Hints and tips:
Related Special Reports
...Anyone who plays the white side of the Ruy Lopez 1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bb5 would be totally shocked to see Black sacrificing his c8 bishop for the h3 pawn 10 moves later....
...He remarked that, despite his lack of experience, his youth was a strength for such a long tournament: “it’s easier to be focused at my age”....
...when Rxh4 is a stalemate draw, Rc4+ 3 Rxc4 bxc4 4 Kxc4 is a drawn pawn endgame, and Rb2 3 Rh7+ Kb8 4 Kxc6 is a drawn rook ending....
...Russia’s Ian Nepomniachtchi, winner of the last two Candidates, remains half a point ahead....
...His two previous Candidates appearances were marked by high-profile publicity, with references to help from a supercomputer and a team of aides, while this time his preparation has been low-key....
...It was a tough debut at such a high level for Sivanandan, who came to the event without a break from last week’s Reykjavik Open, where she scored an excellent 5.5 out of 9, losing only to a grandmaster and...
...The plan for 2026 is for a Grand Slam of five tournaments a year, one per continent, each with a $1mn prize fund....
...The pairing, a repeat of their 2018 title match, had a dramatic start as Carlsen opened 1 g2-g4!...
...knight fork and the other to a bishop pin....
...Hundreds of thousands of Mexicans joined protests on Sunday against a radical overhaul of institutions driven by populist President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, calling it a threat to democracy....
...Just a single line of play, but it defeats many. Click here for solution...
...The first game of his that I ever played over made a big impression....
...Her sixth round win over the experienced GM Mark Hebden was one of the youngest in chess history by a girl against a grandmaster....
..., including a link to an FT column....
...Afterwards he revealed a major reason for his unusual career progression....
...Maribel López is the managing director of ARCOmadrid, Spain’s largest contemporary art fair....
...With the help of the new £500,000 government grant for elite chess, a much stronger home entry should be a realistic target....
...This week we are talking about Jennifer Lopez’s new musical film This Is Me . . . Now: A Love Story, which accompanies her new album, This Is Me . . . Now....
...I think it’s a very classical way to do it.”...
...There the format will be the best of two games at classical time rates, with a rapid decider if the score is 1-1. Carlsen describes the event as “a dream come true”....
...A difficult question with no clear answer but the fate of Viktor Korchnoi, who defected in 1976 and was treated as a non-person by the USSR for many years, offers a clue....
...His match defeat by Vladimir Kramnik in 2000 was a blip, and Kramnik was careful to avoid a return series. Kasparov was also a pioneer in chess theory and in using computers for training....
...Sheinbaum, 61, has run a disciplined campaign promising broad continuity of López Obrador’s project, while saying that decision-making would be based on data....
...It came after D’Costa, Black in a French Defence 1 e4 e6, flagged in a winning position with knight and two pawns against a bishop....
International Edition