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KCF Academy: meet Elizbar Ubilava
KCF Academy: meet Elizbar Ubilava
On April 28, the subscribers of Kasparov Chess Foundation Academy will gather for an exclusive interview with Elizbar Ubilava. At 74 years young, Elizbar Ubilava, a Spanish grandmaster of Georgian origin, is a living legend in the world of chess.[…]
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Created on: Apr 26, 2024 | 10:00 am
BBC brings back televised chess series
BBC brings back televised chess series
BBC Factual announced a new competition format, “Chess Masters”, for BBC Two and iPlayer. Across eight episodes, passionate and highly skilled players from all backgrounds will battle it out across a series of rapid chess games before one will be[…]
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Created on: Apr 26, 2024 | 05:45 am
Starting Saturday: TePe Sigeman & Co with Svidler, Abdusattorov and Ju
Starting Saturday: TePe Sigeman & Co with Svidler, Abdusattorov and Ju
The TePe Sigeman & Co tournament has been held in Malmö since 1993 — it was only cancelled in 2020 due to the pandemic. The organisers have once again put together a very interesting 8-player field for the 2024 tournament:[…]
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Created on: Apr 25, 2024 | 19:00 pm
Meet the Wirral-Squirrel Variation (WSV)
Meet the Wirral-Squirrel Variation (WSV)
Have all playable alternatives in the early opening been discovered? Despite the huge number of possibilities, there seem to be no surprises in the first moves of a chess game, right? Well, I think I might just have blown that[…]
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Created on: Apr 25, 2024 | 12:00 pm
Gukesh Gets Hero’s Welcome In Chennai On Indian Homecoming
Gukesh Gets Hero’s Welcome In Chennai On Indian Homecoming
GM Gukesh Dommaraju arrived back in Chennai at 3 a.m. on Thursday morning and was instantly mobbed by camera crews, well-wishers, and 80 schoolchildren who had turned up to welcome back one of their own. The winner of the 2024[…]
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Created on: Apr 25, 2024 | 10:15 am
Nakamura Locks Down 6th Titled Tuesday Sweep
Nakamura Locks Down 6th Titled Tuesday Sweep
The first Titled Tuesday sweep of 2024 belongs to GM Hikaru Nakamura, who won both tournaments on April 23. It is the 11th time someone has accomplished the feat, and Nakamura's sixth, but his first since February 14, 2023. The[…]
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Created on: Apr 24, 2024 | 16:03 pm
BBC To Broadcast New Chess Show Decades After 'The Master Game'
BBC To Broadcast New Chess Show Decades After 'The Master Game'
Decades after the popular TV show The Master Game, the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) plans to broadcast a new chess show. In Chess Masters, to be aired in 2025, players of different ages and backgrounds will go head to head in[…]
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Created on: Apr 24, 2024 | 14:54 pm
22-Year Winning Run Ends As Amateur Team Topples ‘Man City Of Chess’
22-Year Winning Run Ends As Amateur Team Topples ‘Man City Of Chess’
A decades-long unbeaten run, believed to be one of the longest in sporting history, has ended after a team of amateur chess players toppled a club dubbed the "Manchester City of chess."
Hammersmith Chess Club in west London beat the[…]
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Created on: Apr 24, 2024 | 13:40 pm
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