Funny chess problems? One of the greatest young chess talents in the World, 12-year-old International Master Nihal Sarin recently visited the quarters of the Chessbase in Hamburg, Germany. In the article report following that visit, there…
Fast checkmates
Introduction We human tend to get obsessed with the superlatives in any field of human activity. We are constantly trying to determine who is the biggest, the strongest, the most intelligent, the greatest ever, etc…..
Croatian Chess Cup 2017 – Highlights
Croatian Chess Cup 2017 A couple of days after the Croatian Chess Championship 2017 has finished, another prestigious Croatian chess event took place. The final of the Croatian Chess Cup 2017 was a team event…
Croatian Chess Championship 2017
PARTICIPANTS AND REGULATIONS The 48th Croatian Chess Championship took place between April the 24th and May the 5th in 2017. The tournament was held in the hotel Villa Valpovo, in the small Slavonian city of…
Everything you need to know about the chess titles
The motivation for the article? Ever since I started playing chess, people all around me have approached people with letters in front of their names with deep respect. From the very beginning, I had a…
Vugar Gashimov memorial 2017 round 9
Kramnik scores a win, Mamedyarov wins Vugar Gashimov Memorial 2nd year in a row With the development of modern computers, it has become customary to state that chess is game for young people. Former World…
Vugar Gashimov memorial 2017 round 8
Wojtaszek beats the leader, Topalov, Karjakin and So close up on Mamedyarov After my lamentations about the “drawing of lots” after the round 7, the players return to the well-throden paths in Vugar Gashimov memorial…
Vugar Gashimov memorial 2017 round 7
Five games, five draws, Mamedyarov retains the lead In the previous posts we were praising the players for their fighting spirit and for the display of interesting chess. Vugar Gashimov memorial 2017 round 7 saw…
Vugar Gashimov memorial 2017 round 6
Another round, another hat-trick of decisive games, another Topalov win After scoring a spectacular win in round two, and a crushing loss in round five, after the rest day Veselin Topalov moves to +1 in…
Best chess clocks
A chess clock? A chess clock, along with a chess set, represents the main equipment of a chess player. Chess clocks are used in chess (and other board games, such as checkers or backgammon) to keep track of…
Vugar Gashimov memorial 2017 round 5
Karjakin wins a brilliancy, So returns to 50 percent, Mamedyarov misses a chance to increase his lead In the Vugar Gashimov memorial 2017 round 5, a couple of tournament trends continue. So far, every single…
Vugar Gashimov memorial 2017 round 4
Kramnik shows who’s the Vladdy, Adams misses a win After Wesley So’s terrible blunder in round one, Vugar Gashimov memorial 2017 round 4 saw two more games that might be legitimate candidates for Chessentials’ Featured…