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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Gibraltar Masters 1-3: No easy games
David Navara is the only top 10 seed on 3/3 after three rounds of the 2019 Gibraltar Masters, with stars such as Hikaru Nakamura and Yu Yangyi already having been held to two draws. Iran’s Sarasadat Khademalsharieh stands out amo...
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Tata Steel 2019, 10: Vintage Carlsen beats Anand
Magnus Carlsen is the sole leader of the Tata Steel Masters with 3 rounds to go after beating his great rival Vishy Anand in a 6.5-hour grind. Ian Nepomniachtchi, their co-leader at the start of the day, was put to the sword by J...
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Tata Steel 2019, 9: Nepo catches Magnus and Vishy
Ian Nepomniachtchi rejoined the Tata Steel Chess leaders with four rounds to go after a position Vidit seemed to have under control collapsed in a handful of moves. It looked as though that would be the day’s only decisive game, ...
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Aronian & co. in action as Gibraltar Masters begins
The 17th edition of the Gibraltar Masters begins today in the Caleta Hotel in Gibraltar, with Levon Aronian looking to defend the title he won in 2018. Those trying to stop him include 4-time Champion Hikaru Nakamura, Maxime Vach...
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Tata Steel 2019, 8: Carlsen & Anand take the lead
Magnus Carlsen won a positional masterpiece against Richard Rapport to move to +3 in the Tata Steel Masters, but that wasn’t enough for the sole lead, since Vishy Anand followed up his win over Vladimir Kramnik with a sparkling v...
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Tata Steel 2019, 7: Insane chess
“Today was just insane”, commented Vishy Anand after beating Vladimir Kramnik to join the Tata Steel Chess leading pack. He was referring to Vlad’s erratic opening play, which initially went unpunished, while Peter Svidler used t...
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Tata Steel 2019, 6: Carlsen and Giri hit the front
Magnus Carlsen pounced on an endgame mistake by world no. 3 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov to win a 2nd game in a row and catch Ding Liren and Ian Nepomniachtchi in the 2019 Tata Steel Masters lead. He was joined by Anish Giri, who won a ...
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Tata Steel 2019, 5: Magnus breaks the streak
Magnus Carlsen beat Jorden van Foreest with the black pieces in Round 5 of the 2019 Tata Steel Masters to finally end a sequence of 21 draws in a row. That puts him half a point behind leaders Ian Nepomniachtchi and now Ding Lire...
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Tata Steel 2019, 4: Giri and Vidit win
Carlsen-Kramnik was the big clash of the day in the Tata Steel Masters, and although it ended in a draw it didn’t disappoint. Vlad said afterwards, “I’m an old man – I just want to enjoy chess!” and for once he could, as he showe...
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Tata Steel 2019, 3: Nepo beats Kramnik to lead
Ian Nepomniachtchi is now the sole leader of the 2019 Tata Steel Masters after taking full advantage of another meltdown by former World Champion Vladimir Kramnik. The day’s other winners were Jan-Krzysztof Duda, who bounced back...
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