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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 StoryAdded on 10.17.2023
IM Malcolm Pein October 17, 2023 THE Qatar Masters Open is under way, headlined by Magnus Carlsen, who headed east after leading his Offerspill team to victory at the European Club Cup in Albania. Old rival Hikaru Nakamura should provide some competition for Carlsen, as the world number three skips the US Championship. Anish Giri is third seed, ahead of a trio of highly-talented young players: Indian stars Dommaraju Gukesh and Arjun Erigaisi, and Uzbek number one Nodirbek...Full StoryAdded on 10.16.2023
CROATIAN LION GM Leon Livaic - source: chessential.com Today is the birthday of Grandmaster Leon Livaic, born in Croatia on October 16, 2000. Leon learned how to play chess at age three, thanks to his father, who is a National Master. Livaic became the youngest International Master ever in Croatia at age 15. In 2022, he achieved the GM title, reaching in April 2023 his peak rating (for now) of 2591 Elo points. Leon is a strong rapid player who can sport wins against chess elite players such...Full StoryAdded on 10.16.2023
IM Malcolm Pein October 16, 2023 ROMANIAN heavyweights Superchess might have suffered a painful last-round defeat in the Open section at the European Club Cup, but they did take top honours in the Women’s event. Following a surprise defeat at the hands of early leaders TAJFUN from Ljubljana, they dominated thereafter, defeating Hungarians Garuda Ajka in the final round to claim the gold medals with 12/14, two points ahead of Ajka, who took silver. Wood Green were back in 10th place...Full StoryAdded on 10.15.2023
IM Malcolm Pein October 15, 2023 The Chess.com Speed Chess Challenge produced many magnificent battles, and ended with Magnus Carlsen defeating Hikaru Nakamura 13.5-12.5 in the closest of matches. Last year it was equally close, but Nakamura prevailed. The tournament has an unusual format, with 90 minutes of 5+1, 60 minutes of 3+1 and half an hour of bullet. Nakamura and Carlsen nearly always dominate the Bullet games, and Carlsen is occasionally prepared to try almost...Full StoryAdded on 10.14.2023
IM Malcolm Pein October 14, 2023 DEFENDING against the Giuoco Piano is always a challenge, but with a bishop on b6 or a7 pointing at the white king, I always reckon I have some chances. Nowadays the trend is to play a7-a5 rather than a7-a6 to preserve the dark bishop. This has the added advantage of ruling out any queenside expansion by White with b2-b4. In this high-level game from the European Club Cup, Black had chances to develop an attack against White’s slow build-up. The...Full StoryAdded on 10.13.2023
CENTENARY OF AN ARGENTINIAN COMPOSER IM Jorge Rubinetti and (left) IM Alberto Foguelman (Buenos Aires 10/13/1923-Buenos Aires 12/09/2013) Source: clubdeajedrezdevilladelparque.blogspot.com Today, we remember International Master Alberto Foguelman, born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on October 13, 1923. Foguelman participated several times in the Argentinian Championship between 1953 and 1976, placing second in 1959 and 1962. With the national representative, Foguelman participated in two...Full StoryAdded on 10.13.2023
IM Malcolm Pein October 13, 2023 MAGNUS Carlsen won his first major team prize last weekend as his Offerspill club from Oslo won the 38th European Club Cup at Durres, Albania. There was still all to play for going into the final round, with Offerspill leading the top seeds Superchess of Romania on tie-break, but with four teams having a realistic chance of victory. The top matches, with match points at start of play in brackets, lined up: Novy Bor (10/12) vs. Superchess (11/12);...Full StoryAdded on 10.12.2023
THE GOLDEN YEAR URSS 1988: GM Yuri Piskov, GM Michal Krasenkow, GM Yuri Dokhoian, GM Sergei Kishnev. Source: @Chess_News Today is the birthday of Grandmaster Yuri Piskov, born in Moscow, Russia, on October 12, 1961. His chess career developed in the '80s and '90s when Yuri reached 2550 Elo points. After 2000, Piskov retired from the competitive scene, if not for some rare appearance. During his chess career, Yuri defeated GMs of the caliber of Krasenkow, Christiansen, Vasiukov, Lputian, and...Full StoryAdded on 10.12.2023
IM Malcolm Pein October 12, 2023 A BLUNDER in a rook and pawn endgame by Jorden van Foreest ensured that Magnus Carlsen’s club Offerspill still led top seeds Superchess of Romania on tie-break going into the last round of the European Club Cup. The match between the two leading teams ended 3-3 as Carlsen drew with Richard Rapport on top board, and four games were drawn. Bogdan-Daniel Deac positionally outplayed Aryan Tari to secure a win for the favourites. The leaders have 11/12,...Full StoryAdded on 10.11.2023
The third edition of the Qatar Masters Open 2023 will begin on Wednesday at the Lusail Sports Arena. Attracting an elite of the most prominent world champions, the event will start on Wednesday and continue until October 20. Two hundred fifty male and female players from 42 countries, including 62 senior international grandmasters and representatives of 16 Arab countries, are participating in the tournament. India has the most significant number, as 76 male and female players will...Full StoryAdded on 10.11.2023
FORTY FOR RUSLAN GM Ruslan Ponomariov - Source: chessdom.com Today is the birthday of Grandmaster Ruslan Ponomariov, born in Horlivka, Ukraine, on October 11, 1983. He was European and World Champion U18 and obtained the GM title at 14 (it was a record back then). In 2002, Ruslan became the FIDE World Champion when he was 19; he prevailed over his fellow countryman Vassily Ivanchuk, the favorite. Ponomariov was the Ukrainian Champion in 2011. In the Olympiads, Ruslan won two gold (Calvia...Full StoryAdded on 10.11.2023
IM Malcolm Pein October 11, 2023 MAGNUS Carlsen’s Offerspill club had more than kept pace with top seeds Superchess of Romania after a tight fifth round of the European Club Cup in Durres, Albania. With two rounds to play, Offerspill led on tie-break as both teams maintained their 100 per cent match record to reach 10/10. Carlsen led from the front and scored the only win of the match as he took down 18-year-old Vincent Keymer. Keymer should have eliminated Carlsen from the FIDE...Full StoryAdded on 10.10.2023
AN ITALIAN AT CAFÈ DE LA RÉGENCE Serafino Dubois - Source: Wikipedia Today, we remember Serafino Dubois, born in Rome, Italy, on October 10, 1817. He learned the game with the "Italian" rules; nonetheless, he established himself as one of the best players of the 19th century. According to Chessmetrics, Serafino Dubois had the highest rating in the world between 1856 and 1858 before Paul Morphy entered the chess scene. Serafino used to play at the very famous Cafè de la Régence in Paris,...Full StoryAdded on 10.10.2023
IM Malcolm Pein October 10, 2023 FOUR teams reached 8/8 at the European Club Cup in Durres, Albania, all after 3.5-2.5 wins in the fourth round. The leaders were top seeds Superchess, for whom Jorden van Foreest and Kirill Shevchenko, against former Ukrainian colleague Sergey Fedorchuk, scored wins, as well as Asnieres of Paris, Czech Champions and former winners Novy Bor and Offerspill. Magnus Carlsen won again to reach 3/3 for Offerspill and Armenian GM Haik Martirosyan had 4/4...Full StoryAdded on 10.09.2023
SO STRONG! GM Wesley So - Photo Lennar Ootes Today is the birthday of Grandmaster Wesly So, born in Bacoor, Philippines, on October 9, 1993. Wesley became a grandmaster at 14. He is a three-time Philippine Champion. In 2014, he decided to switch federation, moving to the USA. He is a three-time US champion (2017, 2020, and 2021). With the US Team, Wesley won the gold medal at the 2016 Olympiad and the individual gold. In 2019, Wesley became the Chess 960 World Champion. He's undoubtedly one...Full StoryAdded on 10.09.2023
IM Malcolm Pein October 9, 2023 EIGHTY-FOUR teams travelled to Durres, Albania, for the European Club Cup, where the opening rounds saw few surprises as the minnows were crushed by the professionals. Wood Green were drawn to play the Norwegian team Offerspill in round two and GM Ravia Haria was soon outplayed on top board by Magnus Carlsen. The big guns started to meet in the third round. Top seeds Superchess of Romania scored a narrow victory over the Azeri team Vugar Gashimov, as...Full StoryAdded on 10.08.2023
IM Malcolm Pein October 8, 2023 In Soviet times, there was a hierarchy of tournaments that led to qualification for the Soviet Championship. The competition was ferocious and it remains the case, that in a winner-takes-all format, players often have to take risks. In 2020, the Dutch IM Stefan Kuipers tweeted: This is what a very hard winner-takes-all format in the Tata Steel chess qualifiers does to the players. These three miniatures are not even the first this tournament. Here...Full Story
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