Caruana Neutralizes Carlsen’s Last White; Championship Monday Looms
The Carlsen-Caruana World Championship match is tied with one round left at 5.5-5.5. Today’s game started out with some levity as 2016 challenger, Sergey Karjakin,…
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Ju Wenjun Defies Odds to Defend World Championship Title
Grandmaster Ju Wenjun defied the odds to defend her World Championship title for the second time in 2018. She won a match in May vs….
Wild Thanksgiving Game Leads to Tenth Draw in Carlsen-Caruana
The tenth draw of the Magnus Carlsen-Fabiano Caruana match was the wildest game yet, with each player’s position hanging on a tempo. Both players showed…
Ninth Draw Sets Record in Carlsen-Caruana
There was a ninth straight draw today in the match between World Champion Magnus Carlsen and American challenger Fabiano Caruana. This sets a record for…
Lagno Strikes First in World Women’s Championship
In the Women’s World Championship final (November 19-23) in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia, GM Kateryna Lagno of Russia was first to strike in a four-game match against…
Caruana Misses a Chance, Draws Game 8 vs. Carlsen
World Championship challenger Fabiano Caruana achieved a big advantage against Magnus Carlsen in today’s Game 8 of the World Championship, both on the board and…
Caruana Remains Solid with Black in 7th Draw vs. Carlsen
The most anticipated World Championship match in recent memory has just crossed the halfway point, with Magnus Carlsen employing his second straight White in Game…
Ju Wenjun and Lagno to Play for Women’s Crown
As the World Championship gets tenser with each draw, the Women’s World Championship in Khanty Mansiysk, Russia is full of knockout blows. In the semi-finals,…
Epic Round Six Draw as Caruana Presses Carlsen in Petroff
After a nearly flawless game five, Carlsen and Caruana continued to thrill fans and spectators with an epic game six draw. The game started out…
The November Check is in the Mail
Read Alex Dunne’s November 2018 “Check is in the Mail” here (pdf) and find past articles by Dunne using the Postal Category, and a full archive…
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