The Saint Louis Arch Bishops and team Blitz advance to the Playoffs after winning their matches in week five of the 2023 Pro Chess League. They eliminated the Croatia Bulldogs and Canada Chessbrahs, respectively. GM Fabiano Caruana was on fire in the first match as he racked up four points out of four games, perfection. …
Arch Bishops, Blitz Move To Playoffs; Alice Lee Upsets Super-GM, Caruana Goes 4/4 Read More »
GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov still leads the preliminaries of the Aimchess Rapid tournament after eight rounds of play, but it was again GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov who got the fans on the edge of their seats as he played a brilliant move in his game with GM Richard Rapport. Together with GM Magnus Carlsen, the Azerbaijani GM …
Instructive attacking chess, dazzling tactics, and a 10-move disaster game all came to the fore during the seventh round of the 2022 U.S. Chess Championships on Tuesday. GM Fabiano Caruana won his fourth game and remains ahead of his newest challenger GM Ray Robson, who won his second in a row over GM Wesley So. …
Caruana, Robson Win Again, Dominguez Records Ten Move Victory Read More »
This is a flash report. The full report will be added to this page soon. After leading the Julius Baer Generation Cup on the first day, GM Magnus Carlsen sent waves through the chess world by playing only one move vs. GM Hans Niemann in their anticipated match before resigning. GM Arjun Erigaisi leads the …
Flash Report: World Champion Resigns After 1 Move Vs. Niemann, Erigaisi Leads Read More »
“If it’s entertaining, it must be entertainment!” said a couple of TV show hosts when I lived in England, and the same can be said about this year’s edition of Norway Chess. The headline, of course, paraphrases the famous Gary Lineker (English footballer) comment about football [Americans: soccer]: “Football is a simple game. Twenty-two men …
10 Players Move Pieces; In The End, Magnus Always Wins Norway Chess Read More »
