4 days ago Four days after winning the FIDE World Blitz Championship, Magnus Carlsen hadn't lost his form yet. With even bigger numbers than last year (18 to 9 this time), the Norwegian again defeated Hikaru Nakamura in the final on Wednesday and won the 2017 Chess.com Speed Chess Championship convincingly. Chess 2012 Free Edition, free and safe download. Chess 2012 Free Edition latest version: Your classic chess game with a modern user interface, rich features, multiple. Microsoft Vista Games Chess, free microsoft vista games chess freeware software downloads. 'Magnus is just improving every year in Speed Chess,' said commentator GM Eric Hansen towards the end of the match between Carlsen and Nakamura. It expressed a general feeling that was left after Carlsen's. GM 1 day ago For most club players, blunders are a very big problem. They can ruin a game or even a whole tournament! Besides, they prevent a chess player from getting better results and a higher rating. That's why some time ago I wrote a six-part article on this topic. There I gave my recommendation and expressed an opinion that if a player manages to decrease his blunder percentage, it will add 200-300 rating points to his strength almost instantly. So, obviously blunders are a very bad thing. 5 days ago As of January 1, the FIDE Laws of Chess are slightly different than before, when it comes to rapid chess and blitz. However, as GM Peter Heine Nielsen and others have pointed out, there's still plenty of room for debate. The official rules of chess are changed every four years, but for the latest change, FIDE made an exception. During the 88th FIDE Congress, last October in Turkey, amendments to the Laws of Chess 2017 were approved by the FIDE Executive Board. The changes are in effect since the. FM 2 days ago Chess.com returns in the new year with its next Death Match, though without quite the amount of excoriating banter from the previous battle. Still, it won't be the monotone voice of Siri either. As in the last match, the two combatants will largely commentate their own games as they happen. The next Death Match on January 9 will pit the 'Voice of Chess' against the 'Voice of Reason,' better known as IM Lawrence Trent vs IM John Bartholomew. The former is known for his live commentary. 6 days ago Tired of opening theory but still want to play for great prizes? Then we have good news. We're hosting the first Chess.com Chess960 Championship on January 4 where you can win a ticket to the Bobby Fischer Memorial in March in Reykjavik and play in the Chess960 tournament that will be held on Fischer's birthday. Tournament details The Chess.com Chess960 Championship will be held on January 4 at 10 a.m. It's for titled players only. It will be a nine-round Swiss with a time control. IM 3 days ago CHESS LIFE AND REVIEW I was recently thinking about the best U.S. Chess magazines ever. There were quite a lot. Two favorites are Joel Benjamin’s magazine, Chess Chow (1991 to 1994), which was hilarious, and Inside Chess, Yasser Seirawan’s excellent magazine. However, the oldies but goodies rule the roost. Chess Life has been around forever (it started in 1946 as a bi-weekly 8-to-12 page newspaper). Chess Review (from 1933 to late 1969) was, without any doubt, the best U.S. Chess magazine.
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