Chesslance

Dear Chess Friends, Yesterday we conducted the Official Chesslance Tournament for the third time! Let’s sum it up: There were 70 participants in total, which is more than we had two previous times There were more titled players this time, including GM, IM and CM. The first place was taken by a GM Vojtech Plat from Czech Republic with 8.5 points in total. Congratulations! Kartavya Anadkat from India, who already participated in previous tournaments, took the 2nd place with 8 points, and I...

What's up chess players! Thank you for following us all along. Chesslance is here with a new puzzle of the day! In the following position, the material is absolutely equal, but White has a passed pawn as deep as rank 7 and has a move that can turn the position around with a very elegant move. As always, feel free to write the winning move in the comments below! The answer to the previous puzzle is a delicate Rf5!!, threating Rb5+ and mate and also deflecting the Bishop from b3, so if Bisho...

Welcome back to the Puzzle of The Day! Sorry for having a gap of 3 days, we did have reasons for that. But for now, let's look at this beautiful game played between Stockfish and Leela Chess Zero, two of the top engines as of writing this post. As of now, Stockfish is down a baffling 3(!!) pieces for a tremendous pressure on the Black King! Find the move which made the pressure even higher! Solution of the previous Puzzle of The Day: as you all correctly guessed, it was Ne7!!, threatening ...

The bishop rays are a lot more powerful than one can imagine. In this game between the two of the highest rated players in all of chess, the endgame looks somewhat equal. White has just moved 40. Bc5, aiming for the checkmate on f8 and attacking the bishop on c6 at the same time. It looks like Black has to give up a Bishop in order to save checkmate. White, obviously, supposed that Black would somehow defend the checkmate with 40.. Bh6 or something like that, giving up the Bishop on c5. ...

Dear Chess Friends!   Yesterday we conducted the Official Chesslance Tournament for the second time! Let’s sum it up: There were 52 participants in total!The first place was taken by a participant Kartavya Anadkat from India, who took the 2nd place at the Chesslance Tournament in July. Congratulations on your progress!"TheSwissPhoenix" took the second place, and Aswin Ahangama - the third. Well done! You will soon receive your money prizes!The 4th and the 5th places were taken by Ja...

Arjun Erigaisi (born 3 September 2003)[2] is an Indian chess grandmaster. He is the reigning Indian national chess champion.[3] He earned the title of grandmaster at 14 years, 11 months, and 13 days, making him the 32nd youngest person to achieve the title of grandmaster. He is the 54th grandmaster from India. His current FIDE Rating is 2725. World rank #24 (active) India ranks #3   Today is his birthday!! On this particular occasion, we are posting some of his best games.  GAME 1 GAM...

GM Akshayraj Kore (born 1 September 1988), is an Indian chess player and a Grandmaster. In February 2013, he became India's 32nd Grandmaster. Today is his birthday!! On this special occasion, we are posting some of his greatest games. Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Happy Birthday to GM Akshayraj Kore!!

This is the game between Robert James Fischer vs Ulf Andersson One of the most brilliant games Bobby played.Exhibition game (1970) (exhibition), At Siegen FRG, Sep-26Nimzo-Larsen Attack: Modern Variation (A01)  ·  1-0

Hello chess friends, this game was played between, Paul Keres vs Lothar SchmidZuerich (1961), Zuerich SUI, rd 5, Jun-??Alekhine Defense: Saemisch Attack  GM Paul Keres won as white. Guess the move from white sie. Let us know your score in the comment box.