Fight Like Magnus: The Sicilian | New course gets World Champion’s stamp of approval
World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen has taken the rare step of personally approving a new course modelled on his openings. Fight Like Magnus: The Sicilian by Christof Sielecki is a complete repertoire against 1.e4 based on Carlsen’s 1...c5 and his pet Sveshnikov line - and we’re offering a free download so you can try it.
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Superbet GCT Day 3: Korobov is rapid king
Anton Korobov finished the rapid section of the Superbet Rapid & Blitz a full two points ahead of Anish Giri, Levon Aronian and Shakhriyar Mamedyarov and, despite remaining unbeaten, explained that, “the task for the blitz se...
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Hamburg GP, R1 Tiebreaks: Armageddon averted
Alexander Grischuk, David Navara, Yu Yangyi and Daniil Dubov are through to the quarterfinals of the Hamburg FIDE Grand Prix after winning Round 1 tiebreaks. The first three players needed just two rapid games to beat Radek Wojta...
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Superbet GCT Day 2: Korobov takes over
Anton Korobov leads the Superbet Rapid & Blitz after crushing Vishy Anand with a kingside attack in the first round of Day 2 and then completely turning the tables on Wesley So in the last. It was a day of ups and downs for many ...
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Hamburg GP, 1.2: Nepo, Wei Yi, Hari & Naka out
There was no way back on Day 2 of the Hamburg FIDE Grand Prix as eight draws meant that Ian Nepomniachtchi, Wei Yi, Harikrishna and Hikaru Nakamura were all knocked out after losing their first games. Only Nepo really came close ...
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Superbet GCT Day 1: Anish Giri a.k.a. Mikhail Tal
Anish Giri found some stunning moves to beat Wesley So and Sergey Karjakin and drew a thriller against Fabiano Caruana as he took the sole lead on 5/6 after Day 1 of the Superbet Rapid & Blitz in Bucharest. Afterwards, talkin...
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Boris Becker plays Caruana at Superbet opening
Tennis legend Boris Becker played a game against chess world no. 2 Fabiano Caruana as the penultimate Grand Chess Tour event before the London finals, the Superbet Rapid & Blitz, was opened in the Stejarii Country Club, Bucharest....
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Hamburg GP, 1.1: MVL, Svidler, Topalov & Duda win
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave beat Wei Yi while Ian Nepomniachtchi blundered and lost to Jan-Krzysztof Duda on a day when fortunes couldn’t have been more different for the favourites to win the Grand Prix Candidates spots. There were a...
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Hamburg GP starts as Candidates race heats up
MVL-Wei Yi, Wojtaszek-Grischuk and Duda-Nepomniachtchi are among the first round pairings as the penultimate FIDE Grand Prix starts in Hamburg, Germany today. The third 16-player knockout will help determine which two players ult...
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Russian Double: 7 Conclusions from the Euro Teams
Russia won double gold at the 2019 European Team Chess Championship in Batumi after a nail-biting final round in the open section saw Kirill Alekseenko give the Russian men victory over Poland. Ukraine would still have taken the ...
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Wesley So crushes Carlsen to win Chess960 title
Wesley So cruised to an incredible 13.5:2.5 victory over Magnus Carlsen to win $125,000 and the 1st official FIDE Fischer Random World Championship title. He could have finished off his opponent in the first rapid game but took a...
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