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Chess
Indians shine at Candidates, but Russia’s Nepomniachtchi leads again
...A number above 1 (= one pawn) means a significant edge, above 2 is a likely winning advantage, while below 1 is an equal position. Puzzle 2567 Matthias Bluebaum vs Robert Baskin, Titled Tuesday 2020....
April 11, 2024
Chess
Chess solutions
...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....
April 9, 2024
FT Live
Building a Personal Wealth Plan
Capitalising on market shifts and innovations in fintech
Thursday, 18 AprilDigital Conference
Chess
Chess: US grandmaster duo surge as Candidates nears finish in Toronto
...The leaders played a cagey draw in round 10, after Gukesh chose a defence to the Ruy López 1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bb5 a6 4 Ba4 Nge7 (instead of Nf6)....
April 16, 2024
Chess
Chess: generation battle as world title Candidates starts in Toronto
...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....
April 2, 2024
Chess
Government’s £500k chess stimulus tests England’s elite talents
...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...
March 27, 2024
Chess
Carlsen and Buettner announce Freestyle Chess Tour for top players
...The plan for 2026 is for a Grand Slam of five tournaments a year, one per continent, each with a $1mn prize fund....
March 18, 2024
FT Live
Business of Entertainment Summit
Capitalizing on Disruption
Thursday, 19 SeptemberLos Angeles, CA
Chess
Carlsen wins at Freestyle Chess amid ambitious plans
...The pairing, a repeat of their 2018 title match, had a dramatic start as Carlsen opened 1 g2-g4!...
February 20, 2024
Chess
Chess: Oxford vs Cambridge almost level after 151 years
...knight fork and the other to a bishop pin....
March 4, 2024
Chess
Chess: Half a century on, Fischer v Spassky at Reykjavik still echoes
...Just a single line of play, but it defeats many. Click here for solution...
March 11, 2024
Chess
Chess: Michael Adams wins again on a vintage weekend for over-50s
...Her sixth round win over the experienced GM Mark Hebden was one of the youngest in chess history by a girl against a grandmaster....
February 26, 2024
Chess
World champion crushed in freestyle chess
..., including a link to an FT column....
February 15, 2024
Chess
The forgotten world title challenger Salo Flohr
...The first game of his that I ever played over made a big impression....
January 22, 2024
Chess
Ex-prodigy surprises at ‘chess Wimbledon’ while world champion flops
...Afterwards he revealed a major reason for his unusual career progression....
January 29, 2024
Chess
Hastings plans to revive its vintage years
...With the help of the new £500,000 government grant for elite chess, a much stronger home entry should be a realistic target....
January 8, 2024
Chess
World No 1 v world champion: Carlsen and Ding to meet this weekend
...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”....
February 5, 2024
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Saturday, 7 September London, UK
Chess
World champion Ding makes comeback at ‘chess Wimbledon’
...I think it’s a very classical way to do it.”...
January 15, 2024
Chess
Memories of the legendary Paul Keres
...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....
December 27, 2023
Chess
Magnus Carlsen wins another two world championships
...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....
January 2, 2024
Chess
Aged just eight, Bodhana Sivanandan enters chess history
...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....
December 18, 2023
Chess
Michael Adams wins London Classic at age 52
...Queen’s side would have given him a promising position, whereas king’s side resulted in a rapid defeat. Niemann’s reply 21 Ra4!...
December 11, 2023
ReviewFilm
Maestro film review — Bradley Cooper’s Leonard Bernstein is electric and intelligent
...If the American dream was always equal parts stardust and slogging hard work, both have their place in a very American movie: Maestro, the electric biopic of composer/conductor Leonard Bernstein....
November 23, 2023
Chess
England narrowly miss medals at European team championship
...Besides being a strong grandmaster, Vitiugov is also a renowned coach, who prepared Ian Nepomniachtchi for two world title attempts....
November 21, 2023
Chess
London Classic starts this weekend, plus Pro-Biz Cup
...The 20-year-old became a household name last year, when world No1 Carlsen withdrew from the Sinquefield Cup following a loss to the American....
November 27, 2023
The Oscars 2024: all you need to know
Leonard Bernstein’s daughters on the biopic Maestro: ‘Take it from us, it is uncanny’
...One essential element is a subject with a high level of charisma, and nobody offered more of that than American conductor and composer Leonard Bernstein....
November 15, 2023
Leonard Blavatnik
Leonard Blavatnik’s entertainment empire plans media acquisition spree
...Sir Leonard Blavatnik is planning to invest hundreds of millions of pounds in buying up media businesses and producing new TV, films and theatre, according to the boss of the Ukraine-born billionaire’s entertainment...
November 19, 2023

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