Paul Charles Morphy (1837 – 1884) was a genius American chess player. Despite his short chess career, his contemporaries considered Morphy as the world’s greatest chess master. In Morphy’s time, chess theory was poorly...
The Maroczy formation against the Sicilian Defense features the two characteristic White pawns c4 and d4 against Black’s d6. White’s idea is to restrain Black’s typical central advance d5 while enjoying space advantage. Because...
The 2023 Sinquefield Cup was the strongest international classical chess tournament in the U.S. and the final event of the 2023 Grand Chess Tour. Ten top international players played in a Round-Robin system with...
The Champions Chess Tour (CCT) 2025 was a competition featuring two online events: “Chessable Masters” and “Chess.com Classic”. Each event consisted of three sections: Qualifier, Play-In and Playoffs. The Qualifier section was open to...
Nowadays, the chess community has access to a myriad of books, articles, videos, courses … about all aspects of the game. Many title players have contributed with theoretical innovations, openings, and new ideas. And...
The 2025 Prague Chess Festival was a round-robin with 10 players that took place on February 26-March 7 in Prague, Czech Republic. The venue was the prestigious Don Giovanni Hotel. The tournament used a...
The tournament Norway Chess takes place in Stavanger (Norway) every year. It consists of two sections: Women and Open. In 2024 they made history as the first super-tournament with an equal prize fund for...
How should a beautiful chess game look like? Technology progresses very fast and discussions about IA appear daily in the news. Nobody argues that nowadays chess engines play better than humans. However, can machines...
The prestigious Tata Steel tournament traditionally takes place in January in the city of Wijk aan Zee. It is an annual chess event taking place since 1938 and many World Champions have played in...
Sometimes, in a lost position, players manage to induce the opponent into the illusion of hurry. You play quickly, the opponent reacts in the same way and then increases the chance of catching him...
