chess upsets - tag

Do you think Grandmasters always outplay the lower rated competition? Think again. Even the greatest players like Garry Kasparov may lose to those 300 points lower rated. Can a Grandmaster lose to a Master rated player? What if that Grandmaster is a World Champion Vishy Anand? The answer is “yes”. In this article we will […]

Today’s topic is the 2014 Chess Olympiad at Tromsø. There were a lot of great games to choose from for our “tragicomedy” article – the biggest upsets. Today’s issue includes the big stars like: Magnus Carlsen, Vladimir Kramnik, Vasily Ivanchuk, and HouYifan. Even they lose games from time to time. Okay, here we go: