Cover photo taken from the official FIDE Website Introduction The upcoming Candidates Tournament 2024 is not only notable due to the fact it will be the first Candidates tournament to be held on North American…
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Everything You Need To Know About Candidates Tournament 2024
(Cover photo taken from the official FIDE Website) Introduction On April 3rd, 2024, one of the most anticipated, exciting, and important chess tournaments of the year – will begin. The Candidates Tournament 2024, in which…
Norm Factories Or: The Problem(s) With Round-Robin Norm Events
Note 1: This article was written in collaboration with Benjamin Porthault who did all the statistical analysis. When he is not running Python Scripts, Benjamin works as a performance/mental coach specializing in coaching chess players….
Croatia Bulldogs – Saint Louis Arch Bishops, Pro Chess League 2023: Match Report
Croatia Bulldogs – Saint Louis Arch Bishops After losing a tense match against Shangai Tigers in week 4 of the Pro Chess League and missing the first opportunity to qualify for the playoffs, Croatia Bulldogs…
Croatia Bulldogs – Shangai Tigers, Pro Chess League 2023: Report
Croatia Bulldogs – Shangai Tigers After scoring a remarkable victory against team Blitz in the week 3 of the Pro Chess League, Croatia Bulldogs were just one match victory away from reaching the playoff stage….
Croatia Bulldogs – Berlin Bears, Pro Chess League 2023: Report
Croatia Bulldogs – Berlin Bears After a tight and tough loss at the hands of the California Unicorns, in the second match of the season Croatia Bulldogs were paired against German-based team Berlin Bears, who…
Candidates Tournament 2020 – Aftermath
I don’t own the rights to cover photo. It was filmed by Lenart Ootes. I took it from chess.com article titled Candidates Tournament Opened in the Absence of Participants. I have recently stumbled on Quora…
Candidates Tournament 2020: Analysis and predictions
For the featured image in this article, I “borrowed” the picture from the official FIDE Candidates 2020 website I have been meaning to write this post for a while. Considering that the annual January Tata…
Croatian Chess Championship 2019 – Highlights
Venue and regulations The annual 50th Croatian Chess Championship was held this year from 31st March to 11th April 2019, in hotel „Central“ located in the city of Bjelovar. The tournament consisted of 11-rounds and…
Carlsen – Caruana World Chess Championship 2018
Already in 2014, after the second Carlsen – Anand match, FIDE decided to hold the World Chess Championship as two-year cycles. After Carlsen defended his title against Karjakin, FIDE stuck to the same format. The…
Carlsen – Caruana World Chess Championship – Tiebreak
Featured image credit: Niki Riga One King To Rule Them All After 12 games of the Carlsen and Caruana made history by drawing all games of the classical portion of the match, a rapid tiebreak…
Carlsen – Caruana World Chess Championship – Game 12
Featured image credit: Niki Riga The Final CountDrawn Game 12 of the World Chess Championship 2018 was supposed to be a bloodthirsty struggle. And indeed, things initially looked rather promising. After the third Sveshnikov, another…