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IM Malcolm Pein October 28, 2023 THE plan of …h6 and …g5 for Black in the Giuoco Piano is well known nowadays – Black launches a quick attack against White’s slow build-up if the first player has already castled kingside. I noted an example of Black trying this against the Ruy Lopez recently. J Bjerre – A Motylev Bundesliga Ruy Lopez Berlin var viewer = new CHESS.PgnViewer({ pgn_uri: 'https://www.chessclub.com/assets/PGN/DT_Oct_28_2023.pgn', piece_set:...Full StoryAdded on 10.27.2023
LAS VEGAS STAR IM, WGM Nazi Paikidze - Photo: Lennart Ootes Today is the birthday of International Master and WGM Nazi Paikidze, born in Irkutsk, Russia, on October 27, 1993. She learned chess at age four and was soon coached by several teachers, including GM Valentin Belov. Paikidze won the European Women's Championship U10, U12, U14, and U16, to then conquer the World Championship U14 and U16. After moving to the US, Nazi won two US Women's Championships in 2016 and 2018. She was part of...Full StoryAdded on 10.27.2023
IM Malcolm Pein October 27, 2023 PLAY is under way in the FIDE Grand Swiss and FIDE Women’s Grand Swiss at the Villa Marina, Douglas. Fresh from his success in the US Championship, Fabiano Caruana is top seed ahead of compatriot Hikaru Nakamura. The mouth-watering line-up of Alireza Firouzja, Anish Giri, Dommaraju Gukesh, Richard Rapport, Levon Aronian, Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa, Alexander Grischuk and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave completes the top-10 seeds. The Women’s Grand Swiss...Full StoryAdded on 10.26.2023
KASPAROV'S SQUIRE Garry Kasparov e Yuri Dokhoian - Source: nytimes.com Today, we remember Grandmaster Yuri Dokhoian, born in Altai Krai, Russia, on October 26, 1964. With a peak rating of 2580 Elo points, Yuri was among the first 50 players in the world at the end of the 80's and at the beginning of the 90's. He quit playing professionally to follow Garry Kasparov and to be his eternal second. When Kasparov quit the competition, Dokhoian became coach of the Russian Women's Team, leading the...Full StoryAdded on 10.26.2023
IM Malcolm Pein October 26, 2023 A SORRY tale from the Qatar Masters. Isolated queen’s pawn positions can arise from many openings, and defending them requires great care. The player with the isolated pawn will often aim to advance it, to open lines for a kingside attack. The defender should try and control the d5-square to prevent that. An isolated queen’s pawn can be a liability in an endgame, or in a position with reduced material, as it cannot be defended by another...Full StoryAdded on 10.25.2023
KARATE KID GM Arkadij Naiditsch - Photo: Maria Emelianova Today is the birthday of Grandmaster Arkadij Naiditsch, born in Riga, Latvia, on October 25, 1985. Naiditsch was European Champion U10. In 1996, he moved from Latvia to Germany, where Arkadij won a national title in 2007. Naiditsch won an amazing number of 12 Team Championships in the Bundesliga. His peak rating, reached in 2013, was 2737 Elo points, which made him the 18th player in the world ranking. Naiditsch is married to the IM...Full StoryAdded on 10.25.2023
IM Malcolm Pein October 25, 2023 A BLUNDER decided the Qatar Masters, as the leader Arjun Erigaisi lost a rook in his last round game against Uzbek number one Nodirbek Abdusattorov. Just as at the 2022 Chess Olympiad, the Uzbeks got the better of the Indians when the chips were down. Nodirbek Yakuboev defeated Murali Karthikeyan and, with Hikaru Nakamura under pressure, and eventually drawing his game, the tournament was decided in an all-Uzbek tie-break that Yakuboev, who started...Full StoryAdded on 10.24.2023
IM Malcolm Pein October 24, 2023 MAGNUS Carlsen’s hopes of defending the Qatar Masters title disappeared when he lost with the white pieces to Indian GM Karthikeyan Murali in the seventh round, his second loss at the event. Carlsen made a risky sacrifice of a pawn in the Ruy Lopez, before missing chances to equalise and then blundering. With one to play, Carlsen was a point behind leader Arjun Erigaisi of India, who had reached 6.5/8. The group of players half a point behind...Full StoryAdded on 10.24.2023
THE FIRST BIRTHDAY AS WORLD CHAMPION World Champion Liren Ding - Source: chessbase.com Today is the birthday of the current World Champion, Liren Ding, born in Wenzhou, China, on October 24, 1992. Three times China Champion, two times winner at the Olympiads with his country team (2014 and 2018), Ding reached the finals of the World Cup twice. This year, on April 30, Liren became the Chess World Champion, defeating Russia's Ian Nopomniachtchi on tiebreaks in a very tense match. In November...Full StoryAdded on 10.23.2023
Round 11 In the last and decisive round, Vidit Santosh Gujrathi won his game with Predke, reaching a fantastic 8.5/11 and winning the prestigious 2023 FIDE Grand Swiss 2023. Here is the interview with the winner: In second place, and therefore qualified for the Candidates' tournament 2024, American star Hikaru Nakamura, with a remarkable 8.0/11. Final standings: Rk. Name Fed Pt. TB1 TB2 TB3 1 Vidit, Santosh...Full StoryAdded on 10.23.2023
THE FIRST HORVATH IM Tamas Horvath Photo: Przemyslaw Jahr /Wikimedia Commons Source: wikipedia.org Today is the birthday of International Master Tamas Horvath, born in Zalaegerszeg, Hungary, on October 23, 1951. Tamas is the first of many "Horvath" to gain the International Master title, which he obtained in 1979. Horvath represented Hungary in a European Championship, winning an individual bronze medal. Tamas's peak rating was 2475 Elo points, reached in January 1994. In his career, Horvath...Full StoryAdded on 10.23.2023
IM Malcolm Pein October 23, 2023 A DRAMATIC final round saw 2021 Champion IM Carissa Yip triumph at the US Women’s Championship. 20-year-old Yip led WGM Begim Tokhirjonova by half a point entering the last round, but found herself in trouble against FM Ruiyang Yan before fighting back, only to blunder in a double-edged, double-rook endgame. That appeared to have opened a path towards at least a play-off for Tokhirjonova, but she squandered a large advantage and eventually even lost...Full StoryAdded on 10.22.2023
IM Malcolm Pein October 22, 2023 A swashbuckling game from the US Championship, where, at time of writing, Fabiano Caruana looked likely to prevail. The victor plays in the style of what is known as the Romantic period of chess, in the 19th century. The old adage that “it is easier to attack than defend” proves to be right yet again and the victor was always playing with the draw in hand. R Robson – J Xiong Petroff Defence var viewer = new CHESS.PgnViewer({ pgn_uri:...Full StoryAdded on 10.21.2023
IM Malcolm Pein October 21, 2023 ONE way to beat younger players is to play openings that went out of fashion before they were born. Bill Hartston defeated me in my debut game at the British Championships in 1980 with 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bd2?!. Bill got no advantage from the opening, but I burned up some time trying to remember, unsuccessfully, what to do. I needn’t have bothered, as he said afterwards, “No one has played this since before you were born”. Gregory Kaidanov...Full StoryAdded on 10.20.2023
THE TALENTED KOSTYA GM Konstantin Aseev - Source: e3e5.com Today, we remember Grandmaster Konstantin Aseev, born in Novokuzneck, Russia, on October 20, 1960. Aseev was several times finalist at the Soviet and Russian championships. Konstantin has made his name famous as a strong open tournaments player. He played in Italy, too, where he won the strong Sestola Open in 1991. His style reveals an extraordinary combinatory talent and a deep understanding of the position. High-level trainer, he...Full StoryAdded on 10.20.2023
IM Malcolm Pein October 20, 2023 FABIANO Caruana secured victory in the 2023 US Championship with a round to spare after defeating Abhimanyu Mishra, the youngest player in chess history to secure the GM title. Caruana’s score of 7.5/10, unbeaten, was 1.5 point clear of the field. This was Caruana’s second straight US championship victory at St Louis and his third overall. His first victory was in 2016. The championship lacked only Hikaru Nakamura, who preferred to play the Qatar...Full StoryAdded on 10.19.2023
IM Malcolm Pein October 19, 2023 HIKARU Nakamura and Dommaraju Gukesh were two of the seven leaders on 3.5/4 at the strong Qatar Masters Open. Magnus Carlsen bounced back from his shock defeat at the hands of Alisher Suleymenov with a win, but then had to be at his most resourceful to save a draw against teenage Indian GM M Pranesh. M Pranesh – M Carlsen Pirc Defence var viewer = new CHESS.PgnViewer({ pgn_uri:...Full StoryAdded on 10.18.2023
BULLET KING GM Olexander Bortnyk - Photo credit: Maria Emelianova Today is the birthday of Grandmaster Olexander Bortnyk, born in Oleksandrivka, Ukraine, on October 18, 1996. He's the younger brother of IM Nikolay Bortnyk. Olexander learned chess at age three. He's been coached by International Master Roman Khaetsky. Bortnyk was European Champion U14 and U16 and became World Champion U18 in 2014. Bortnyk is a specialist of the Bullet play; he played in the World finals, losing to Hikaru...Full StoryAdded on 10.18.2023
IM Malcolm Pein October 18, 2023 MAGNUS Carlsen was crushed in just 31 moves in the second round of the Qatar Masters by 23-year-old Kazakh GM Alisher Suleymenov. The world number one played lackadaisically in the opening and reached a Hedgehog-type position where his setup lacked the customary solidity. After another imprecise move from Carlsen, Suleymenov opened up the game and was able to use his superior mobility to move pieces to the kingside and win with a lovely sacrificial...Full StoryAdded on 10.17.2023
THE UKRAINIAN IMMORTAL GM Vitaliy Bernadskiy - Photo credit: Maria Emelianova Today is the birthday of Grandmaster Vitaliy Bernadskiy, born in Chernivtsi, Ukraine, on October 17, 1994. Vitaliy learned chess at age five and was coached by IM Vladimir Grabinsky. Bernadskiy got his GM title in 2014 and reached his max rating of 2636 Elo points in May 2022. Vitaliy plays in Italy quite often; he won the "Vergani Cup" in Villorba in 2020 and the "Festival di Catoolica" in 2021 and 2022. The...Full Story
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