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€19.95 GM Adrien Demuth looks at 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 f5   The starting position of our present survey. The Schliemann Defence Deferred has never been taken very seriously. But with current theory and the computer, "everything is equal"... We will try to determine if its even true with this provocative opening, which is considered to be less precise than its version with the immediate 3...f5 (the original Schliemann Defence, also called the Jaenisch Gambit). From ...

Fittingly, GM Magnus Carlsen is the top seed of the Magnus Carlsen Invitational. Photo: Maria Emelianova/Chess.com. 2021 Magnus Carlsen Invitational Day 3: Carlsen Moves Into Top Spot Eight players advanced to the knockout stage of the 2021 Magnus Carlsen Invitational on Monday, headlined by early leaders GMs Magnus Carlsen and Anish Giri, who held their top two positions entering the day but switched places. Carlsen enters the quarterfinals as the top seed. How to watch? The games of the Magnu...

€19.95 Five rounds to climb up the standings The format of the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour events makes for a very entertaining third day of action, with top grandmasters fighting to survive by finishing at the top half of the standings table. While the lowest-rated players have struggled so far in the Magnus Carlsen Invitational (all four participants rated below 2700 are in the last spots of the standings), some big names are also on the brink of elimination.  Going into...

2021 Magnus Carlsen Invitational Day 1: Giri Early Leader How to watch? The games of the Magnus Carlsen Invitational preliminaries can be found here as part of our live events platform. IM Levy Rozman and IM Anna Rudolf are providing daily commentary on GM Hikaru Nakamuras Twitch channel starting at 8:00 a.m. Pacific / 17:00 Central Europe. Last year, the Magnus Carlsen Invitational was the first of what soon became a series of online super-tournaments during the pandemic. This year, the eve...

World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen and reigning US champion Wesley So surprisingly yield to Dutch Anish Giri

€29.90 Giri wins three in a row Anish Giri has so far played in all the events of the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour. The 26-year-old star did not make it into the knockout stage at the Airthings Masters and was knocked out in quarterfinals both at the Skilling Open and the Opera Euro Rapid Tournament. Now, at the Magnus Carlsen Invitational, he left a strong impression on day 1 of the preliminaries, as he beat Alan Pichot, Carlsen and Wesley So in rounds 3-5 to go into the s...

The young Magnus Carlsen Ditching the double fianchetto! Patrick Zelbel‘s aggressive recipe 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.0–0 0–0 5.d4 d6 6.b3 e5! The bishops‘ squeeze! White killer queen on h5 Dangerous living for Black - 33 x tactics Carlsen - So 0-1! Endgame special rook and bishop vs. rook Thorsten Cmiel explains all you need to know in practice Italian à la Dubov Play like the 15-year-old Magnus! Along with Simon Williams go through the game Carlsen-Gronn “Move by Move“ Gamb...

Dutchman wins Tata Steel chess title for first time in 36 years Jorden van Foreest in action. Photo: Jurriaan Hoefsmit – Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2021 This year’s Tata Steel chess tournament in Wijk aan Zee has been won by 21-year-old Jorden van Foreest – the first time a Dutchman has won the title since Jan Timmans in 1985. Van Foreest’s was the third-lowest ranked player in the tournament, which ended in a spectacular tiebreak, but has now risen from 66 th to 37 th in the world ra...

The 17-year-old wunderkind commented: It was a miracle. I guess it was payback for yesterday — the same thing happened yesterday, so I’m very happy for the result and I look forward for tomorrow. Firouzja referred to the chances he missed against Fabiano Caruana in round 11, when he was first in deep trouble and then got a clearly better position after the time control. No matter what happens on Sunday, Firouzja has once again proved he is not only amazingly strong but also a fearless fight...

Giri paces Tata Steel Masters Edgar De Castro In the Netherlands, hometown GM Anish Giri continued to impress, posting an undefeated 7.5 out of 11.0 points to maintain the lead entering the penultimate round of the 2021 Tata Steel Masters Festival. With two rounds remaining at Wijk aan Zee, the prestigious tournament remains wide open among four players. Giri, 26, who is hoping to become the second Dutchman to win the title (since Jan Timman in 1985), halved the point...