Posts categorized "Super grandmaster chess"
Masters: Giri on Abdusattorov's Tail A popular tournament strategy is to play for a win as White. Another popular strategy is to be content with… Read More »
GM Magnus Carlsen won his first tournament in Wijk aan Zee in 2008, at the age of 17, tying for first with GM Levon Aronian. For such a young player… Read More »
Chess players are known creatures of habit, which is perhaps the only way to explain why, for the 85th time, 14 of the world’s top players venture to… Read More »
On Wednesdays, we solve tactics. And, on some Wednesdays, we solve six tactics from a single memorable blitz game. GM Magnus Carlsen's toughest...… Read More »
Women's Blitz Championship In an upset victory for the home team, Kazakh IM Bibisara Assaubayeva won the 2022 Women’s World Blitz Championship. Her… Read More »
GM Magnus Carlsen won the second leg of his quest for the triple crown on December 28, winning the 2022 World Rapid Championship in Almaty,… Read More »
Tata Steel Chess India, now in its fourth year of rapid and blitz, shows no signs of slowing down any time soon. Indeed, the Kolkata tournament...… Read More »
It started as a joke. Then, in 2020, it became an online eight-player Round Robin with only one prize. The prize was a picture of a man on a horse...… Read More »
For this week's Wednesday Workout, enjoy a smattering of tactics from recent events including GM Wesley So's victory in the Inaugural Chess.com… Read More »
History has a way of repeating itself, as once again the chess world was abuzz with talk of Reykjavik, American world champions, and even Fischer...… Read More »