Stanley Kubrick and chess
Stanley Kubrick (1928-1999) is considered to be one of the most influential filmmakers of the 20th century, but he was also a great chess fan. Marc Lopez, of the radio program Cooltura Escacs, sent us this article.
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Kramnik hunts 11th Dortmund title
The 46th Sparkassen Chess Meeting starts in Dortmund, Germany on Saturday, with world no. 5 Vladimir Kramnik looking to add to his haul of ten Dortmund titles. He’ll face tough competition from Anish Giri, who’s risen to world no....
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The Ilyumzhinov era is over
Yesterday Kirsan Ilyumzhinov announced that after 23 years as FIDE President he won’t be standing for re-election this October. The writing had long been on the wall, with Ilyumzhinov crippled by US sanctions, scraping together a...
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Magnus Carlsen to play the Sinquefield Cup
The last clash between Magnus Carlsen and Fabiano Caruana before their World Championship match now looks set to take place this August in the Sinquefield Cup, after Magnus accepted an invitation to be the wild card for the Grand...
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Praggnanandhaa is 2nd youngest grandmaster ever
India’s Praggnanandhaa has become the second youngest grandmaster in chess history after gaining his final grandmaster norm in a tournament in Ortisei, Italy. Only Sergey Karjakin became a grandmaster at a younger age, 12 years a...
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2018 Grand Chess Tour to start in Leuven
Fabiano Caruana tops a line-up of 10 of the world’s top 13 players for the Your Next Move Grand Chess Tour that starts in Leuven on Tuesday. All but Anish Giri and Alexander Grischuk are coming straight from Altibox Norway Chess,...
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Altibox Norway Chess 2018 Preview
Magnus Carlsen tops the field as the 6th edition of Altibox Norway Chess begins today in Stavanger with the traditional blitz opener. The World Champion suffered a “dark night of the soul” a year ago as he finished second last an...
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Evgeni Vasiukov dies at 85
Russian Grandmaster Evgeni Vasiukov (1933-2018) has passed away at the age of 85. The 6-time Moscow Champion only began to play chess at the age of 15 but would go on to beat players that included World Champions Vasily Smyslov, ...
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US Chess Championships start today
The 2018 US Chess Championships start today in St. Louis, with Wesley So and Sabina-Francesca Foisor looking to defend their titles. The line-ups could hardly be stronger, with Fabiano Caruana and Hikaru Nakamura completing the T...
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Caruana & Carlsen meet in GRENKE Classic Round 1
Fabiano Caruana and Magnus Carlsen will already play a World Championship warm-up on Saturday in Round 1 of the GRENKE Chess Classic. Incredibly that’s the fourth closed tournament in a row that they’ve clashed in Round 1, with t...
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Battle of the non-Candidates
“Win a tournament for the first time in your life, and maybe people will start taking you seriously”. That was World Champion Magnus Carlsen responding to Anish Giri as some Twitter banter suddenly got out of hand. The spark came...
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