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IM Zaur Tekeyev
IM Zaur Tekeyev
11.24.2021
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IM Zaur Tekeyev
11.24.2021

The World Champion title in chess is different from the same title in the other kinds of sports where usually the holder can be changed every year. This is why the Olympic Gold is more valuable: the event takes place once in 4 years. To become the world champion in chess, one must beat the […]

GM Marian Petrov
GM Marian Petrov
05.05.2021
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GM Marian Petrov
05.05.2021

The final standings of the Fide Candidates 1. Ian Nepomniachtchi – 8½ 2. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave – 8 3. Anish Giri – 7½ 4. Fabiano Caruana – 7½ 5. Ding Liren – 7 6. Alexander Grischuk – 7 7. Kirill Alekseenko – 5½ 8. Wang Hao – 5 The last round might have been not so […]

GM Marian Petrov
GM Marian Petrov
04.29.2021
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GM Marian Petrov
04.29.2021

Ian Nepomniachtchi is the winner of the FIDE Candidates Tournament with a round to spare and a new Challenger for the world championship against Magnus Carlsen. Ian Nepomniachtchi vs Maxime Vachier-Lagrave ended in a draw. The Frenchman has chosen an interesting double fianchetto system where he avoided moving his central pawns. This has allowed white […]

GM Marian Petrov
GM Marian Petrov
04.29.2021
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GM Marian Petrov
04.29.2021

This round proved to be the most entertaining from the start of the tournament. All four games had a winner and no draws. The game which fans were waiting for was between Fabiano Caruana and Anish Giri. The American was a bit surprised by the move order which Giri has played. Now it was not […]

GM Marian Petrov
GM Marian Petrov
04.27.2021
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GM Marian Petrov
04.27.2021

The central game of the day was between the leader Ian Nepomniachtchi and Fabiano Caruana. The Russian had a point advantage and white pieces. He decides to play Scotch. The game went into a well-known variation where the game is quite simple. Black was trying to make it a bit sharper but with simple moves, […]

GM Marian Petrov
GM Marian Petrov
04.26.2021
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GM Marian Petrov
04.26.2021

The Russian Ian Nepomniachtchi defeated his compatriot Kiril Alekseenko and increased his lead by a full point. Nepomniachtchi’s win, with which he became the world number-three player in the live ratings, was surprisingly smooth and quick. He managed to surprise his opponent in the opening when he went for English, but when black was trying […]

GM Marian Petrov
GM Marian Petrov
04.25.2021
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GM Marian Petrov
04.25.2021

Anish Giri managed to win against Wang Hao in round nine. He is now only half a point behind the leader. The remaining games have finished drawing, no not without a big fight. “It was very important for me to win this game to realistically stay in the race, otherwise it would have been really […]

WGM Raluca Sgircea, IM Renier Castellanos
WGM Raluca Sgircea, IM Renier Castellanos
12.25.2019
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WGM Raluca Sgircea, IM Renier Castellanos
12.25.2019

Sicilian is one of the most popular openings for black against 1.e4. It is the favorite of many players and the theory inside it has been studied and discussed to exhaustion. Nevertheless, new ideas still resurface from time to time, which only shows how full of resources this defense is. Although many people believe it […]

GM Alex Colovic
GM Alex Colovic
12.21.2018
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GM Alex Colovic
12.21.2018

Rossolimo Sicilian and how is it a World Championship Choice? The World Championship match is always at the forefront of chess theory. The openings and variations played have been subjected to profound months-long study by teams of analysts supported by powerful hardware, meaning that they are of the highest quality.  This is understandable because nobody […]

GM Marian Petrov
GM Marian Petrov
11.29.2018
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GM Marian Petrov
11.29.2018

Magnus Carlsen has won 3-0 in the playoff and secures the World Chess Championship title until 2020! By winning in London he joins legends such as Wilhelm Steinitz and Alexander Alekhine with 4 classical WC titles.  In all the games in the rapid, he proved his advantage. In game one Caruana could make a draw […]