After the abrupt finish of the previous World Championship Match in February, 1985, a new match between Kasparov and Karpov was to begin in September 1985. The initial score was set to 0-0 and the…
Kasparov – Karpov World Championship Match 1984
After his successful title defence against Korchnoi in 1981, it appeared Karpov would have no equal for a long time. The old generation was fading slowly, but surely, and it seemed that it would take…
Croatian Chess Cup 2018 – Highlights
THE VENUE, PARTICIPANTS AND REGULATIONS Less than a month after the finish of the Croatian Chess Championship 2018, from 15th-20th May 2018, another chess tournament involving creme de la creme of the Croatian Chess was…
Croatian Chess Championship 2018 – Highlights
PARTICIPANTS AND REGULATIONS The 49th edition of the Croatian Individual Chess Championship was held between April the 17th and April the 27th, 2018, in Grgin Dol hotel in Požega in Croatia. Croatian Individual Championship is…
Karpov – Korchnoi World Championship Match 1981
(Cover photo credit: Douglas Griffin Twitter) After the nail-biting defeat at Karpov’s hands in the controversial 1978 World Championship match in Baguio City, Viktor Korchnoi was seeded directly in the quarter-final phase of the Candidates…
Ivan Šarić Interview
IVAN ŠARIĆ For almost a decade now, Ivan Šarić has been both the top-ranked and the strongest Croatian chess player. Already back in 2007, he introduced himself to the broader chess public by winning the…
Mikhail Botvinnik Best Games
The patriarch Mikhail Botvinnik, the sixth world champion, is widely regarded as the “most instructive chess player ever” (you heard it here first). And indeed, in a number of his games, he exerted his plans…
Croatian Junior Chess League 2018
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…
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…
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…
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…