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St. Louis Rapid & Blitz - Live!
St. Louis Rapid & Blitz - Live!
The fourth event of the 2024 Grand Chess Tour is the Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz tournament. Taking place on 12-16 August, the event starts with 9 rounds of rapid action, followed by 18 rounds of blitz. Included in the[…]
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Created on: Aug 14, 2024 | 19:45 pm
Nakamura, Giri, Vaishali Join Global Chess League For Season 2
Nakamura, Giri, Vaishali Join Global Chess League For Season 2
GM Hikaru Nakamura will lead the new American Gambits team when the Global Chess League returns for a second season, to be held this October in London. The other Icon players leading their teams are GMs Magnus Carlsen, Viswanathan Anand,[…]
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Created on: Aug 14, 2024 | 16:12 pm
Martinez Wins Titled Tuesday, Next Stop: London
Martinez Wins Titled Tuesday, Next Stop: London
GMs Jose Martinez and Jeffery Xiong were the victors in the August 13 editions of Titled Tuesday, Martinez finally breaking into the TT winners column in 2024 after coming close several times. "Ready for London," an apparent reference to his ...
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Created on: Aug 14, 2024 | 15:24 pm
Dortmund Chess Festival - Live!
Dortmund Chess Festival - Live!
From 10 to 18 August, Dortmund has once again become the summer chess capital in Germany. Besides a highly competitive open tournament, Elisabeth Paehtz and Dinara Wagner are playing a 6-game match to see who is the number one woman[…]
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Created on: Aug 14, 2024 | 14:50 pm
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: Aug 14, 2024 | 13:00 pm
Firouzja, Nepomniachtchi Jump Into 3-Way Lead With Vachier-Lagrave
Firouzja, Nepomniachtchi Jump Into 3-Way Lead With Vachier-Lagrave
GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave led the 2024 Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz after day one, but GMs Alireza Firouzja and Ian Nepomniachtchi caught up to him to join a three-way tie after six rounds. Of the other seven players, GM Fabiano[…]
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Created on: Aug 14, 2024 | 00:36 am
FIDE Hands Latvian IM 5-Year-Ban For Obscene Letters To Top Female Players Over A Decade
FIDE Hands Latvian IM 5-Year-Ban For Obscene Letters To Top Female Players Over A Decade
FIDE's Ethics & Disciplinary Commission (EDC) has banned Latvian IM Andrejs Strebkovs for five years after finding him guilty of sexually harassing several top female players, some of them children, by sending them obscene letters for over a d...
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Created on: Aug 13, 2024 | 18:33 pm
Sicilian Dragon: The Real Deal!
Sicilian Dragon: The Real Deal!
Chris Ward is an English grandmaster and former British Champion. He is a well-known endgame and opening theoretician who has authored a large number of books, among them the bestselling “Winning with the Dragon 1 & 2”. His Sicilian Fritztrainers[…]
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Created on: Aug 12, 2024 | 09:00 am
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