In a last gasp of pre-war Utopianism - also, essentially, his dying wish - the chess Maecenas Isaac Rice sent out invitations to all the leading European masters to attend his planned tournament in New York in 1916. Needless to say, most of the in...
Hi everyone! 😊 Today I'm writing from the city of Astana. I arrived here today primarily to participate in the Kazakhstan Chess Cup 2023, and of course to have the opportunity to watch the World Championship Match. Although Kazakhstan is a nei...
Today we have 8 exercises inspired by my game against Tamás Tancsa from the International Master Tourney in Budapest. I could win the game this way: What would be the final touch? I missed this win: Black is threatening to wn ...
The chess game played between Ian Nepomniachtchi and Ding Liren in round 9 of the FIDE World Chess Championship 2023 began with a Ruy Lopez or Spanish Opening. White played 4. d3 to avoid the main lines of the Berlin Defense. Both players develope...
Hello everyone, and welcome to my blog! The World Chess Championship is going on in Astana right now, featuring Ding Liren and Ian Nepomniachtchi. Ask yourself for a moment - which Chinese chess player are you familiar with? Most p...
The town of Hastings in England has been the site of many, many chess tournaments and games! Hastings 1895 is 'considered one of the greatest tournaments in the history of chess. It was one of the first tournaments to include all the top players...
Today we have 12 exercises from an interesting game, which I played in the international master tourney in Budapest against FIDE-Master Bence Leszko. This line I calculated in the game. How can white win? What is a good positional move for b...
Today in the Chess World, while Ding was trying to convert a winning position against Ian Nepominiatchi, internet detectives on r/chess were solving the mystery behind the suspected accounts Ding Liren and his second Richard Rapport were allegedly...
This is a recap of the eighth game of the FIDE World Chess Championship 2023 between Ding Liren and Ian Nepomniachtchi. The game began with 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 d6. Ding sacrificed a pawn to create an aggress...
I share 5 exercises which I created from the game I played against the Greek young talent Antonios Gkavardinas in the 7th round of the International Master Tourney in Budapest. He sacrificed a pawn with d5-d4. I captured it. How should he ...
Today's 8 exercises are from yesterday's game which I played against the Indian Lady Isha Sharma in the international master tourney in Budapest. She built up a big space advantage and got well placed minor pieces. How should black react? Sh...
ChessKid is proud to support women in chess, empowering bright young female chess players to pursue the game. ChessKids playing over-the-board chess. Photo courtesy of Dana Reizniece-Ozola. As part of our ongoing efforts to promote ches...
This was the seventh round of the FIDE World Chess Championship 2023, played between Ian Nepomniachtchi (playing White) and Ding Liren (playing Black). The game started with the French Defense by Ding, and Nepomniachtchi responded with the Tarrasc...
I played an exciting attacking game against the young South African player Levi Caleb Levitan and created 9 exercise for you. 4 moves earlier I used a lot of time to find this move which lead to a winning attack This Bf6 mistake I avoide...
What will it take America? What will it take for the wealthy and privileged in the US to recognize that we have one of the top worldwide talents. He is hiding in plain sight and his name is Abhimanyu Mishra. His father and friends call him “...
Today's 7 exercises are from mym game against International Master To Nhat Minh. In this position how black should continue the attack? How did He go to a winning endgame? How should black react white's exchange sacrifice on d4? Blac...
In the sixth round of the FIDE World Chess Championship 2023, Ding Liren (White) and Ian Nepomniachtchi (Black) faced off in a game that featured the London System. Ian went for an aggressive approach with c5, but Ding was able to control the boar...
This is an article that I have been meaning to put together for quite a while now. Vidmar's take on the 'London Rules'. I suspect that the material will provoke some interesting views! For that reason I present it with no comments of my own - bett...
I made 5 exercises from the game against Donat Daroczi, which we played in the 3rd round of the International Master Tournament in Budapest. I missed this countermove at the end of a 6 moves long combination where I sacrificed a rook. What...
On Thursday, I took part in Vladimir Potkin's simultaneous display in Moscow. I lost, of course, but put up something of a resistance.
This 'star-studded' tournament generated much excitement--and some interesting games! The event featured ten of the very strongest Grandmasters at the time, including the World Champion. The ELO ratings led this to be a Category XV event--one of...
The fifth round of the FIDE World Chess Championship 2023 featured a thrilling encounter between Ian Nepomniachtchi, playing with the white pieces, and Ding Liren. The game saw Nepomniachtchi go for a Ruy Lopez, a more classical approach compared ...
I created 5 exercises from the game against Grandmaster Milan Pacher. Which we played in the 2nd round of the International Master Tournament in Budapest. How can get black an advantage from the complications? White moved Bb3 to have a...
Almost lost in the chess history books is a phenomenal game played on this date in 1894. It was part of the 19-game match for the world championship between Wilhelm Steinitz, the first official world champion, and the 25-year-old upstart Emanuel L...
