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In a major upset with potential FIDE Candidates circuit ramifications, GM Nikolas Theodorou (2612 FIDE) took down super-GM Fabiano Caruana with the black pieces, putting himself in sole possession of first place entering the last day of play at th...
We are now past the halfway point of the US Masters tournament, and GMs Fabiano Caruana and Nikolas Theodorou are the only two players on a perfect 5/5 heading into Saturday's rounds. The US Masters is the strongest open tournament in the United S...
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In my last article, I wrote the following summary:
The big takeaway is that playing in the Romantic style in the opening is not just about relentless aggression. It is t...
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The match quieted down a little after the torrid pace of the first eight games — but only by a little. Now it was five decisive results in eight games, as opposed to six. And, after the wild start, the dynamic for the rest of the match was s...
Rounds two and three of the strongest open chess tournament in the United States, the US Masters, took place yesterday on Thanksgiving day. This tournament, hosted by the Charlotte Chess Center, is a nine round open event hosting 264 total players...
The strongest open tournament in the United States, the US Masters, is now underway! Over 200 titled chess players, including 47 Grandmasters, have gathered in Charlotte, North Carolina for nine rounds of long time control chess, fun side events, ...
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And to my fellow Americans, Happy Thanksgiving! 🦃🍁
Wishing all of you a very Happy Thanksgiving!
As we celebrate this day of gratitude, I can’t think of a better time to reflect on the many blessings chess ...
A Conversation with Dan Buettner,Author of The Blue Zones: Secrets of Living Longer “I imagine that people who play chess and are in the tournament world love the sport . They love the community and the competition . T...
Translation of WGM Vivian Gu's Mandarin question to Ding Liren.
Vivian Gu: This time, both your father and mother are here. How do you feel about that? Does it make things better? Will it help with improving your mood subsequently?
Ding Liren...
The inspiration to write "Chess Master's Strategy" was the book "Стратегические приемы в шахматах" by Anatoly Terekhin. Then expanded by the addition of co-author Walery Bronzik. Incidentally, an interesting similarity to my extended version, i...
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Today, I want to share a line you can play with the White pieces to surprise your opponents. I’ve played it many times and have had the experience of winning the majority of my games with it. I find it easy to play and ver...
Game 2 Press conference with questions posed by WGM Vivian Gu in Mandarin.
WGM Vivian Gu (credit: Chessbase India)
VG: Can you describe in simple terms how today's game went?
D: Today we got an infrequently played line which I had prepared ...
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Last week I attended an academic conference in Perth. For those who aren’t familiar with Australia, Perth is the capital city of the state of Western Australia and is on the west coast...
WGM Vivian Gu asked these questions during the last 5 minutes of the post Game 1 press conference and Ding Liren preferred to answer in Mandarin.
I translated the comments into English.
Vivian Gu: First of all, congratulations on the win. In t...
I've not had a very good time of it the past week-ish, so rather than continue my Winner's POV series, I thought I'd write about one more little thing that interests me within the context of chess history. It kinda keeps things in chronological or...
I know how to play chess. I just don't know how to win.
-The dude that played Spassky in "Pawn Sacrifice".
Welcome everybody to a pre-world championship edition of Blitz 'n' Memes.
If you're a fan of puzzles taken from amateur online bli...
23rd November, 10am
Ding Liren's interview with WGM Vivian Gu Xiaobing during a kids’ event where he took pictures and signed autographs for the youth members of Singapore’s National Training Program at the Equarius Hotel.
Ding Li...
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All chess fans are anticipating the WC match, but in the last two days, we have all seen the battle between Magnus Carlsen and Fabiano Caruana. Well, it was 960-chess, but it was chess!After winning the first game, Magnus needed a d...
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After my last blog post, Simplify to Winify!, I felt the need to clarify something: I don’t advocate trading pieces in a vacuum—only after you’ve won material. There’s a huge difference between sim...
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After more than a decade of playing on Chess.com and grinding blitz, I reached 2500 blitz on Chess.com - a years-long goal of mine that I honestly long thought I might never reach! I started chess late - not playing a tournament until high school ...
These Alekhine-Bogoljubow matches have a bad reputation — which is undeserved, at least in the case of the first match. The chess world liked the idea of having Capablanca as the world champion and got obsessed with the prospect of a rematch...