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Women’s Grand Prix 2024-25: List of participants
Women’s Grand Prix 2024-25: List of participants
The Women’s Grand Prix is a series of tournaments launched by FIDE in 2009 to promote women’s chess. FIDE is pleased to announce the list of players who have secured their place in the 2024-2025 WGP Series. All 14 qualified[…]
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Created on: Apr 27, 2024 | 00:30 am
Vomit, Badgers, And Crawling Spiders: The Epic Story Of JJ's 92-Hour Chess Marathon
Vomit, Badgers, And Crawling Spiders: The Epic Story Of JJ's 92-Hour Chess Marathon
Most people struggle to stay awake for more than 18 hours. FM Joran Aulin-Jansson played 701 blitz games for 92 hours and 26 minutes straight.
Last week Tunde Onakoya overcame intense vomiting, stomach pain, and extreme tiredness to break the[…]
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Created on: Apr 26, 2024 | 21:39 pm
Cheating Not Widespread In Titled Tuesday, Chess.com Fair Play Team Says In New Report
Cheating Not Widespread In Titled Tuesday, Chess.com Fair Play Team Says In New Report
In the first of a planned series of reports on Titled Tuesday, Chess.com's Fair Play team said it's unlikely that large-scale cheating is happening in the popular prize events.
Chess.com's anti-cheat detection system has faced scrutiny from some...
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Created on: Apr 26, 2024 | 17:10 pm
How data analysis has changed the NBA and top-level chess
How data analysis has changed the NBA and top-level chess
Inspired by a data analysis of the style of play in American basketball, Roger Lorenz has carried out a similar analysis for top-level chess. There have indeed significant changes over the last few decades — not necessarily positive ones.
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Created on: Apr 26, 2024 | 16:00 pm
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
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
Grivas on the Mad Rook
Grivas on the Mad Rook
During the endgame, stalemate is a resource that can enable the player with the inferior position to draw the game rather than lose. In more complex positions, stalemate is much rarer, usually taking the form of a swindle that succeeds[…]
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Created on: Apr 23, 2024 | 08:30 am
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