They have engraved their names in gold on the Trophy’s roll of honor: Gelfand, Karpov, Gurevich, Anand, Radjabov, Nakamura, Ivanchuk, Topalov, and of course, Etienne Bacrot and Laurent Fressinet. These champions forged the legend of CAPECH...
Tonight, at 9:00 PM CET, chess streamers and players Julien Song and Joachim Mouhamad will face off in a Challenge Match. Their names will join the list of champions who have already competed at Capechecs. On the program: 2 rapid games (15+5) an...
As a chess master and coach, I deeply and sincerely believe in the value of blitz for improvement. The advantage of blitz is very simple: you can play a lot of games quickly. You won’t be thinking many deep thoughts, but winning at chess i...
Chess.com India is thrilled to announce the World Cup Fan Contest in collaboration with ChessBase India. As part of the 2025 FIDE World Cup Fan Celebration, we will be hosting three online arenas on 29 October 2025, designed for players across dif...
Dear Chess Friends! I'm delighted to share insights from my recent workshop "The Fixed Pawn as the Base of a Chain", where we explored one of the most fundamental strategic concepts in chess. Understanding pawn chains and how to handle them can ...
With only two weeks left in the North American Corporate Chess League's regular season, there's not much time remaining for teams to clinch one of the league's eight playoff spots. The playoff line currently ends at eighth-ranked AFS, with 32.5 po...
Manchester United football manager Sir Matt Busby is famously credited with coining the phrase ‘If you’re good enough your old enough', which is still displayed in the Old Trafford dressing room. Newly qualified ECF arbiter Alexander...
Out of the 933 participants in this 23rd edition, 127 are women of all ages and levels, representing nearly 15% of the field. In 2025, the ECU (European Chess Union) Women’s Chess Commission is partnering with CAPECHECS for the first time....
The Montpellier native Sophie Millet, six-time French champion, loves CAPECHECS. She has taken part in so many editions of the event. She remains faithful to it, even though she isn’t playing in any tournament in 2025. "I’ve been c...
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#chessup2 #firstlook #demo #blitz #vienna Click to subscribe to my YouTube channel! Earlier in the month, I announced that the good people at Bryght Labs were interested in a collaboration for me to review their current C...
“A game starts with e4; on the 5th move, a knight takes a rook and checkmate. What are the moves played?” That question is taken verbatim from the TV mini-series, ‘Rematch’ (2024), a dramatisation of the chess match between...
The fourth episode of Season 2 of 20 Blitz is live, this time it’s Joel taking the challenge.After guiding previous players from the sidelines, Joel steps up to show he can perform under pressure as well as he teaches. From the first moves...
The 23rd edition of the CAPECHECS chess tournament has begun, and living it is a true pleasure. The aisles of the CCAS center are vibrant. It’s the fever of the first days. We pass each other, we smile, we hug, we kiss, happy to once again s...
🔹 Never Relax When You’re Winning Have you ever had a completely winning position… and still lost? It’s one of the most painful feelings in chess — and yes, it’s happened to me too. Recently, I looked at ...
Just a few days ago, the chess world was shaken by heartbreaking news: Daniel Naroditsky, only 29 years old, has passed away.Although the exact circumstances have not yet been fully confirmed, all signs point to a mental health crisis behind the t...
What are the most dominating performances in chess history? Bobby Fischer in the 1970-72 Candidates cycle. Caruana at Sinquefield 2014. Some of Kasparov's tournaments towards his 1990s peak and some of Carlsen's towards his in the 2010s. But Alekh...
Hi there! How’s everyone doing as you get back into the routine after summer? I’ve been away for a while because I went to Cuba in September to visit my family, and I had an amazing time. Here’s a little video of my nephew I...
I first knew Daniel Naroditsky as a prodigy. He and I played in many events on the West Coast together, and I watched closely as this amazing talent geared up to surpass me. But Danya was always different from the other ruthless youth eager to des...
For Michael Green, a chess trainer and content creator based in Liverpool, a defining moment of his coaching career took place in Izmir, Turkey. Partnering with GM Dragan Solak, he brought together ten young players from the United Kingdom and ...
When the chess game is over, the pawn and the king go back to the same box. – One of Danya's favorite chess quotes Welcome, everybody to another exhilarating edition of the Osaka Papers. My latest foray in to the world of Over-the-bo...
Sometimes you don’t rush to take back material right away. Instead, you slip in a move that creates an immediate threat - forcing your opponent to deal with it first. And only then you recapture on your own terms.That’s the idea behind...
How did we get here? The first time I am aware of crossing paths with Daniel Naroditsky was at the start of 2013, and it almost didn't happen. It came at a moment when my personal life and professional chess career were both at their lowest p...
Today’s blog only receives a somber–hey impressive chessers, That’s because on October 19th, 2025, the chess world lost one of our brightest stars: Daniel Naroditsky. I wanted to share how I became acquainted with “D...
I lost my image editing software when my Windows got corrupted, so I made this thumbnail using a Python script. Hopefully it looks alright. Romantic Rumble: Siegbert Tarrasch vs. Johann Berger I don't think anyone would necessarily feel sli...
