Eight players competed in a double round robin in Yekaterinburg to determine who would challenge Magnus Carlsen for the 2020 World Championship. Today, the tournament was adjourned when Russia announced it would cease international travel. Join GMs Alejandro Ramirez, Yasser Seirawan, and Maurice Ashley for updates.
2020.03.26
USChessChamps.com
International Master Dorsa Derakhshani shows a game against IM Shah Sagar at the 2015 Abu Dhabi Chess Festival.
2020.03.24
Dorsa Derakhshani vs. Shah Sagar, 2015: B17 Caro-Kann, Steinitz variation
https://www.chessbomb.com/arena/2015-abudhabi/05-Derakhshani_Dorsa-Sagar...
Grandmaster Daro Swiercz looks at the best game from Round 4 of the 2020 Candidates Tournament in Yekaterinburg, Russia.
2020.03.26
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave vs Alexander Grischuk, World Championship Candidates (2020): C67 Ruy Lopez, Berlin defence, open variation
https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1993333
Grandmaster Dariusz Swiercz teaches a lecture on a topic of his choice.
2020.03.26
Bassem Amin vs Dariusz Swiercz, World Team Chess Championship (2019): C53 Giuoco Piano
https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1946503
Dariusz Swiercz vs Rinat Jumabayev, World Team Chess Championship (2019): C50 Giuoco Piano
https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1946637
Grandmaster Daro Swiercz looks at the best games from Round 4-5 of the 2020 Candidates Tournament in Yekaterinburg, Russia.
2020.03.26
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave vs Alexander Grischuk, World Championship Candidates (2020):
https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1993333
Grandmaster Daro Swiercz teaches an endgame class, specifically on bishop endgames. See chess games from 2019 Grand Chess Tour Croatia, where Magnus Carlsen has two bishops and demonstrates the pair's superiority.
Grandmaster Dariusz Swiercz reviews the best games played this week in world class chess.
2021.05.05
Grandmaster Dariusz Swiercz teaches a chess class on a topic of his choice.
2021.05.05
The 2020 FIDE Candidates has been postponed: https://www.fide.com/news/462
Join GMs Alejandro Ramirez, Yasser Seirawan, and Maurice Ashley for updates on the situation.
2020.03.26
USChessChamps.com
National Master Caleb Denby looks at fun chess variants known as "horde" and "atomic," because let's face it, you're not playing rated tournaments anytime soon! Horde chess sees a normal chessmen team take on 36 pawns, and atomic chess sees captures remove pieces around the capture.
2020.03.25
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