'Asia's 1st Grandmaster' Was An Unsung Chess Genius Who Shattered Many Glass Ceilings
Mir Sultan Khan, who is considered by many as the first Asian Chess Grandmaster, remains an unsung hero of history.
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Mir Sultan Khan, who is considered by many as the first Asian Chess Grandmaster, remains an unsung hero of history.
What was supposed to be a marathon has become a sprint for one of the world's best chess players as he hopes for a shot at the world title.
Alireza Firouzja wins 2021 Bullet Chess Championship GM Alireza Firouzja won the 2021 Bullet Chess Championship presented by SIG. The Iran-born super-GM first eliminated top favourite GM Hikaru Nakamura in the semifinals and then was too strong for GM Andrew Tang in the final. The Bullet Chess Championship presented by SIG ran April 5-7, 2021 on Chess.com among the very best bullet players on the planet. Only World Champion Magnus Carlsen was missing from an otherwise star-studded field. Firouzja earned $10,000 for his victory. Semifinals Daniel Naroditsky, making his first moves...
by Arne Kaehler 2/27/2021 – Hundreds of different Fritztrainers have been teaching us chess on ChessBase for more than a decade. Maybe you sometimes wonder what else the authors of these Fritztrainers do? "Meet the Fritztrainer" takes a look behind the scenes, telling us more about the private life of your favourite chess trainer. We already had the pleasure to talk to GM Chris Ward, and IM Merijn van Delft. One of our most active "Fritztrainers" is surely GM Nicholas Pert. The British Grandmaster tells us the stories of how he achieved his IM and GM ...