A Grandmaster?

How Many Hours Of Chess Study Does It Take To Be A Grandmaster?

NM SmarterChess
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Oct 15, 2020

The grandmaster title is the highest title awarded in chess. Chess titles are awarded by the International Chess Federation (FIDE). As of the September 2020 FIDE rating list, there are 1721 grandmasters in the world. One question that often comes ...

Speed Chess Championship Invitational

Speed Chess Championship Invitational

CHESScom
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Oct 26, 2020

The Speed Chess Championship Invitational is a 16-player knockout tournament from which the winner will qualify for the 2020 Speed Chess Championship Main Event. It will be held Sunday, October 25, 2020 and has a $8,000 prize fund. How to...

2020 Speed Chess Championship: All The Information

2020 Speed Chess Championship: All The Information

CHESScom
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Dec 12, 2020

The 2020 Speed Chess Championship has been expanded with a brand new, multi-event qualification system and a significantly increased total prize fund of $250,000 (a $150,000 increase over the 2019 event). The main 16-player SCC Ma...

The 10 Best Chess Moves Of All Time

The 10 Best Chess Moves Of All Time

ColinStapczynski
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Sep 26, 2020

The number of chess moves made in the history of the royal game is incalculable. Data taken from the study of the 2015 MegaBase (a database that contains over 4.5 million games) indicates that the average number of moves per game is roughly 38. In...

5 Amazing Chess Players You've Never Heard Of

5 Amazing Chess Players You've Never Heard Of

ColinStapczynski
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Sep 26, 2020

There are many well-known world champions, challengers, candidates, world-class players, national champions, and grandmasters in chess circles. The best players our game has ever seen are constantly celebrated and for good reason! However, there a...

Road To The PCL Finals: Saint Louis Arch Bishops

Road To The PCL Finals: Saint Louis Arch Bishops

PeterDoggers
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Sep 23, 2020

The PRO Chess League finals start on Friday, so it's high time to take a closer look at the four teams that will be fighting for the title. Today, in our final preview: the Saint Louis Arch Bishops. The PRO Chess League finals will take pla...

The Only Problem In Fischer Random Chess

The Only Problem In Fischer Random Chess

GM Gserper
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Sep 21, 2020

Even people who are not interested in baseball remember Yogi Berra as the author of so called "Yogi-isms." Indeed, his catchy phrases which mix humor and wisdom will make you smile and think. Pretty frequently they contradict to themselves. Who ca...

Road To The PCL Finals: China Pandas

Road To The PCL Finals: China Pandas

PeterDoggers
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Sep 22, 2020

The PRO Chess League finals start on Friday, so it's high time to take a closer look at the four teams that will be fighting for the title. Today: the China Pandas. The PRO Chess League finals will take place on September 25-27 on Chess.com...

Road To The PCL Finals: Armenia Eagles

Road To The PCL Finals: Armenia Eagles

PeterDoggers
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Sep 19, 2020

The PRO Chess League finals are six days away, so it's high time to take a closer look at the four teams that will be fighting for the title. Today: the Armenia Eagles. The PRO Chess League finals will take place on September 25-27 on Chess.com/...

Road To The PCL Finals: Canada Chessbrahs

Road To The PCL Finals: Canada Chessbrahs

PeterDoggers
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Sep 22, 2020

The PRO Chess League finals are a week away and so it's high time to take a closer look at the four teams that will be fighting for the title. Today: the Canada Chessbrahs. The PRO Chess League finals, the culmination of the fourth season of the...

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