Hikaru Nakamura: "I think pretty much everyone’s not had the greatest of years, which has made it into something akin to the stock market: it’s not necessarily about what your rating is, it’s what have you done for me lately?"
https://chess24.com/en/read/news/nakamura-on-a-tough-year-fortnite-choker-more
https://chess24.com/en/read/news/nakamura-on-a-tough-year-fortnite-choker-more
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Nakamura on a tough year, Fortnite, Choker & more
Hikaru Nakamura is the reigning US Chess Champion and the
blitz world no. 1, but in an exclusive interview with Jan Gustafsson he talks
about “my worst year as a professional by far”. He explains what went wrong and
how he’s been combining streaming, playing…
blitz world no. 1, but in an exclusive interview with Jan Gustafsson he talks
about “my worst year as a professional by far”. He explains what went wrong and
how he’s been combining streaming, playing…
Carlsen, Caruana, Giri To Play 2020 Tata Steel Chess
The lineup of #TataSteelChess 2020 (Wijk aan Zee, January 10-26) is announced:
Carlsen 2870
Caruana 2822
Giri 2776
Nepomniachtchi 2773
So 2760
Anand 2757
Yu Yangyi 2753
Duda 2748
Artemiev 2731
Firouzja 2720
Xiong 2712
Dubov 2676
Kovalev 2674
Jorden van Foreest 2632
https://www.chess.com/news/view/2020-tata-steel-chess-tournament-participants
The lineup of #TataSteelChess 2020 (Wijk aan Zee, January 10-26) is announced:
Carlsen 2870
Caruana 2822
Giri 2776
Nepomniachtchi 2773
So 2760
Anand 2757
Yu Yangyi 2753
Duda 2748
Artemiev 2731
Firouzja 2720
Xiong 2712
Dubov 2676
Kovalev 2674
Jorden van Foreest 2632
https://www.chess.com/news/view/2020-tata-steel-chess-tournament-participants
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Carlsen, Caruana, Giri To Play 2020 Tata Steel Chess
The top two players in the world, Magnus Carlsen and Fabiano Caruana, will meet in January for the 2020 Tata Steel Chess Tournament. With Anish Giri and Ian Nepomniachtchi, the field of the masters has four players from the current world's top 10. For Carlsen…
Alexander Grischuk defeats Maxime Vachier-Lagrave in a masterfully played game, gradually converting a slight advantage into a full point, and becomes the first finalist of FIDE Grand Prix in Hamburg!
https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/hamburg-fide-gp-2019/3/1/2
https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/hamburg-fide-gp-2019/3/1/2
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Grischuk, Alexander vs. Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | Hamburg FIDE Grand Prix 2019
Replay the Hamburg FIDE Grand Prix Round 3 game played on 12/11/2019 with computer analysis
The passing of a chess era: former world champion Anatoly Karpov, who had battled Gary Kasparov in the previous five world championship matches, would not have a chance to do it again in 1993. He was eliminated by Nigel Short in the Candidates Semifinals, Linares, May 1992.
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"As a rule, pawn endings have a forced character, and they can be worked out conclusively."
🔸 Mark Dvoretsky
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Kasparov reaches 2.805. Next to him, his mother, Klara.
‘Jaque’ magazine, 1993.
‘Jaque’ magazine, 1993.
Amsterdam Interzonal, 8th June 1964. The opening moves of Larsen-Portisch (which saw the unusual 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.exd5 exd5 5.Qf3!?).
Larsen won in 33 moves, & it made it into his '50 Selected Games'.
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Larsen won in 33 moves, & it made it into his '50 Selected Games'.
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Bent Larsen 🆚 Lajos Portisch
Amsterdam Interzonal (1964), Amsterdam NED, rd 15, Jun-08
French Defense: Winawer. Delayed Exchange Variation (C01) ·
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Amsterdam Interzonal (1964), Amsterdam NED, rd 15, Jun-08
French Defense: Winawer. Delayed Exchange Variation (C01) ·
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Juga, the talented Chilean singer, invites you to a contest in which chess history buffs and big Mikhail Tal fiends should be clear favorites. The challenge closes tonight! 🔎
https://www.chess.com/news/view/want-to-win-a-diamond-membership-enter-my-chess-song-contest
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Want to Win a Diamond Membership? Enter My Chess Song Contest!
Find the eight hidden references to Mikhail Tal in my new song, "Tactical", for your chance to win a 1 Year Diamond Membership! My new chess song, "Tactical", is a rock tribute to the former world champion, Mikhail Tal, and speaks about learning to survive…