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“Tal is Tal!” So goes the Russian proverb. Our columnist reviews a recent book on the wizard of Riga-Ed.
The 3rd FIDE World Cup in Composing was held in the second half of 2013 under the aegis of WFCC*The event directed by Dmitry Turevsky included both studies and problems. In the Two-mover Section there were as many as 45 entries. At the moment Preliminary results have been announced.They will be declared final after two […]
Want to increase your chess rating? Chess players spend many hours studying without much of a result. They read books, study long opening variations, and accumulate chess knowledge but the rating seems not to go up. Sounds familiar? If so, this post was written with players like you in mind, that want t improve at […]
Magnus Carlsen is not just any chess player. In 2004, he became a grandmaster at the age of 13. In 2010, at the age of 19, he became a youngest ever chess player to be ranked number 1 in the world. In 2013, at the age of 22, Carlsen became 16th World Chess Champion. After […]
Veteran GM Boris Gelfand needs no introduction to our readers. He played the last World Championship Match with Viswanathan Anand in 2012 losing it by a narrow margin (6-6 in classical games and 1½-2½ in Play-off rapid games). In this article first published in ChessPro.ru he offers his opinion on the recent Anand-Carlsen Match-Ed.
He may have lost the world championship match. But he continues to win hearts with grace, modesty and dignity. Today (11th December) happens to be his birth day and we wish him a long and happy life. This series is our tribute to a great player-Ed.
I have watched numerous interviews with Anand and Carlsen after the end of the World Chess Championship in Chennai. I wanted to figure outwhat was the main reasons of Carlsen’s success and what happened to the Tiger from Madras? Did Anand got outplayed because of Carlsen’s superior preparation? Was it the psychology of the competition […]
The Anand-Carlsen World Championship Match is now history, with Magnus wresting the title with the score, 6½-3½. A premonition of the disaster for Vishy was seen in their encounter in Tal Memorial Tournament, Moscow 2013.
In the current column on ChessPublishing.com the author draws your attention to two theoretical battles in the recent World Championship Match-Ed.
The game of chess is incredibly complex and complicated. There were many champions, many tournaments and matches, many lost and won games. Here we present you the list of the top 25 world records in the history of the royal game. You will learn things like who is the best chess match player, how many […]
