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5/12/2024 – Magnus Carlsen did it again! Despite entering the final day of blitz at a 2½-point distance from sole leader Wei Yi, the Norwegian scored 7 wins in a row (he had finished Saturday’s session with 3 consecutive wins) to overtake the Chinese GM and eventually claim outright victory at the Superbet Rapid & Blitz Tournament in Warsaw. Wei still finished only a half point behind the champion, leaving third-placed Jan-Krzysztof Duda a whopping 6 points behind. | Photo: Grand Chess Tour / Lennart Ootes
5/12/2024 – Magnus Carlsen and Vincent Keymer advanced to the Divsion I final match in the winners’ bracket of the Chess.com Classic after obtaining convincing victories over Denis Lazavik and Jan-Krzysztof Duda respectively. In the lower bracket, elite GMs Ian Nepomniachtchi and Alireza Firouzja grabbed victories to remain in contention in the double-elimination knockout tournament. | Photo: Lars OA Hedlund
5/11/2024 – Wei Yi had yet another imposing performance on day 4 of the Superbet event in Poland, as he now stands a full 2½ points ahead of second-placed Magnus Carlsen in the tournament table. Wei scored 7½/9 in the first half of the blitz section, despite starting the day with a loss against D Gukesh. With third-placed R Praggnanandhaa standing at a 6-point distance from the leader, the fight for overall victory has become a two-horse race in Warsaw. | Photo: Grand Chess Tour / Lennart Ootes
5/11/2024 – The knockout phase of the Chess.com Classic kicked off on Friday. Division I saw Magnus Carlsen, Jan-Krzysztof Duda, Vincent Keymer and Denis Lazavik advancing in the winners’ bracket. Lazavik got the better of Ian Nepomniachtchi — though Nepo is much higher rated than his young opponent, it is by this point not a big surprise that the 17-year-old beat a nominally stronger player. | Photo: chess.com
5/11/2024 – After scoring three wins in as many games on Thursday, Wei Yi grabbed two more consecutive wins (before signing a draw in round 9) to secure first place in the rapid section of the Superbet tournament in Poland. Going into the 18 rounds of blitz, set to take place on Saturday and Sunday, Wei leads Magnus Carlsen by a full point, while R Praggananandhaa stands at a 2-point distance from the world number one. Carlsen was the only player to remain unbeaten in the rapid. | Photo: Grand Chess Tour / Lennart Ootes
5/10/2024 – Magnus Carlsen and Wei Yi emerged as co-leaders after the second day of action at the Superbet Rapid & Blitz tournament in Poland. Carlsen grabbed two wins and then failed to make the most of clear winning chances against D Gukesh, while Wei obtained three wins in a row to recover from his somewhat underwhelming performance on Wednesday. Former leader Kirill Shevchenko and R Praggnanandhaa stand a full point behind the leaders (wins are worth 2 points in the rapid section of the event). | Photo: Grand Chess Tour / Lennart Ootes
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5/9/2024 – Kirill Shevchenko, the clear rating underdog, grabbed the lead after the first day of action at the Superbet Rapid & Blitz tournament in Poland. Shevchenko defeated D Gukesh, R Praggnanandhaa and Vincent Keymer to end the day with a perfect 6/6 score (wins grant 2 points in the rapid section of the event). Standing at a 2-point distance are Magnus Carlsen and Nodirbek Abdusattorov. | Photo: Grand Chess Tour / Lennart Ootes
5/7/2024 – While the World Championship match of the 2024-2025 cycle is supposed to take place at the end of the year, players are already fighting for a spot in the 2026 Candidates Tournament. As per the updated regulations, two places will be granted to the winners of the 2024 and 2025 FIDE Circuits (one per year). Currently, Nodirbek Abdusattorov is atop the leaderboard after winning the TePe Sigeman & Co. Tournament. A few top GMs, including Fabiano Caruana and Anish Giri, have shared complaints regarding the scoring system.
5/6/2024 – The Dubai Police Global Challenge Masters kicked off on Saturday with 135 participants, including three 2700+ rated players. After two rounds, 11 players are tied for first place with 2/2 points. Surprisingly, this group only includes two players belonging to the top-20 in the starting rank. The tournament is a 9-round Swiss open with a classical time control. | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy
5/5/2024 – The main event of the Sardinia Chess Festival, a 9-round Swiss open featuring 11 players rated 2600 or above, took place from April 27 to May 4 on the second-largest island in the Mediterranean Sea. An eventful final round saw former co-leaders Alan Pichot and Yair Parkhov both losing their games. The outcomes of the games on the top boards resulted in four players tied atop the standings with 7/9 points each. Daniel Dardha, who beat Pichot in the final round, had the best tiebreak score and thus claimed the title. | Photos: Davide Locatelli
5/4/2024 – Kicking off the 2024 Grand Chess Tour will be the Superbet Rapid & Blitz Poland, the first of three speed chess events, which is set to take place on May 8-12 in Warsaw. The event starts with 9 rounds of rapid action, followed by 18 rounds of blitz. Included in the field are world number one Magnus Carlsen and the next challenger for the world crown, Dommaraju Gukesh. | Photo: Grand Chess Tour / Lennart Ootes
5/4/2024 – Despite entering the final round a half point behind three co-leaders, Nodirbek Abdusattorov ended up claiming overall victory at the TePe Sigeman & Co. Tournament in Malmö. Abdusattorov defeated Marc’Andria Maurizzi in round 7, while co-leaders Arjun Erigaisi and Peter Svidler only managed draws in their games — Anton Korobov lost to Ju Wenjun and was left out of contention. A 3-player blitz tiebreaker saw Abdusattorov showing stronger nerves than his opponents to become the tournament winner. | Photo: Mikael Svensson / tepesigemanchess.com
5/3/2024 – Two decisive games in the penultimate round of the TePe Sigeman & Co. Tournament left three players tied for first place, as Anton Korobov rejoined Peter Svidler and Arjun Erigaisi in the lead by beating Nils Grandelius with the white pieces. Nodirbek Abdusattorov scored a win over Vincent Keymer to remain in the fight for first place, as he now stands a half point behind the leading trio. | Photo: Mikael Svensson / tepesigemanchess.com
5/2/2024 – Peter Svidler defeated Anton Korobov to climb to shared first place at the TePe Sigeman & Co. Tournament in Malmö. Svidler, the defending champion, is now sharing the lead with Arjun Erigaisi, who drew Vincent Keymer with the white pieces. The co-leaders will face each other in Thursday’s sixth round. | Photo: tepesigemanchess.com
5/1/2024 – Ju Wenjun took down Vincent Keymer with the black pieces in round 4 of the TePe Sigeman & Co. Tournament. Keymer, who was sharing the lead after three rounds, now stands a half point behind co-leaders Arjun Erigaisi and Anton Korobov. One more game ended decisively in Malmö, with Nodirbek Abdusattorov getting the better of Nils Grandelius. | Photo: Mikael Svensson, tepesigemanchess.com
4/30/2024 – Arjun Erigaisi inflicted a third consecutive loss on Marc’Andria Maurizzi to join Vincent Keymer and Anton Korobov in the lead of the TePe Sigeman & Co. Tournament in Malmö. All three remaining games ended drawn, including the clash of co-leaders between Keymer and Korobov. | Photo: Mikael Svensson, tepesigemanchess.com
4/29/2024 – For a second day in a row, 3 out of 4 games ended decisively at the TePe Sigeman & Co. Tournament in Malmö. Vincent Keymer (pictured) and Anton Korobov grabbed full points to become co-leaders with a perfect 2/2 score, while defending champion Peter Svidler obtained his first win of the event, as he defeated women’s world champion Ju Wenjun with the black pieces. | Photo: Mikael Svensson, tepesigemanchess.com
4/27/2024 – The first round of the TePe Sigeman & Co. Tournament in Malmö saw three out of four games ending decisively, as only defending champion Peter Svidler and local hero Nils Grandelius signed a draw on Saturday. Two out of the three top seeds started the event with victories — Arjun Erigaisi and Vincent Keymer — while Nodirbek Abdusattorov, the highest-rated participant, suffered an upset defeat against Anton Korobov (pictured). | Photo: Mikael Svensson, tepesigemanchess.com
Anyone who seriously deals with openings cannot avoid the opening encyclopaedia. Whether beginner or grandmaster. The Opening Encyclopaedia is by far the most comprehensive chess theory work: over 1,463(!) theory articles offer a huge fund of ideas!
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In this video course we’ll have a look at the Queen’s Indian after 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6. We’ll explore the ins and outs of the possible White setups against this rock-solid opening.
Queen's Indian Powerbase 2024 is a database and contains 9687 high level games from Mega 2024 and the Correspondence Database 2024, of which 680 are annotated.
Anyone who seriously deals with openings cannot avoid the opening encyclopaedia. Whether beginner or grandmaster. The Opening Encyclopaedia is by far the most comprehensive chess theory work: over 1,463(!) theory articles offer a huge fund of ideas!
What looks like a clear mistake (hanging your rook on move 2), can turn out to be a powerful weapon to surprise your opponent. Let Robert Ris introduce you into the subtle strategies!
With the help of GM Luis Engel you'll discover how to secure an advantage for White against the different Scandinavian setups like Qa5, Qd6, Qd8 and Nf6 on move 2.
Prague Chess Festival 2024 with analyses by Abdusattorov, Navara, Pragg and many more. Opening videos by Felix Blohberger, Christian Bauer and Nico Zwirs. 11 repertoire articles from Reti to King's Indian and much more.
In this video course we’ll have a look at the Queen’s Indian after 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6. We’ll explore the ins and outs of the possible White setups against this rock-solid opening.
Queen's Indian Powerbase 2024 is a database and contains 9687 high level games from Mega 2024 and the Correspondence Database 2024, of which 680 are annotated.
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