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The fantastic four are going to battle over $300,000, with the 2018 GCT champion taking home a first prize of $120,000, in one of the most beautiful cities in the world. London, UK, will host the final leg of the Grand Chess Tour. Play starts December, 11 at 9 AM EST (15:00 CET, 14:00 GMT) After the Sinquefield Cup, St. Louis Rapid and Blitz, Paris GCT and Your Next Move, the first four are going to compete for the 2018 GCT title. The format is as follows: there are two semi-finals, in which...Full StoryAdded on 12.10.2018
I’ll look into an important phenomenon on the chess landscape, AlphaZero, who just released more match games played against the powerhouse publicly available program, Stockfish. The games were from a private match of 1,000 games that resulted in 155 wins for Alpha Zero, 6 for Stockfish, and 839 draws. The parameters of the match were somewhat arbitrary; AlphaZero played a somewhat older Stockfish 8 version, the allotted time for the competitors was chosen by AlphaZero’s operators, and it’s not...Full StoryAdded on 12.06.2018
A magnificent view of St. Petersburg at sunset It looks like the chess world is moving fast towards quicker time controls. There is a hunger for rapid and blitz chess. FIDE, the wholly renovated governing body of Chess, with a swift move, moved the Rapid and Blitz chess Championship to St. Petersburg, giving a strong signal. No venues will be allowed if any of the players are denied a Visa to enter the guest country. Such an initiative is a big step ahead, considering that last year one of the...Full StoryAdded on 11.04.2018
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The University of Texas at Dallas vs. The University of Belgrade The Internet Chess Club is honored to host, once again, the Gligoric Transatlantic Cup, a chess tournament played on ICC's chess server between The University of Texas at Dallas and The University of Belgrade. The match is scheduled for November the 9th at 12:00 PM (noon) EST. Download the brochure HERE for all the info and the matchups.Added on 11.03.2018
The Internet Chess Club is excited to announce its new monthly tournament with cash prizes. To be played on the first Saturday of each month, November Weekend Showdown cash prize tournament was held November 3, at 2:00 PM (EDT) - BLITZ 3 0 NINE ROUNDS - Thematic, with a new initial position for each round. We offer cash prizes for the top finishers, as well as ICC membership time and video series giveaways for class winners! The ICC WEEKEND SHOWDOWNS is an occasion to measure your strength...Full StoryAdded on 10.25.2018
.videoWrapper { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; } .videoWrapper { position:relative; padding-bottom:56.25%; height:0} .videoWrapper iframe { position:absolute; top:0; left:0; width:100%; height:100% } Our GM Alex Yermolinsky was invited to play in a tournament held in Chihuahua, Mexico. The Arranca Torneo Internacional de Ajedrez has seen the participation of some interesting players, such as GM Alexei Shirov, GM Alexander Shabalov and, of course, GM Alex...Full StoryAdded on 10.08.2018
.videoWrapper { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; } .videoWrapper { position:relative; padding-bottom:56.25%; height:0} .videoWrapper iframe { position:absolute; top:0; left:0; width:100%; height:100% } This week I have the final wrap-up from the Olympiad, where the medals were ultimately decided by tiebreak. The United States, China, and Russia all ended up tied for first with eight match wins, one loss, and two draws. This time the tiebreak was not kind to the U.S., and...Full StoryAdded on 10.06.2018
The Internet Chess Club is excited to announce its new monthly tournament with cash prizes. To be played on the first Saturday of each month, October Weekend Showdown cash prize tournament was held October 6, at 2:00 PM (EDT) - BLITZ 3 0 NINE ROUNDS. We offer cash prizes for the top finishers, as well as ICC membership time and video series giveaways for class winners! The ICC WEEKEND SHOWDOWN is an occasion to measure your strength against super-strong players and, why not, to win one of...Full StoryAdded on 10.04.2018
.videoWrapper { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; } .videoWrapper { position:relative; padding-bottom:56.25%; height:0} .videoWrapper iframe { position:absolute; top:0; left:0; width:100%; height:100% } After 10 tough rounds, the US, with today's victory over Armenia, got back in the lead! Sam Shankland is the hero of the day. His win against Melkumyan made it possible to the US to bring home the two precious points. Don't...Full StoryAdded on 10.01.2018
The Olympiad is heating up, as they have completed round seven today. So far the U.S. is delivering. The top seeds have six match victories with a lone drawn match versus Israel. The stars and stripes have received a bit of a break on the pairings in the last two rounds, beating Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia handily, 3.5-.5 and 3-1 respectively. With only four rounds, the Americans have still not faced Russia, China, and Azerbaijan (seeds 2-4), and the way things are shaping up, at least...Full StoryAdded on 09.28.2018
.videoWrapper { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; } .videoWrapper { position:relative; padding-bottom:56.25%; height:0} .videoWrapper iframe { position:absolute; top:0; left:0; width:100%; height:100% } After five rounds, and going into the rest day, four countries lead the standings with 5 match wins. Here is for you GM Alex Yermolinsky's recap, aired LIVE on ICCTV! Azerbaijan at the top is not a surprise. The guys...Full StoryAdded on 09.24.2018
It was a pretty quiet week in the chess world because the Olympiad has been gearing up to start in Batumi, Georgia. Today was the first round, and I’ll have some early highlights, but first, we will travel to Kazan for a tribute to a much-beloved player from history, Rashid Nezhmedinov. Before we get to the proper Nezmedinov Memorial, we will play “where in the world is Timur Gareev?” GM Timur Gareev in Kazan, 2018 (Photo from Instagram) Answer: tying for first in the rapid tournament...Full StoryAdded on 09.17.2018
This week we will have a look at some of the action from the Champions Showdown in St. Louis, where ten top grandmasters tried their hand at an interesting chess variant. But before I give my two cents about all that, let’s wrap up the World Juniors with a remarkable result from the new champion. GM Parham Maghsoodloo (Iran) Parham Maghsoodloo dominated the World Junior from start to finish. So impressive was the 17-year-old Iranian that even a loss in the last round to 16-year-old...Full StoryAdded on 09.12.2018
Playing Chess over the Net is something that can give you a lot of different feelings: satisfaction, frustration, anger, happiness. One thing is sure: it's a lot of fun and, in a way, it's addicting. Quick Time Controls have taken over, and the vast majority of played games are fast blitz. Now, what's best than sit at your desk, or on your couch, and play a streak of blitz games? And what if among your opponents you can meet a Grandmaster or an International Master? And, last but not least,...Full StoryAdded on 09.05.2018
Lev Paciorkowski America’s longest-running chess tournament – the 140th Annual New York State Championship – was held in Albany from August 31 – September 3. 18-year-old Lev Paciorkowski took clear first with 5 points out of 6. Lev’s formative chess years were spent playing at the Rochester Chess Center and in the Rochester Interscholastic Chess League; now Lev, a Senior Master, attends Rochester Institute of Technology. The last time a Rochester-area resident won the NYS Championship was...Full StoryAdded on 09.04.2018
Hi, guys! This week I have action from the Russian Championship, and catch you up on some title norms achieved on the West Coast. But first, let me recap the finish from the Sinquefield Cup. There were very few decisive games in the late rounds from St. Louis. Caruana took the lead with a win over Karjakin and held it going into the last round. Carlsen and Aronian caught him in quite a different style. Carlsen squeezed a win in a probably drawn ending against Nakamura, while Aronian used a...Full StoryAdded on 09.02.2018
The Internet Chess Club is excited to announce its new monthly tournament with cash prizes. To be played on the first Saturday of each month, September Weekend Showdown cash prize tournament was held September 2, at 11:00 AM (EST) - BLITZ 3 0 NINE ROUNDS - Chess960 (Fischer Random). We offer cash prizes for the top finishers, as well as ICC membership time and video series giveaways for class winners! Starting October, the ICC Weekend Showdown will be held the first SATURDAY of the month, at...Full StoryAdded on 08.27.2018
One of the toughest events on the circuit is the US Masters, held this year from August 17-21 in Greensboro, North Carolina. The 86 competitors included 28 GMs and numerous other titled players. In this article, I present two games, related by the opening and the resulting middlegame themes, in which I faced very tough opposition. In the very first round, I was paired up against GM Kamil Dragun, who was ranked fifth in the entire event. GM Kamil Dragun I tried the Berlin Defense to the Ruy...Full StoryAdded on 08.17.2018
GM Aleksandr Lenderman To rave reviews, the Manhattan Open, held August 3-5, moved this year to the luxurious Crowne Plaza on Broadway. The Crowne Plaza offers several floors worth of welcoming shops and restaurants, and with its conference rooms on the 4th floor named Act I, Act II, et seq., or otherwise named after the avenues of Manhattan, it was a fittingly glamorous scene. But any upstart with a dream of glory quickly had their hopes dashed as Aleksandr Lenderman crushed the Open section...Full Story
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