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Lausanne, 15 December 2020 The International Chess Federation (FIDE) has signed a contract with
IOM International Chess Limited to organise and host the FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss and the inaugural FIDE Chess.com Women’s Grand Swiss. Subject to COVID-19 restrictions being lifted in time, the tournaments will be held concurrently in the magnificent Royal Hall of the Villa Marina in Douglas, Isle of Man from 25 October to 8 November 2021. There will be 164 players from approximately 35 countries and a combined prize fund of USD 550,000, made possible by the generosity of the Scheinberg family.
The FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss is returning to the island after a successful first edition held in 2019. The 2021 edition will have a field of 114 players, mainly from the world’s top-100, and is expected to be one of the strongest Swiss events ever held in the history of chess. The prize fund will be USD 425,000, including the first prize of USD 70,000. J
Netflix recently announced that
The Queen’s Gambit, its new show about a chess prodigy, is the company’s most popular limited series show to date. What may be more surprising is that chess sets have become popular holiday gifts for the first time since Bobby Fischer won the World Chess Championship in 1972, defeating Boris Spassky.
Many people misinterpret just what the Queen’s Gambit, as a chess strategy, actually is. A gambit is the sacrifice of a chess piece for an advantage. The Queen’s Gambit is White’s chess opening that sacrifices the c-pawn, in front of the Queen’s Bishop, in exchange for a dominant position in the center of the chess board. It is the d-pawn, the Queen’s pawn, which may remain after Black’s response. This chess opening dates back to at least 1490.
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Game of Thrones, 17-year-old Kato Pipia sits at her computer, nailing chess victories over her opponents. Pipia won the World Schools Championship for online chess in October, held with students from 37 countries. Her next big dream? International chess master, she said.
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Kato Pipia, 17, won first place at the 2020 World Schools Championship for online chess, held with students from 37 countries. For decades, tiny Georgia has been punching above its weight on the global chess scene. And for Georgian women, the trail was blazed by its own heroine, Nona Gaprindashvili, whose Cold War-era rise to the top of the chess world has its own parallels to the fictional Beth Harmon of