🇫🇷 Alireza Firouzja had a revelation, which he shared on his social networks:
"I look in the mirror at my only opponent."
🤔 Will we see a different version of Firouzja in the near future?
Photo by Michal Walusza
We talked earlier about a game in Casablanca Chess. The first position in the game came from the 1999 World Champion match. It was between Xie Jun from China 🇨🇳 and Alisa Galliamova.
♟️ In the match, Xie Jun won the champion title back. She had l...
💶 The 5 kroon note, from Estonia in 1994 and the 2000 dram note from Armenia are unique as they are the banknotes featuring chess players.
🇪🇪 On the note you can see Paul Keres, a chess player from Estonia and the Soviet Union who achieved the ti...
Today, Casablanca Chess 2024 ⚡️ has launched.
In this unusual tournament, there are only four participants. They play rapid chess, starting games from renowned positions that have occurred in world championship matches 👏
After the first game day...
In a match, during the Candidates Tournament Nepomniachtchi adopted a strategy of Deep Blue by cornering his pieces 🏰. This decision raised questions about why Firouzja didn't opt for Kasparovs tactic and make the crucial moves just like Kasparov ...
🗯 Ian Nepomniachtchi shares his feelings about his performance at the Candidates Tournament:
"Of course, I'm disappointed 😔. But I try to look objectively. A lot wasn't going well for me from a purely chess perspective. At the same time, I rath...
WGM Lu Miaoyi recently won the Women's Section of the 2024 Chinese Chess Championship. She was the top seed and the only player rated above 2400. Interestingly, Lu's mother, WGM Xu Yuanyuan, had won the same title in 2003.
In the Open Section,...
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