Magnus Carlsen – Chess Training

Magnus Carlsen only has the second most popular video series of 2020 – chess24

January 9, 2021Mr Chess0

A key advantage of being a Premium member on chess24 is access to video series by some of the world's top players and trainers. Currently there are more than 100 series available in English by authors such as Magnus Carlsen, Peter Svidler, Viswanathan Anand, Jan Gustafsson, Laurent Fressinet and an increasing number in other languages as well. The World Champion is the author of two of the most popular series of 2020, but could not compete with the most popular authors.

Queens of Chess: "Beth Harmon" and Judit Polgar have a little chat – Chessbase News

January 9, 2021Mr Chess0

1/6/2021 At the end of the year, Netflix organised a little video chat between Anya Taylor-Joy, who played Beth Harmon, the fictional world's best player, in the Netflix series "The Queen's Gambit", and the real-life best women player in history: Judit Polgar. An interesting talk! ChessBase 16 - Mega package Edition 2021 Your key to fresh ideas, precise analyses and targeted training!Everyone uses ChessBase, from the World Champion to the amateur next door.

Farewell Colin Bell and the Doc, plus history of You’ll Never Walk Alone – The Guardian

January 9, 2021Mr Chess0

1) Colin Bell, who died this week at the age of 74, was almost certainly the best Manchester City player of the 20th century. Hard running and highly skilful, he danced across the heavy pitches of the 1960s and 1970s. Here, he scores a 1972 Manchester derby hat-trick

Learning from the Great and the Good 20/21 Gameweek 17 | Fantasy Football Tips, News and Views from Fantasy Football Scout – Fantasy Football Scout

January 6, 2021Mr Chess0

Always the last to know, how youre feeling. The last to know where you are Whilst elite football and FPL continue despite recent announcements the cloud of COVID continues to overshadow proceedings and has brought chaos to those trying to navigate the upcoming Winter break. FPL managers appear to be the last to know about match cancellations, player illnesses or even which premier league superstars are the latest to break the rules and demand some company of a Latino persuasion

The grand chess seduction – TheArticle

January 6, 2021Mr Chess0

The game that has long been a boon in Her Majestys Prisons was the solace of lockdown captives all over the world in 2020.

Backwards and forwards – Chessbase News

January 4, 2021Mr Chess0

1/3/2021 Star columnist Jon Speelman recaps what he describes as an unpr******ted year, noting that the u-word is a screen behind the comforting foliage of which gormless politicians have hidden. Speelman then analyses remarkable wins by Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Daniil Dubov, Hikaru Nakamura and Magnus Carlsen

Chess: We three kings – TheArticle

January 4, 2021Mr Chess0

On the ninth day of Christmas I have known, and indeed played against, no fewer than eight World Chess Champions: Max Euwe, Mikhail Botvinnik, Vassily Smyslov, Mikhail Tal, Tigran Petrosian, Boris Spassky, Anatoly Karpov and Garry Kasparov. I never played against Bobby Fischer (who fits chronologically in my list between Spassky and Karpov) although I did observe many of his games first hand at the Olympiads of Havana 1966 and Siegen 1970. Fischers career invites, to my mind, a literary parallel: the playEin Bruderzwist in Habsburg,by the 19th-century Austrian dramatist Franz Grillparzer.

STAWAR COLUMN: Netflix’s Gambit | Opinion | newsandtribune.com – Evening News and Tribune

January 4, 2021Mr Chess0

A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kick boxing. Emo Philips By now almost everyone has heard about The Queens Gambit. This is a Netflix miniseries featuring actress Anya Taylor-Joy

Top 10 Esports Players of 2020 by Total Prize Winnings – The Esports Observer

January 4, 2021Mr Chess0

In previous years, this article has been simple to write the winning team at Dota 2s The International claims the top five spots with basically the same amount. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, there was no TI this year. As a result of that cancellation and some interesting developments in the world of ancient board games played online, 2020s highest earning players take a much different shape than the historic norm.

Learning from the Great and the Good 20/21 Gameweek 15 and 16 | Fantasy Football Tips, News and Views from Fantasy Football Scout – Fantasy Football…

January 4, 2021Mr Chess0

Just keep swimming Wildcards, rotation and last minute COVID cancellations left many a FPL manager feeling overwhelmed as the festive football tidal wave crashed down upon us, leaving some of The Great and The Good just trying to keep their head above the water.