Coffee, Dubai and match predictions
Wednesday Coffee
How are you today? Here in north-central Portugal it snowed for about half an hour just a day or two ago. Of course, … Read the rest
Category: World Championship
Memories of Fischer vs Petrosian 1971
50th Anniversary: The Making of History
Buenos Aires has deep significance to both chess fans and modern chess historians. The site of some of the
… Read the rest Riga GP underway
The Art of the 1st Round Blunder
World Chess’ 2nd Grand Prix (GP) of the year got underway yesterday in Riga. Apart from the conspicuous … Read the rest
Moscow Grand Prix Finals begins today!
All Russian Final!
Team mates Alexander Grischuk and Ian Nepomniachtchi (Nepo’ to friends) face off today in Moscow to decide the first Grand … Read the rest
Tal–Botvinnik (1960-1961)
Rarely seen images
The Tal vs Botvinnik World Championship matches of 1960 and 1961 attracted millions of new chess fans around the world. The reason … Read the rest
A pic is worth a 1,000 words
Irony in Moscow !?
IRONY:
A state of affairs or an event that seems deliberately contrary to what one expects and is often wryly amusing … Read the rest
Some interesting chess
Alexandra Goryachkina
This 20 year old Russian girl is already a “men’s” Grandmaster, twice Champion of Russia and twice Under-20 World Champion. Moreover, Alexandra is … Read the rest
FIDE World Team Championship Underway
No Surprises in Round 1
From today until the 14th in Astana (Kazakhistan) is taking place the World Team Championships. Ten teams play an all-play-all… Read the rest
St.Petersburg Blitz & Rapid; UNPLUGGED
Dvorkovich: ‘out-sourcing’ discrimination?
Did FIDE president Arkady Dvorkovich conspire not only to subvert FIDE’s anti-discrimination statutes (1.2) but also the IOC Charter’s sacred ‘Principle 6’? … Read the rest
Russian-Saudi event: Khashoggi body parts still unknown
Carlsen and Lagno triumph in Championship
Congratulations to Magnus Carlsen on defending his World Blitz title, as well as to Kateryna Lagno for winning … Read the rest
Tidbits from St.Petersburg
Quick 1-Minute Summary
He can’t win them all! Carlsen’s first words, when the 3-day championship came to an end, mask his obvious disappointment.
Losing two … Read the rest
2018 World Seniors Championship in Bled
Quick 5-Minute Summary
These ‘senior’ championships are becoming popular! This one is taking place between the 17th and 30th of November in Bled. Four sections, … Read the rest
Ju Wenjun retains World Champion title!
Quick 5-Minute Summary
What a day for Ju Wenjun! Not only did she win the tie breaker (3-1) against Katerina Lagno, but she also won … Read the rest
Women’s World Ch Game #4
Quick 5-Minute Summary
The Comeback Kid!
Lagno’s luck ran out today as Ju Wenjun, with her back to the wall and facing elimination, showed that … Read the rest
Women’s World Ch Game #3
High Tension in Game 3
After yesterday’s loss, Ju Wenjun played ‘all in‘ in today’s game. A sharp King’s Indian soon appeared on … Read the rest
