Greetings from Milan, Italy. I am here to speak at a major conference which will be broadcast worldwide. Some speakers who shared their knowledge at this conference: Moshe Abeles, Stefano Baldini, Shlomo Ben-Ami, Alberto Bertone, Giovanni Bignami, Marcello Binda,...
K and P endgame
This is a repeat puzzle but it is important. White to move. Is this a win or draw? How should White proceed? Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Big battles at the World Blitz Championship
24th round [13.5] Carlsen, Magnus 1 – 0 Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime [10.5] [14.0] Kramnik, Vladimir 1 – 0 Caruana, Fabiano [11.0] [12.0] Nakamura, Hikaru 0.5 – 0.5 Karjakin, Sergey [10.0] [12.5] Nepomniachtchi, Ian 1 – 0 Svidler, Peter [11.5] [11.0]...
Aronian leads, Nakamura surges to 5th
20th round [12.5] Carlsen, Magnus 0 – 1 Nakamura, Hikaru [10.0] [9.5] Nepomniachtchi, Ian 1 – 0 Kramnik, Vladimir [13.0] [7.0] Savchenko, Boris 1 – 0 Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime [8.5] [6.0] Andreikin, Dmitry 0 – 1 Caruana, Fabiano [9.0] [7.5]...
Standings at the half / Kramnik, Aronian in the lead
Click on the crosstable above to see the full size version Standings after 19 rounds 1 GM Kramnik, Vladimir RUS 2791 13.0 2 GM Aronian, Levon ARM 2801 13.0 3 GM Carlsen, Magnus NOR 2802 12.5 4 GM Mamedyarov,...
World Blitz Championship Results
Round 15 [9.5] Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 0 – 1 Carlsen, Magnus [10.0] [7.5] Eljanov, Pavel 0 – 1 Radjabov, Teimour [7.0] [7.5] Grischuk, Alexander 1 – 0 Svidler, Peter [8.5] [6.5] Ponomariov, Ruslan 0.5 – 0.5 Karjakin, Sergey [7.5] [5.0]...
World Blitz Championship LIVE
All games will be broadcast LIVE, thanks to our friends at Chessbomb and Chessdom. Live chess broadcast powered by ChessBomb and Chessdom Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Special endgame improvement
White to move. Is this a win, draw, or loss for White?8/4R3/7K/8/8/8/5k1p/8 w – – 0 1 Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Who will win this year World Blitz Championship?
Who will win the World Blitz Championship this year? Magnus Carlsen Levon Aronian Vladimir Kramnik Alexander Grischuk Sergey Karjakin Hikaru Nakamura Shak Mamedyarov Ruslan Ponomariov Teimour Radjabov Fabiano Caruana Someone else pollcode.com Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Yifan Hou and Rustam Kasimdzhanov win rapid gold medals
16th Asian Games – Day FourYifan Hou and Rustam Kasimdzhanov win rapid gold medalsRustam Kasimdzhanov of Uzbekistan in men and Hou Yifan of China in the women section won the Rapid Championship of the 16th Asian Games which concluded...