Wearing a face mask during a game of chess decreases the quality of chess players’ decisions, an effect that is relatively short and mostly hurts strong players. This is the conclusion of a study about the effect of masks on cognitive performance by behavioral and development economist GM David Smerdon. For his study, published in …
Face Masks Decreases Quality Of Chess Moves But Mostly Among Elite Read More »
GM Magnus Carlsen once again tops the field for the upcoming 2023 Tata Steel Chess Tournament. The 85th edition of the annual super-tournament in Wijk aan Zee will have five players from the world’s top 10 and also five of the world’s biggest talents. Traditionally, the Tata Steel Chess Tournament announces the field for the …
Carlsen Among Strongest Ever Field At Tata Steel Chess 2023 Read More »
GM Jeffery Xiong and GM Dmitry Andreikin, the two players with more Titled Tuesday victories than anyone not named GM Hikaru Nakamura, both won another event on September 13. Meanwhile, brothers IM Mykola and GM Oleksandr Bortnyk finished second and third in the late tournament. Early Tournament The clock was a major factor in the …
Ukrainian Brothers Push Hard For First Among Familiar Winners Read More »
Kicking off Sept. 14, the Chess.com Global Chess Championship will see legendary chess players such as GM Viswanathan Anand, GM Vasyl Ivanchuk, GM Vladimir Kramnik, and GM Veselin Topalov compete against today’s best (online) players, including GM Hikaru Nakamura, GM Ding Liren, GM Levon Aronian, and GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda. The full bracket of 64 players …
Anand, Ivanchuk, Kramnik, Topalov Among Global Chess Championship Participants Read More »
An online “round-table” discussion organized by the Association of Chess Professionals (ACP) on Thursday saw three FIDE presidential candidates, the incumbent president Arkady Dvorkovich, GM Andrii Baryshpolets, and GM Bachar Kouatly, debating over a variety of topics in what was a remarkably friendly affair. The discussion was never the tough debate that one might have …
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