Congratulations to Arjun Erigaisi on winning the Tata Steel Chess Challengers with a round to spare and qualifying for a place in the 2023 Masters! https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/tata-steel-challengers-2022/12/1/1

Arjun Erigaisi wins the Tata Steel Chess Challengers tournament!

♟| It was not that Shuvalova did not get chances: she was better in the opening but after she blundered a pawn in the middle game matters went from bad to worse for her against Jumabayev what resulted in a loss!!

♟| Warmerdam is three pawns down against Murzin but has such a great lead in development that right now he is the favourite to win the game!

Max Warmerdam plays a draw in a curious game against Murzin Volodar

♟| A fine victory for l'Ami against Ganguly. The grandmaster from India was an exchange up but strategically lost in a for that reason remarkable ending!

Round 12 Standings Challengers

Tata Steel Challengers - Round 12

Tata Steel Chess 2022 R12: Carlsen Wins With Round To Spare

GM Magnus Carlsen secured his eighth victory in Wijk aan Zee with a round to spare.

GM Arjun Erigaisi has also won the Tata Steel Chess Challengers before the last round.

https://www.chess.com/news/view/tata-steel-chess-2022-round-12

The Final Test | Fabiano Caruana vs Magnus Carlsen | Tata Steel Chess 2022

Is it possible to play uber fast in Blitz and beat your opponent?

Hungary no.6 GM Viktor Erdos adapted a strategy which everyone wonders at least once in their chess career - is it possible to play a Blitz game uber fast and put pressure on your opponent? The answer is yes. However, executing is always quite a challenge.

Happy 85th birthday to the legendary tenth world chess champion and two-time Soviet champion, Boris Spassky! 🏆🎉

The 10th World Champion, Boris Spassky, was born on this day in 1937.

He won the title by defeating Tigran Petrosian on his second attempt (Moscow 1969), after a failed challenge in 1966, but conceded it to Bobby Fischer three years later. He is the oldest living World Champion.

In May 2019, I published this remarkable find: on November 19, 1938, Gustaaf de Clercq, the president of the AVRO tournament, publicly congratulated Capablanca on his 50th birthday and the Cuban responded in English. On that day, Capablanca was paired against Alekhine and lost.