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...Puzzle 2571 Arnar Gunnarson v Ivan Sokolov, Reykjavik 2001. White chose 1 gxf7+? and drew. Can you do better? Click here for solution...
...Firouzja’s nadir came last month, when he performed poorly at the Sinquefield Cup in St Louis and was in acute danger of losing his Candidates qualification based on rating....
...It seemed likely that Carlsen was simply spooked by his opponent’s negative reputation and played their Sinquefield Cup game well below his normal standard....
...A more significant opening came in Fabiano Caruana v Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, where the 2018 world title challenger launched 1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 g6 3 h4!?...
...Puzzle 2513 Michael Coenen v Philipp Lamby, Bundesliga 2022. Black to move and win. Click here for solution...
...The USA’s Hans Niemann, 19, famously defeated Carlsen at the Sinquefield Cup in St Louis, sparking an ongoing saga of withdrawals, accusations and lawsuits that remain unresolved....
...Puzzle 2490 Wesley So v Viktor Laznicka, New Delhi 2011. White to move and win. The current US champion’s queen looks in danger, with an extra threat to White’s f4 knight. How did So escape?...
...Puzzle 2488 Nikita Vitiugov v Vladimir Kosyrev, Wroclaw 2014. White to move and win. Click here for solution...
...A third round of Carlsen v Niemann is possible this weekend....
...Puzzle 2481 Fabiano Caruana v Gukesh D, USA v India, Chennai 2022. Black to move and win. How did the 16-year-old defeat the former world No 2? Click here for solution...
...Alireza Firouzja, who for many fans is the coming star of world chess at age 19, scooped both the Sinquefield Cup and the Grand Tour at St Louis on Sunday and collected over $270,000 in prize money....
...Puzzle 2489 Gata Kamsky v Judit Polgar, Buenos Aires 1994. The all-time No1 woman was doubly threatened with immediate checkmate by 1 d8=Q mate or 1 Qf8 mate....
...Puzzle 2484 Artur Yusupov v Adarsh Jayakumar, Arlington 2015, White to move and win....
...Puzzle 2470 Ding Liren v Xu Xiangyu, Hangzhou 2022. White to move and win....
...Puzzle 2468 Bela Sandor v Zoltan Herendi, Budapest 1948. Black (to move) resigned here. Can you do better? Click here for solution...
...Now England is outside the top 10 countries. 2409 Wesley So v Magnus Carlsen, St Louis v Norway, online 2017....
...Puzzle 2396 Ian Nepomniachtchi v Vishy Anand, Sinquefield Cup, St Louis 2019. White (to move) is a knight down, but can attack Black’s knight with his king....
...This weekend's online battlefield will be FischerRandom, also known as Chess 9LX, the annual Champions Showdown organised by St Louis and financed by its benefactor and FT reader Rex Sinquefield....
...The online action moves to St Louis this weekend, where Rex Sinquefield hosts the first major US event since the pandemic began....
...St Louis in the US has become the unofficial global chess capital due to the billionaire and FT reader Rex Sinquefield, who hosts the annual Sinquefield Cup and other major events....
..., aims to match them. 2355 Nana Dzagnidze v Ju Wenjun, Cairns Cup, St Louis 2020....
...Rex Sinquefield, America’s chess Maecenas, has given the championship a permanent home in St Louis, along with a compelling prize fund. The 2019 total was $194,000, including $50,000 for first....
...man a fighting chance. 2281 Veselin Topalov v Garry Kasparov, Linares 1999....
...Carlsen v Caruana on Saturday and Mamedyarov v Carlsen on Sunday are viewable free and live online, starting 7pm BST. 2278 White mates in three moves (by Fritz Giegold, 1950)....
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