Two Knights Talk: Looking back to 2024

by ChessBase
1/8/2025 – Arne Kähler and Johannes Fischer start 2025 with a review of 2024. They recall the highlights of the past year, talk about the Chess Olympiad, various world championships, Freestyle Chess, the future number 1, the successes of India and consider who the male (Carlsen, Gukesh or Erigaisi) and female (Tan Zhongyi, Ju Wenjun, Divya Deshmukh or Humpy Koneru) players of the year are. And they ask which games were particularly impressive in 2024.
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Time Stamps

0:00 - Intro
1:10 - It started with the Candidates Tournament 2024
2:45 - The Freestyle Chess Championship
4:42 - The Chess Olympiad in Budapest
6:42 - "Best of Chess Olympiad Interviews" Clips
11:16 - Why is the Olympiad such a special event?
15:38 - The World Chess Championship
16:13 - Who is the male and female player of the year?
20:21 - India's rise to number 1 in world chess!
23:55 - Women's chess fell below the radar a bit
25:04 - The worst chess incident in 2024?
27:00 - The greatest chess moment in 2024?
32:10 - The most beautiful chess game in 2024?
33:28 - The most surprising chess game in 2024?
37:50 - The three best-selling Fritztrainers in 2024?
41:12 - The two best chess books in 2024?
46:00 - Predictions for 2025!

Searching for the Game of the Year 2024

In his Game of the Week show, Merijn van Delft covers chess events throughout the year, presenting interesting, original and instructive games week after week. At the turn of the year, he selected six games that particularly impressed him in 2024. Here they are:

Now, it's over to you - which of the six games did you like best?

best-game-2024

And here are links to some highlights – and a low point – of the chess year 2024.

Topics: Arne Kähler, Johannes Fischer, Two Knights Talk
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