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€19.95 A short day at the office Both clashes on day 2 of the semifinals finished earlier than expected, as Teimour Radjabov and Levon Aronian secured a spot in the finals after playing two and three games respectively. Radjabov beat Daniil Dubov twice in a row from the get go, making it impossible for the Russian to get more than a draw in the second mini-match (Radjabov had won the first ‘set’), while Aronian got a 2:1 advantage after winning game 3 against Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, which also made it impossible for the Frenchman to mount a comeback. Given their strong p...

Airthings Masters SF1: Radjabov & Aronian strike We’re currently on course for a Radjabov-Aronian final in the Airthings Masters after Teimour Radjabov and Levon Aronian won the first sets of their semi-finals. Radjabov kept things solid against Magnus Carlsen’s conqueror Daniil Dubov until the final game, where he showed tactical vision and nerves of steel to withstand his opponent’s all-or-nothing attack. Levon Aronian’s brilliant form from beating Hikaru Nakamura in the quarterfinals continued as he defeated MVL 3:1, despite blundering a full piece in the final game. Levon Aronian ...

How a chess grandmaster tried to outwit the computer When artificial intelligence began beating the world’s greatest players, a chess grandmaster devised his own way to give human ingenuity an upper hand against the machine. The result, however, was not quite what he expected Thinking that chess had lost much of its spontaneity, American grandmaster Bobby Fischer developed his own variation of the game that is still played today On Sunday 23rd July 1972, the American grandmaster Bobby Fischer made the first move of the sixth game in the world chess championship—shunting his pawn two squa...