Tom right. Time for a whiskey and celebration. Not so fast. The bad logic troll now tries lying. He or she claims the Grand Swiss tournament is played over a long period of time and involves pools. Both of these things are false. Either it’s a lie or just made up to support her...
by Maróczy at Buda Pesth [in 1896]; it is the more surprising therefore that he should so nearly have fallen a victim to it here, as his continuation on the previous occasion by 6 KBxP KtxB 7 PxKt is in the present position the only good defence, and a perfectly satisfactory one....
The world of chess is an exciting one, with a long history that’s just as mysterious and hard to nail down as perfecting the game itself. While many of us enjoy casually learning about and playing chess to pass the time or relax after work or school, there are those who devote their ...
He played a very similar setup against Erigaisi as well in later games. This is the top choice of my computer as of writing, so it was perhaps a case of great preparation. In my Chessable course I gave the move 6.Bc4 which is the main line and is doing quite well objectively. I...
A chess competition in which the players simultaneously play each other two games on two boards, each playing White on one and Black on the other. There is a clock at both boards. It removes the bonus in mini-matches of playing White first. Basque chess was first played in the 2012 Dono...
If the player to move has no legal move, the game is over; it is either a checkmate (a loss for the player with no legal moves) if the king is under attack, or a stalemate (a draw) if the king is not.Each chess piece has its own style of moving. In the diagrams, the dots ...
So why, isn’t this gambit with 6.Nf3, played more often? Probably it’s due that many White players eschew wild combinations, tactile melees, and chaos, confusion, and unknowns on the chessboard. This is exactly where Black can also win. ...
by Maróczy at Buda Pesth [in 1896]; it is the more surprising therefore that he should so nearly have fallen a victim to it here, as his continuation on the previous occasion by 6 KBxP KtxB 7 PxKt is in the present position the only good defence, and a perfectly satisfactory one....
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Ian Nepomniachtchi played the Four Knights against Fabiano Caruana and the game was drawn on move 41 without the slightest doubt that this would be the case. It is a valid strategy to avoid a battle against people who are likely your main rivals if you think yo...