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The first ever Hybrid event kicks off this weekend. We've got four teams from Barcelona, Oslo, Tepe Sigeman Chess Malmo and the Slovak Chess Federation. Will it work or perhaps more importantly will any else see enough to want to repeat it? Here is the event website

So wins This was the decisive game. Black's 14th, WHAT!!???? So, Wesley (USA) - Carlsen, Magnus (NOR) Champions Chess Tour Opera Euro Rapid - Knockout 2021 round 08-01 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 b5 7. Bc2 Bb7 8. Re1 Rc8 9. a4 b4 10. d4 cxd4 11. cxd4 Ng6 12. Nbd2 Na5 1...

This one hasn't exactly seized our attention. Personally, I have only followed two rounds on Jon Speelman's Twitch channel. However, I did just check in and immediately Magnus dropped his queen ( in a poor position and needing to win ) via a mouseslip. Carlsen chose to play for a win in the Armaged...

Press statement from New In Chess . Basically reads as everything staying the same, high standards of quality and delivery etc with a direct message that editorial independence will continue as before. I've always thought it was a high class chess magazine so I do hope the change of ownership doesn'...

Sometimes its just obvious its an online tournament. The mouse must have got distracted by a piece of cheese on White's 4th.... Grischuk, Alexander (RUS) - Giri, Anish (NED) ½-½ Champions Chess Tour Opera Euro Rapid - Prelims 2021 round 01 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Kf1 Nxe4 5. d3 Nf6 6. Bxc6...

According to TWIC Magnus Carlsen (or specifically the Play Magnus Group) has just bought New in Chess. Judging by the comments above, I guess the magazine was struggling to survive.

What a farce. From Premier League games to a Sunday morning pub match on a shared pitch. However, I do wonder whether Giri's clothing was suitable for such a game. Watching the replay of the finish he lost a lot of time continually adjusting the sleeve of his shirt. He really should have donned a sh...

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Sun Jan 31, 2021 11:32 am

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Sun Jan 31, 2021 11:18 am

Van Foreest - Grandelius
What on earth is that all about?

This is arguably stranger

Remarkably 4...Nf6 appears to be a TN!

Van Foreest - Grandelius What on earth is that all about? 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Qd3 Nbd7 7. Be2 b5 8. a4 Nc5 9. Qe3 b4 10. Nd5 Ncxe4 11. a5 * 8...Nc5 seems to be a TN to improve on 8...b4 9 Nd5 Bb7 10 Nxf6+ etc which has been played twice in 2018 and once in 2020. H...

I too distinctly remember playing Yrjo once in Gausdal, Norway 1994. I was having the tournament of my life and went into this round having beaten a Swedish IM, Barkhagen (2430) and drawn with Matthew Sadler rated 2560 at the time. Before the round started, the legendary Gausdal organiser, Arnold Ei...

Long time since I watched the series but definitely The Prisoner was a cult classic. Lotus 7 https://televisionheaven.co.uk/assets/prisoner_car.jpg "Checkmate" https://lh3.ggpht.com/_AkrZ09GYiws/Sm8jDu7tGdI/AAAAAAAAKhw/24amNujUif0/s800/prisoner109_checkmate.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia...

FIDE press release: Tal Memorial 2013, 11-year-old Andrey Esipenko is standing next to the soon-to-be world champion Magnus Carlsen. Almost 8 years later, Esipenko defeated Carlsen in Tata Steel Chess Masters and called it one of the best days in his life. https://scontent-lhr8-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0...

Looks like Charlie Storey might be ahead of the game - "Europe’s first completely vaccinated country may well be Malta. Not only is it small, with a population of around 500,000, but it is already inoculating its citizens faster than nearly every other nation on the continent. How it approaches the...

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Sat Jan 23, 2021 6:49 pm

I will watch it again. Instead of the nfl show. Toby Maguire was good in Spiderman. Too many repeats in 10 months.

I thought Liev Schreiber was an excellent Spassky.