The two finalist spots were decided before the blitz segment of the World Fischer Random Chess Championship today. Wesley So needed only three fast-rapid games against Ian Nepomniachtchi to book his seat in the title match, but there was plenty of drama,…

Mikhail Tal's health problems plagued his career. In reading his biography, it often seems he was in the hospital as often as he was in the tournament hall, and being escorted from one venue to the other was not uncommon for Tal. In 1969, Tal had a kidney…

Closing our three-parter about the most important official chess composition contests (for composers, i.e. solving tourneys would require a separate article), we will need to have a look at the World Chess Composition Tourneys, but mainly from the perspective…

Replay the 22nd European Team Championship Round 6 game played on 30/10/2019 with computer analysis

As we discussed in the previous article, people love chess for a variety of reasons. Our favorite game is a sport, art, science, fight and more, all at the same time! One of my favorite features of chess was well described by the great Emanuel Lasker: "On…