USA favourites as Olympiad set to begin in Batumi
The 43rd Chess Olympiad starts this weekend, with 1600 players descending on Batumi, Georgia for the biggest event in chess. The surprise this year is that the defending champions USA are also the top seeds, a role held by the USSR or Russia every time they’ve played since their debut in 1952. Magnus Carlsen is missing from the Norwegian team, but Vishy Anand plays for India for the first time in 12 years. In total, a record 336 teams are registered for the 11-round open and women’s tournaments that begin on Monday.
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Biel R6: Shak grabs the lead
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov defeated Nico Georgiadis with Black to become the sole leader at the Accentus Biel GM Tournament. Meanwhile, David Navara drew Magnus Carlsen, and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave took down Peter Svidler after the Russia...
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Biel R4-5: MVL scores
The fourth and fifth rounds of the Accentus Biel GM Tournament left things mostly unchanged. Three draws were signed on Wednesday, and only Maxime Vachier-Lagrave scored on Thursday. Carlsen and Mamedyarov are still leading, while N...
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Jan's Opening Clinic 20: Part 6
In Episode 6 of Season 20 of Jan's Opening Clinic the good doctor Jan Gustafsson answers 12 more user questions on chess openings. A wide range of openings is covered, with topics including whether 1.e4 c5 2.b3 is a viable main weap...
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Biel R3: Short but sweet
The third round in Biel lasted less than four hours but all three games generated a lot of audience interest, as the participants showed very creative and bold play. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov defeated Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and now shar...
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Biel R2: Vintage Magnus wins again
It was a great day of chess in Biel. All three games included noteworthy highlights and two of them finished with decisive results. Magnus Carlsen got his second win in Switzerland after showing great technique in a double-rook endg...
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Dortmund 2018, 7: Nepo blasts his way to victory
Ian Nepomniachtchi crashed through against Georg Meier to win the 2018 Sparkassen Chess Meeting in Dortmund by a full point. It was a thriller of a last round, with the four other players in contention for first place all fightin...
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Biel R1: Carlsen squeezes, Mamedyarov demolishes
Two very different wins left Shakhriyar Mamedyarov and Magnus Carlsen as co-leaders of the 2018 Accentus Biel GM Tournament after the first round. Shak needed only 28 moves to wipe Nico Georgiadis off the board, while Magnus had to ...
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Dortmund 2018, 6: Not Kramnik’s year
Vladimir Kramnik is out of the running to win an 11th Dortmund title after crashing to a second straight defeat, this time against Anish Giri. We also know that Radek Wojtaszek won’t defend his title and Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu wi...
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Dortmund 2018, 5: Nepo crushes Kramnik
Ian Nepomniachtchi was announced on Friday as part of the Russian Olympiad team alongside Vladimir Kramnik, but after their Round 5 game in Dortmund there may be some arguments over board order! Nepo was surprised by Kramnik in t...
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New video series and recommendation system
Jan Gustafsson’s latest video series, “A repertoire against 1.Nf3, 1.c4 and 1.g3,” has just been released. Although a standalone series, it could also be thought of as Part 5 of Jan’s popular 4-part repertoire against 1.d4, since...
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