Russia wins Online Olympiad 2021

9/16/2021 – In the finals of the 2. FIDE Online Olympiad Russia had to play against the USA, and in this match Russia was seen as the favourite. The Russian team lived up to this role: by winning both matches of the finals 3.5:2.5 the Russians also won the Online Olympiad 2021. | Photos: FIDE

Online Olympiad: On to the play-offs

9/11/2021 – The Top Division of the Online Olympiad finished on Friday after three days of intense top-level chess. Three weeks after the tournament began, we are closing in on the final stage of the event: the play-offs. The pairings in the quarterfinals starting Monday are Kazakhstan vs USA, Ukraine vs India, Russia (pictured) vs Hungary and China vs Poland. | Photo: Boris Dolmatovsky

60m How to fight Queen's Pawn Openigns

After 1.d4 d5 many players with White avoid the great amount of theory in the Slav, Semi-Slav, QGA and Orthodox Queen's Gambit and do not therefore play 2.c4. This is not very ambitious, but the painful experience of many chess players has been that the Colle System, the Trompowsky Attack, the Torre Attack and the London System are nevertheless extremely dangerous. Black has to be prepared for each of these openings and IM Valeri Lilov offers you some help with his six instructive videos, in which he demonstrates for each single opening a relevant plan for Black. In addition to the openings mentioned, the Bulgarian trainer also delves into the Catalan, the Blackmar-Diemer Gambit and the Richter-Veresov Opening.