In the last interview with the Polish Candidate Master “sensation“ Andrzej Krzywda, he mentioned he occasionally works with Polish Fide Master Kamil Plichta. He commended him as an opening specialist. He also referred to him…
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…
History Of Chess Computer Engines
INTRODUCTION Throughout history, chess was revolutionized several times. In the late 19th century, the first World Champion Wilhelm Steinitz provoked his opponents to attack him vigorously and laid the foundations of positional chess. In the…
Carlsen – Karjakin World Chess Championship 2016
Two years after he successfully defended his title against Anand in Sochi, Magnus Carlsen’s reign as the World Champion was once again challenged. By winning the 2016 Candidates tournament, Carlsen’s childhood rival and friend, Ukrainian…
From 2100 To International Master – Andrzej Krzywda Interview – Part 3
This is a part three of the interview with Andrzej Krzywda, in which we talk about how his recent success changed him, how he deals with bad results and finally get to know him off-the-board….
From 2100 To International Master – Andrzej Krzywda Interview – Part 2
This is a part two of the interview with Andrzej Krzywda, in which we talk about chess improvement and the tournament of his life, in which he scored an IM norm. You can read the…
From 2100 To International Master – Andrzej Krzywda Interview – Part 1
INTRODUCTION On May 21, 2018, a Reddit post by relatively unknown Polish Candidate Master (and software developer) Andrzej Krzywda, titled I Was ~ 2100 for > 20 years (I’m 38). Last Week I Made an…
Anand – Carlsen World Chess Championship 2014
One year after the Carlsen – Anand 2013 match in which Magnus ended Anand’s long reign and became World Champion, the chess community braced for the reprise of that match. In contrast to the first…
Anand – Carlsen World Chess Championship 2013
Since capturing the title of the World Champion in 2007, Viswanathan Anand has successfully defended his crown on three occasions. In the Anand – Kramnik, Anand – Topalov and Anand – Gelfand matches, he has…
Anand – Gelfand World Chess Championship 2012
After gaining his title in 2007 and defending it successfully against two players of his own generation in 2008 match against Kramnik and 2010 match against Topalov, Viswanathan Anand was awaiting a new challenger in…
Anand – Topalov World Chess Championship 2010
After the controversial Kramnik – Topalov and less controversial Anand – Kramnik matches, in 2010 the last match between the “Big Three” took place. As you might recall, after he lost the 2006 match, Veselin…
Kramnik – Anand World Championship 2008
The long-awaited unification of the World Championship title after the Kramnik-Topalov match in 2006 greatly complicated FIDE’s task of organizing the subsequent World Championship cycle. The big problem was that FIDE already announced that the…