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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Isle of Man 7: Spiderman defeats Superman
Mickey Adams beat Abhijeet Gupta in Round 7 of the Chess.com Isle of Man International to join what is now a group of seven leaders on 5.5/7 going into the final two rounds. Despite some thrilling fights the top six boards were a...
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Isle of Man 6: Nakamura & MVL join the leaders
Hikaru Nakamura ended the giant-killing run of Abhijeet Gupta as the race for the £50,000 top prize in the Chess.com Isle of Man International heats up. He’s joined in the six-player leading pack on 5/6 by Maxime Vachier-Lagrave ...
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Isle of Man 4-5: Superman & co. lead
Indian Grandmaster Abhijeet Gupta wore a Superman cap as he beat 2700 players Le Quang Liem and Vidit in consecutive rounds to join Arkadij Naiditsch, Wang Hao and Jeffery Xiong in the lead on 4.5/5 with four rounds of the Chess....
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Svidler and Shankland trade blows in Hoogeveen
Peter Svidler and Sam Shankland both won with the white pieces as their 6-game classical match at the Hoogeveen Chess Tournament got off to an explosive start. Svidler managed to hold with Black in the third game to keep the scor...
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Isle of Man 3: Praggnanandhaa on fire
13-year-old Praggnanandhaa played a game of frightening imagination, calculation and technique as he beat Pavel Eljanov in Round 3 of the Chess.com Isle of Man International. That came after a draw against Peter Leko in the previ...
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Isle of Man 1-2: Big guns fight for survival
Vishy Anand and Vladimir Kramnik are among the star names to have struggled in the first two rounds of the Chess.com Isle of Man International. Among nine players from the world Top 15 only MVL and Levon Aronian are on a perfect ...
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Euro Clubs 7: Bronze Horseman snatch gold
Peter Svidler’s Bronze Horseman are the 2018 European Club Cup Champions after beating Valerenga 4:2 in the final round. Peter had more reason for self-deprecation than usual, but he did hold Magnus Carlsen to a draw. The World C...
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Euro Clubs 6: Carlsen still the no.1… just!
Magnus Carlsen’s 7-year stay as world no. 1 looked to be over on Wednesday as he blundered badly against Ding Liren, but the World Champion fought back to claim a draw. That was vital for his team Valerenga, who went on to end th...
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Euro Clubs 5: Carlsen and Ding on collision course
Magnus Carlsen is set to have the white pieces against Ding Liren in Round 6 of the European Club Cup, with a decisive result ending either the World Champion’s 7-year run as world no. 1 or Ding’s 14-month unbeaten streak. Their ...
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Euro Clubs 4: Ding Liren closes on Tal
Ding Liren handed a 3rd successive loss to Peter Svidler as top seeds Alkaloid beat 4th seeds Mednyi Vsadnik in Round 4 of the 2018 European Club Cup. That takes the Chinese no. 1 to 91 classical games and over 430 days unbeaten ...
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