Some of the most prominent Grandmasters in Chess
FTX CRYPTO CUP/FINAL 9 DAYS OF CHESS. 16 TOP PLAYERS. $220K PRIZE FUND AND AN ADDITIONAL $100K IN $BITCOIN. CARLSEN WINNING .. 1st Place in the Armageddon Match Magnus Carlsen – GOLD Wesley So – SILVER Nepomniachtchi-BRONZE GAME 1 BLITZ B/1 Carlsen-So… Continue reading
New in Chess Classic Knockout /Finals April 24-May 2, 2021 It is the fifth leg on the $1.5 million Meltwater Champions Chess Tour. Day 1 : NEW IN CHESS Classic Finals Magnus Carlsen leads, Aronian-Mamedyarov 3rd place match is tied.. GAME 4 slips away from Nakamura..Down in Day 1 by… Continue reading
April 16 2021..Its “Weekend Time” 9⃣ Champions in 9⃣days for #WPTShowdown heads to Season🔟when Tommy Vedes (@HalloumoBatsos) won at @HardRockHolly for $779,520 🤘 The title was Vedes' second WPT Main Tour win 🏆 🎸https://t.co/dSNFcQUjWh pic.twitter.com/kM3duA5bp7 — World Poker Tour: #WPTShowdown Starts April 23 (@WPT) April 16, 2021 An exhausted… Continue reading
Morphy and the Queen’s Gambit Paul Charles Morphy🇺🇸, by some the best chess player of all time, playing (and gallantly losing) Queen Victoria🇬🇧 in the gardens of Buckingham Palace in 1859.. pic.twitter.com/5V9S5yUQSy — Roaring Pawn (@chessContact) May 24, 2020 This photograph comes from page 40 of Chessworld, January-February 1964, in… Continue reading
Opera Euro Rapid/FINAL GOLD Wesley So – SILVER Magnus Carlsen – BRONZE Teimour Radjabov Champions Chess Tour Opera Euro Rapid – Knockout 2021 knockout match : 2 rapid mini matches of 4 games. Time control is 15+10. If the matches end 1/1 a tiebreak of 2 blitz games follows and armageddon… Continue reading
MELTWATER CHAMPIONS CHESS TOUR Opera Euro Rapid Rounds 1-5 February 6th – February 14th Time control is 15+10. 16 players in a single round robin then the top 8 after 15 rounds go through to the ” knockout” phase. Rd1 So, Wesley – Carlsen, Magnus 1-0 1. e4… Continue reading
PAUL MORPHY THE CHESS CHAMPION Overall record: +173 -24 =17 (84.8%) [247 exhibition games, blitz/rapid, odds games, etc. are excluded from the statistic.] A Man who never made a mistake on move ONE.. 1.e4 178 games Won 83.7% EVANS GAMBIT [30] C51 EVANS GAMBIT [14] C52 PHILIDOR DEFENSE [11] C30… Continue reading
Akiba Rubinstein in a July 1926 interview: "Alekhine is an artist, Lasker is a genius and Capablanca is a machine." https://t.co/W6gcjAaZYk pic.twitter.com/SqQaJnPc7O — Olimpiu G. Urcan (@olimpiuurcan) February 4, 2021 This is a reprint of the original third book, with all of the games converted into Algebraic Figurine… Continue reading
JAN 4 2021 SHOT of the Day De slagzet van de dag is https://t.co/ubaM1K5ZRZ — slagzet.com (@slagzetcom) January 5, 2021 Don't even mention losing to me. I can't stand to think of it. – Bobby Fischer — ChessQuotes (@chess_chat) January 4, 2021 There would be no game of chess if… Continue reading
Dec. 31 2020 The Last Blitz and King’s Gambit of 2020.. I look forward in playing more and hopefully better Chess in “21”.. It’s only fitting to win against an opponent who sports a 2100 rating .. [Event “GameKnot Blitz”] [Time: 5 min + 15 sec] [Date “2020.12.31”] … Continue reading
