Roger Federer is always out-thinking you on a tennis court and thats what makes him so special, says a former US Open opponent. Scoville Jenkins got a dream draw against Federer at the 2007 US Open, although it finished in a predictable straight sets demolition job. His abiding memory of the match, though, was not Federers technique, but his brain.
Continue ReadingThe Queen's Gambit, Netflix's upcoming series about a female chess champion in a time where men ruled the game, is sure to surpass viewer expectations. Based on Walter Tevis' 1983 novel, the drama follows Beth Harmon (Anya-Taylor Joy), a young woman who finds herself abandoned at a Kentucky orphanage in the late 1950s. There, she gains a love for the game, as well as a serious addiction to tranquilizers.
Continue ReadingThe battle of generations between Magnus Carlsen and Alireza Firouzja favoured the older star.
Continue Readingby Carlos Alberto Colodro 10/9/2020 Magnus Carlsen climbed to the top of the standings in the Norway Chess Tournament by beating former co-leader Fabiano Caruana with white in their classical encounter. Meanwhile, Alireza Firouzja and Aryan Tari won in Armageddon, defeating Levon Aronian and Jan-Krzysztof Duda respectively. A misunderstanding with the arbiter meant Firouzja arrived a couple of minutes late to his sudden-death game
Continue Reading10/10/2020 Round 4 of the Altibox Norway Chess tournament in Stavanger saw Levon Aronian and Alireza Firouzja playing an Armageddon tiebreaker after drawing their classical game. Karsten Mller assessed the final phase of the encounter as a fascinating knight endgame.
Continue Reading10/6/2020 There are few other Grandmasters who can go into such detail, and explain complicated variations like Sergei Tiviakov. This is why our ChessBase community enjoys his content so much, and why he already has made 17 Fritztrainers with us so far. For this volume, Tiviakov concentrates on his favourite variation in the Ruy Lopez, with the White move - queen to e2
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Continue ReadingFew up-and-coming actors can pull off an intense, unnerving stare like Anya Taylor-Joy, so naturally shes found herself playing a chess prodigy. Taylor-Joy stars in Netflixs new limited series The Queens Gambit, based on Walter Teviss 1983 novel, which follows an orphan in late-1950s Kentucky named Beth Harmon who discovers that she has an incredible talent for chess
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