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Carlsen, Firouzja and MVL head the field in CrunchLabs Masters
Carlsen, Firouzja and MVL head the field in CrunchLabs Masters
Running from July 17 to July 24, the highly anticipated third event of the 2024 Champions Chess Tour will feature the world's top chess players competing for a $300,000 prize pool and a coveted spot in the CCT Finals. Fans[…]
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Created on: Jul 16, 2024 | 01:30 am
Praggnanandhaa, Martirosyan, Donchenko Star As Biel Chess Festival Begins
Praggnanandhaa, Martirosyan, Donchenko Star As Biel Chess Festival Begins
Top-seed GM Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu got off to a winning start on his debut in the 2024 Biel Chess Festival as he won the opening Masters Chess960, edging out GM Haik Martirosyan, who he beat in their head-to-head clash. Martirosyan then[…]
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Created on: Jul 15, 2024 | 21:58 pm
World Chess Agrees Name Change After 'Clash Of Claims' Criticism
World Chess Agrees Name Change After 'Clash Of Claims' Criticism
World Chess faced criticism following the announcement of 'Clash of Claims 2,' a sequel to the controversial match between GMs Vladimir Kramnik and Jose Martinez. The company's CEO Ilya Merenzon, who expressed surprise at the reaction, has agreed ...
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Created on: Jul 15, 2024 | 15:29 pm
Play the French or the Grünfeld
Play the French or the Grünfeld
The French Defence is one of the most popular openings – very solid against 1.e4, but also leaving room for counterplay and initiative. In a two-volume video course, former World Champion and star trainer Rustam Kasimdzhanov shows you the ins[…]
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Created on: Jul 15, 2024 | 09:00 am
Chess and life expectancy
Chess and life expectancy
In our previous section on how playing chess may affect your life, we asked our readers to guess whether chess players could expect to live longer or shorter lives, on average, than the rest of the non-chess people surrounding them.[…]
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Created on: Jul 14, 2024 | 20:00 pm
Caruana Wins With 5 Rounds To Spare, Matches Carlsen's Record Of 27 Points
Caruana Wins With 5 Rounds To Spare, Matches Carlsen's Record Of 27 Points
GM Fabiano Caruana won the 2024 SuperUnited Rapid & Blitz Croatia with five rounds to spare. Scoring a total of 27 points across the five days, he matched GM Magnus Carlsen's record from 2019 of most points earned in a[…]
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Created on: Jul 14, 2024 | 18:50 pm
Stephane Bressac Wins Unique 1st Blindfold Chess Challenge, Open To Everyone
Stephane Bressac Wins Unique 1st Blindfold Chess Challenge, Open To Everyone
IM Stephane Bressac won the first edition of the Blindfold Chess Challenge, a tournament with a unique format held July 9-11 in Valencia, Spain, where visually-impaired players faced off with non-impaired players. The 34-year-old Bressac was the o...
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Created on: Jul 14, 2024 | 11:20 am
Petrosian – Learning from the Master
Petrosian – Learning from the Master
Tigran Petrosian was a very conservative player. On the other hand he could see tactics and combinations far in advance, so he went about countering them before even his opponents smell anything! Chess trainer GM Efstratios Grivas has always told[…]
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Created on: Jul 8, 2024 | 15:00 pm
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