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…
Heading into the first rest day of the grueling tournament after three rounds the contestants have a lot to look forward to building on the developments of the first three rounds. Kramnik scored an emphatic win in round three against Levon Aronian deploying the Berlin Defense- one that he spent a lot of time working…
The Reykjayvik 2018 Tournament opened its doors today in the namesake town in Iceland- the land where Bobby Fischer Rests in Peace. And this year its aptly Christened as the Bobby Fischer Memorial in observance of the tenth anniversary since Bobby Fischer’s passing away in Reykjavik, Iceland. Sporting a solid field of Grand Masters and…
Close on the heels of the World Rapid and Blitz Championship toward the twilight of 2017 the Tal Memorial is one of the early Tournaments on every strong chess Grand Master’s participation schedule. Packed in a crowded field of elite tournaments that start with the Tata Steel Tournament in Wijk Aan Zee (NL) and the…
