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Short referred to that long think as ''diving deeply into the position''.

Nepo has been taking his chances while others do not.

Grischuk almost won a crazy game after spending over an hour on move 11 for no reason any other human could fathom.

22nd April 2021, rest day

Which they didn't; one point lead for Nepo with four rounds to go.

Nepomniachtchi crushes Alekseenko, so the three on five need to win to stay within half a point of him with four to go. ...

Round 3 results 1 = Read,William ( 2.0) - Clark,Peter ( 2.0) = 4 - 1 = 1 - 0...

Reminder for those who only check this thread: Sturges Memorial is on this Sunday, see...

Although not TV, the one who has definitely shone in this area is Nakamura and his Twitch streaming. There are definitely others who have turned to...

Former Danish Foreign Minister Niels Helveg Petersen wrote in 2005 a chess book (together with the (chess) autor) Peter Dürrfeld called "Det ligger i...

There is already a teams format for chess which is similar to that in bridge - it's called transfer/bughouse chess. Should we be abandoning...

The youngest person I have taught how to play chess was a girl aged 2 years and 10 months. She knew how all the pieces moved. She didn't know how to...

Bridge was definitely mainstream: In the US and many other countries, most of the bridge played today is duplicate bridge, which is played at clubs,...

Yes totally. In Tata he had a really rough time especially with black. People speculated that he was hiding his Candidates prep, but now he's still...

I'm not really sure that bridge has cut through to mainstream and is the model to follow. Things seem good for chess in Norway. Step 1: create a...

Many have pointed out that MVL is out of sorts after the long layoff. Therefore, I do not think his chances of winning are as high as Fabis or Nepos...

The main reason that chess in Australia doesn't have corporate sponsorship is that we don't have tv coverage, or even paying spectators. And that's...

It does look like MVL is staying true to the openings that he knows well, which are openings that for us as spectators are enjoyable to watch. ...

You can put that prediction in the category of, not the boldest prediction ever!

It could be worse - our national Quidditch team (yes, there is one!) is called the Drop Bears :) But not all Australian teams have obvious...

Mentone Autumn Open: Pairing of round 2 =================================================================================== 1 =...

Firouzja has moved up to #12, courtesy of Wang Hao dropping points. Giri moves up to #5, by his own hand. Alekseenko moves above 2700.

The Argus Newspaper's extraordinary coverage of the 1866 chess tournament:

Division 1 2021 Box Hill Club Championship Div 1: Pairing of round 3, at 7:30pm of 23/04/2021 ...

To recap, the first Melbourne Chess Club of 1851, lasted only a few weeks. The 1855 club organized the first Victorian Chess Tournament in 1856 and...

Magnus said only one of the first 4 can win now. Standings 1 Nepomniachtchi, Ian 5½/9 2789 2 Caruana, Fabiano 5/9 2820...

I wondered about that. Perhaps someone could enlighten us.

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Magnus in Candidates commentary today said he likes the additional 2 games (it is now 14 ).He also said he thinks there are too many rest days.(It...

Another comment I thought was interesting was he said, these guys are both better calculators than me (of Ding and MVL).