International Master Dorsa Derakhshani looks back at a 22-year old Magnus Carlsen victorious over Judit Polgar at the 2012 London Chess Classic, where his classical live rating surpassed Garry Kasparov's 2851 record.
2021.04.28
Magnus Carlsen vs Judit Polgar, London Chess Classic (2012): A33 English, symmetrical variation
https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1700621
Woman Grandmaster Sabina Foisor proposes endgame compositions or studies with mixed themes.
2021.04.27
Compositions by
Jan Timman
Pavel Arestov
Kalashnikov
Yochanan Afek
Amatzia Avni
Arseny Yemelin
Woman Grandmaster Sabina Foisor proposes endgame compositions or studies with mixed themes.
2021.04.27
National Master Caleb Denby reviews the best chess games of the second half of the 2020-21 Candidates Tournament, won by Ian Nepomniachtchi.
Woman Grandmaster Sabina Foisor teaches a chess endgame class.
2021.04.27
Eight players compete in a double round robin in Yekaterinburg to determine who challenges Magnus Carlsen for the 2021 World Championship. Join GMs Alejandro Ramirez, Yasser Seirawan, and Maurice Ashley for the move-by-move.
2021.04.27
USChessChamps.com
Eight players compete in a double round robin in Yekaterinburg to determine who challenges Magnus Carlsen for the 2021 World Championship. Join GMs Alejandro Ramirez, Yasser Seirawan, and Maurice Ashley for the move-by-move.
2021.04.26
USChessChamps.com
Eight players compete in a double round robin in Yekaterinburg to determine who challenges Magnus Carlsen for the 2021 World Championship. Join GMs Alejandro Ramirez, Yasser Seirawan, and Maurice Ashley for the move-by-move.
2021.04.24
USChessChamps.com
Eight players compete in a double round robin in Yekaterinburg to determine who challenges Magnus Carlsen for the 2021 World Championship. Join GMs Alejandro Ramirez, Yasser Seirawan, and Maurice Ashley for the move-by-move.
2021.04.23
USChessChamps.com
Grandmaster Steven Zierk plays a viewer in a G/3+2 chess blitz on lichess.org.
2021.03.16
Steven Zierk vs. Alechess12, 2021: D86 Gruenfeld, exchange, classical variation
https://lichess.org/gO5Inw6Qki1K
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