Participants and regulations Croatian junior chess league 2018 took place between 2nd and 8th of April 2018. The Tournament was held in tourist settlement “Margarita Maris” in the small city of Sv. Filip and Jakov which has 4606 inhabitants (according…
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Sven Tica Interview
Sven Tica is one of the youngest Croatian International Masters. Together with Plenča Jadranko and Leon Livaić, he is a member of the ‘holy trinity’ of the Croatian Youth. These three players are well in…
Lajos Portisch Birthday
There are many areas in which Hungarians have achieved outstanding results: – Classical music – Repelling Mongol invasions – Fence building However, nowhere have they achieved as outstanding results as in chess. Hungary is one…
Candidates Tournament 2018 – Round 14
In the end, there can be only one Aaaaaand, just like that the Candidates Tournament 2018 is over. 14 gruelling rounds have passed in a blink of an eye. The players have presented some marvellous,…
Candidates Tournament 2018 – Rounds 12 and 13
Drama at its peak as Caruana loses and wins to take the lead Dramatic final round is not something new for the modern Candidates tournament. In 2013, Carlsen lost with White pieces to Svidler and…
Vlado Kovačević Birthday
The history of Croatian sport is full of memorable events that make everyone happy and proud: – Janica Kostelic winning four medals in Salt Lake City 2004 – Croatian Basketball team led by Drazen Petrovic…
Candidates Tournament 2018 – Rounds 10 and 11
Situation at the top unchanged, Karjakin approaches the leaders “Nothing new under the sun” would be the best description of the events that happened in rounds 10 and 11 of the Candidates Tournament 2018. Aronian’s…
Candidates Tournament 2018 – Rounds 8 and 9
Kramnik’s downfall I will admit, christening rounds 6 and 7 as Aronian’s downfall was slightly overstretched – after all, Levon never really got the tournament going in the first place. On the other hand, rounds…
Candidates Tournament 2018 – Rounds 6 and 7
Aronian’s downfall Although the Candidates tournament 2018 hasn’t started very well for Levon Aronian, after 5 rounds his fans still retained some hopes of him performing well. Alas, after the next two rounds, not even…
Leon Livaić Interview
Leon Livaić is the youngest International Master in the history of Croatian Chess and one of the greatest hopes of Croatian Chess – a former European and World Rapid Champion and European Blitz Youth Bronze…
Candidates tournament 2018- Rounds 2 and 3
Round 2 After the bloodbath in the first round, in the round 2 of the FIDE Chess Candidates Tournament 2018, the players have slightly slowed down. At least result wise. Out of the four games,…
Robert James Fischer Birthday
There are many things in life that started quite wonderfully and ended tragically: – My chess game against Ivona Purgar – Croatia’s Independence -How I met your mother However, nothing started as wonderfully and ended…