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Betcha Can’t Solve This #Chess Puzzle! 61
“If you are curious, you'll find the puzzles around you. If you are determined, you will solve them.” - Erno Rubik White to move and mate in 2 (Emilio Battaglia, Scacco! 1997).
Chess Grandmaster Yuri Averbakh Turns 100!
Out of the nearly 8 billion people in the world, there are only about 300,000 who are living centenarians (someone who has lived for at least 100 years.) Since 1950, FIDE (the world chess organization) has awarded less than 2000 Grandmaster titles in total. So, its not surprising that centenarian chess grandmasters are rare. InContinue reading "Chess Grandmaster Yuri Averbakh Turns 100!"
Jan 29-30: FIDE Hybrid Tournament Results & Pictures
Results In Alphabetical orderR1R2R3R4Points1Abhinav Penagalapati (qing29)21460½½½1½2Aleksandar Avramov (Sorsi)2162½½13Alexi Jovchev (bulkong)22241½102½4Arun Dixit (limelight2727)2172½½½1½5Ashley Pang (blobbytheblobfish)198600½½6Ashritha Eswaran (goldenpuppy)2302½½17Biser Georgiev (Georgiev_Biser)22671½½02½8Christopher Yoo (ChristopherYoo) 250011½½39Dario Dereshki (31dario1948)2067½½10210Eric Li (ECC_ELI)240211211Evgeny Ermenkov (erjungle)2313½½½½212Goran Krastev (goran_krastev)2124½1½213Ilian Popov (kaeron)202510114Ivaylo Stoyanov (ivaylo1995)19861½12½15Kimberly Liu (nicecream18)19320½0½116Kiril Badev (kito6ko)21131½1½317Lee Yesun (temiflakes1)17600½011½18Margarita Voyska (mvoiska)22240019Mike Zaloznyy (visa)206511½02½20Milen Vasilev (burgas-63) 237100021Nathaniel Zhang (knightgazer05)19831½012½22Nitish Sg Nathan (BreatheChessAlways)1864½½00123Petar Drenchev (peratr)2402½½½½224Plamen Vasilev (neefnever)2105011225Radoslav Dimitrov (Rado2022)224100026ShaakethContinue reading "Jan 29-30: FIDE Hybrid Tournament Results & Pictures"
Jan 29-30: FIDE Hybrid Tournament Live Broadcast
Jan 29-30: FIDE Hybrid Tournament The third PNWCC FIDE Hybrid Match - PNWCC vs. Bulgaria takes place January 29-30, 2022 On Chess.com. It is a four-round team match between U.S. players vs. Bulgarian players in the FIDE-approved Hybrid format. The time control is 90 minutes for the whole game with a 30-second increment from moveContinue reading "Jan 29-30: FIDE Hybrid Tournament Live Broadcast"
Teaching the Fundamentals
Checkmating with Two Bishops. Success of scholastic chess players at the State or National level is ultimately the result of the young player having talent, a strong work ethic and solid fundamentals. So, to prepare one of my talented students for the National Online Scholastic Quick Championship, I spent some time this afternoon reviewing theContinue reading "Teaching the Fundamentals"
Help Build a Chess Community in Uganda
https://youtu.be/4hYxYIqi5us https://gofund.me/979bd09b The Eade Foundation does fantastic work spreading chess to communities around the world. We have made a donation to their current go fund me to support the budding chess community in Uganda. I encourage everyone to donate as well.
Winning Chess Moves: Ehlvest vs. Kasparov, 1977
The remarkable career of Garry Kasparov makes him one of the most influential chess players of the twentieth century. Kasparov, who views chess as both a sport and and art has stated that “Chess is one of the few arts where composition takes place simultaneously with performance.” His style of neatly combining the art andContinue reading "Winning Chess Moves: Ehlvest vs. Kasparov, 1977"
Carlsen vs. Nepomniachtchi: World Championship – Game 11
Carlsen vs. Nepomniachtchi: World Championship – Game 10
Carlsen vs. Nepomniachtchi: World Championship – Game 9
Carlsen vs. Nepomniachtchi: World Championship – Game 8
Carlsen vs. Nepomniachtchi: World Championship – Game 7
Carlsen vs. Nepomniachtchi: World Championship – Game 6
Chess Position Worth Sharing 138
Tonight’s chess position comes from a game played by a talented student. Avik (black) found himself in a difficult situation where his opponent was threatening checkmate with Qh8 and also threatening to capture his queen with Rxa4. Avik, who goes by crosserbishop on chess.com, analyzed all of his checks, captures and threats and went onContinue reading "Chess Position Worth Sharing 138"