At the FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss tournament, two games between high-ranked players on adjacent boards were identical for the first 19 moves, then diverged as soon as one of the games was relocated
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Interview with Hou Yifan, the number one female chess player in the world, on growing up as a prodigy in China, the gender gap and more
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Apos Chess Variant
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Magnus Carlsen beats Fabiano Caruana in tie-breakers to retain World Chess crown
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Live analysis by sesse supercomputer of the world chess championship match
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Magnus Carlsen vs Fabiano Caruana, world chess championship match - game one ends in a draw
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Who will be king? Three-way battle for control rocks international chess
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Does anyone else here play chess online?
I try (and fail) to play regularly on lichess under the username dear_sirs. I also have an account under the same name on chess.com. Feel free to drop usernames in the comments below, or send me a...
I try (and fail) to play regularly on lichess under the username dear_sirs. I also have an account under the same name on chess.com.
Feel free to drop usernames in the comments below, or send me a challenge for a correspondence game--I would love to play you!
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What is your favourite chess opening?
Mine's definitely Evan's Gambit. IF I can get a game with it I'm going to play it. Always leads to a fun, spicy game with enough tactical mess to make for a great blitz game. For any classical...
Mine's definitely Evan's Gambit. IF I can get a game with it I'm going to play it. Always leads to a fun, spicy game with enough tactical mess to make for a great blitz game. For any classical game though I'd probably just stick with open Italian systems but castling queenside and throwing pawns if they dare castle first.
How about you guys?
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