We saw some of the finest chess at the highest levels in the Candidates Tournament. Players introduced their preparations that brought new areas to the study of openings and we saw some very imaginative defensive ideas and a lot of technique that was put to work in different areas of the game. Many of the…
Getting into the last round with a half point lead over Alexander Grischuk, as the round progressed it became clear that ll that Fabi needed was a draw to win the tournament and quality as the Challenger to World Champion Magnus Carlsen. But that was not what Fabi had in mind. Like he said at…
Sergey Kajakin didn’t pose any serious problems for Ding Liren in the last round and barely managed to save the draw after making what he called “a terrible blunder”. Mamedyarov also tried hard but failed to come up with anything against Vladimir Kramnik and that game ended in a draw too. This put Fabi in…
Fabi is back to his form after the rest day and emerges sole leader after round 13 with a brilliant win over Levon Aronian! Sergey Karjakin was held to a rather quick draw in his game against American Wesley So when Fabi had just a marginal edge in his game against Levon. Having come to…
It was an exciting day of competition at the Candidates Tournaments after Round 12 today as the Tournament Leaders suffered crushing losses at the cusp of the tournament climax. This sure promises to be a most thrilling last few days as the curtains fall on this years Candidates Tournament. Sergey Karjakin beat Fabiano Caruana with…
Its most important to feel good about yourself overall and Chess is an exercise for the mind. I push the kids to calculate the follow up to any move they see or identify on the board, while solving puzzles or playing a game. All while stressing the importance of calculating the consequence of the moves…
It was their second match up at the Candidates Matches and both – Kramnik and Aronian find themselves licking their wounds at this stage in the Tournament. Both determined to show some form and both standing almost nothing to lose at this point in the tournament, save a miracle! Round 10 showcased an exciting…
We’re now at the end of 9 rounds and can now say that we’re headed into the back eight- toward the finish line! The leader by half point- Fabiano Caruana had a wonderful opportunity to stretch the lead further at the end of the 9th round but was ground down by some stubborn defense by…
Much as we’d anticipated earlier the Candidates Tournament was wide open with a lot of solid chess remaining after the first three rounds as it’s a long road ahead. Aronian pulled off a great win to bounce back from his loss to Kramnik in round three to win an emphatic and a very original game…
We had our first Seasonal Tournament last weekend on the 10th of March and it was great to have the kids be a part of a multi event tournament that makes it more fun and adds to the excitement of winning trophies across different categories. Our first event was a USCF rated Blitz tournament with…
