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...Puzzle 2564 Mateusz Bartel v Gergely Szabo, Hungarian teams 2017. White to move and win. Click here for solution...
...Puzzle 2558 Samuel Sevian v Wojciech Przybylski, Titled Tuesday 2021. White to move and win. Click here for solution...
...Puzzle 2524 Vladimir Fedoseev v Magnus Carlsen, world rapid, Riyadh 2017. White played 1 Ke2? a3 after which the knight could not stop the pawn....
...The Carlsen v Kasparov debate will continue. For Kasparov, it is argued that he was world champion for 15 years, and stayed No1 for a further five....
...Carlsen survived, and went on to defeat Fabiano Caruana in the final. The pairing, a repeat of their 2018 title match, had a dramatic start as Carlsen opened 1 g2-g4!...
...The final on Thursday and Friday (noon GMT start) will be Carlsen v Caruana, World No 1 v No 2 and a repeat of the 2018 classical world championship match....
...Against Carlsen, his accuracy rate was in the mid-nineties against the No 1’s in the mid-eighties, a similar statistic to Carlsen v Niemann....
...On form, the World Cup final starting next Monday should be Carlsen v Caruana, a rerun of their closely fought 2018 world title match in London, which Carlsen has said was the only one of his five championship...
...Puzzle number 2534A Magnus Carlsen v Nijat Abasov, World Cup semi-final, Baku 2023. Black chose 1 . . . Rg6 and lost. How could he have beaten the World No 1?...
...Carlsen immediately withdrew from the tournament and issued a statement implying that the then teenager had cheated....
...Puzzle 2555 Owen Robson v Daniel Hill, York 2022. White to move and win. In the actual game, White resigned! He reckoned he was lost due to the threats of Bxc7 and Rxg2+. Can you do better?...
...Puzzle 2549 Oleksandr Bortnyk v Jeffery Xiong, Titled Tuesday 2023. Black to move and win. Click here for solution...
...Magnus Carlsen, the world No1, has been in surging form this month with an eye-catching run of success....
...Carlsen’s feats have occurred during what is economically a golden age for the world’s top players....
...Puzzle 2540 Ian Nepomniachtchi v Magnus Carlsen. AI Cup 2023. Black to move. The world No1 chose Nf5-e3 here. Can you do better? Click here for solution...
...Carlsen’s view is positive: “Everything around it is professionalised in a way that has not been seen before”....
...It seems that Carlsen is well aware of the danger and potential crisis....
...Evidently Wojtaszek knew Karpov v Miles well, as he chose a harmonious formation with Nbd2 to guard his e4 pawn where Karpov had preferred the less precise Qe2....
...Puzzle 2557 Esteban Canal v Amateur, Budapest 1934. White to move and win. Click here for solution...
...World number 1 Magnus Carlsen has won first prize, $200,000, in the Champions Tour for the third consecutive year....
...He has vast experience in opening preparation, having helped Ian Nepomniachtchi in world title matches against Magnus Carlsen and Ding Liren....
...Carlsen’s decision not to defend his title for a fifth time got me thinking....
...The RAC’s excellently produced brochure shows that chess is experiencing a popularity wave at universities due to Magnus Carlsen, Netflix’s The Queen’s Gambit, and the easy accessibility of online speed...
...The lead changed hands several times before Carlsen edged it at 13.5-12.5....
...Last week’s Qatar Open was fiercely fought, with the world No1 Magnus Carlsen defeated in round two....
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