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Check is in the Mail: Everything Old is New Again

Hello chess friends! This month’s column was inspired by a reader! Matthew Brodhead sent in his game against John Cissik, and analyzing his game gave me the idea for this month’s column. GM Savielly Tartakower (whom I love to quote!) once said that any opening is good enough to play if its reputation is bad enough. What he meant was that once a line gets a reputation as a loser, it becomes fodder for those who are willing to work to find improvements and use them to gain points in competition.

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Fighting Chess After Rest Day in Fifth Round of U.S. Championships

The first rest day at the 2023 U.S. and U.S. Women’s Championships certainly allowed players to recharge, as round five marked the bloodiest round so far. There were a total of ten decisive games, with only one draw per section. Let's take a look at the most notable moments.

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GCL Day 2: SG Alpine Warriors succumb to Ganges Grandmasters

The highly anticipated match of the day was between SG Alpine Warriors and Ganges Grandmasters. The sole reason could be deduced: it featured the battle between Magnus Carlsen and Vishy Anand. We got a glimpse of the Carlsen we are familiar with — one tiny positional inaccuracy and he will punish you. However, that win did not turn out enough for the team as Richard Rapport and Bella Khotenashvili scored important victories over D Gukesh and Elisabeth Paehtz, which meant SG Alpine Warriors had lost to Ganges Grandmasters (6-11). Balan Alaskan Knights bounced back after their loss against SGAW by defeating upGrad Mumba Masters by a huge margin (5-14). Four matches will be played tomorrow, starting with SG Alpine Warriors vs Triveni Continental Kings from 3 p.m. local time, 4:30 p.m. IST. | Photo: Tech Mahindra Global Chess League

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American Cup: Shankland knocks out Robson in dramatic match

Day 3 of the American Cup saw four players eliminated from the tournament, as the first matches of the Elimination Bracket took place. Levon Aronian knocked out Sam Sevian, while Sam Shankland won a hotly contested playoff against Ray Robson. Meanwhile, in the women’s section, Tatev Abrahamyan took down Katerina Nemcova, while newcomer WGM Atousa Pourkashiyan sent Anna Zatonskih home with a 1½-½ victory. | Photo: Saint Louis Chess Club / Lennart Ootes

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American Cup: Dominguez beats Aronian in playoffs

Day 2 of the American Cup saw the end of the first stage of the Champions Bracket, with several matches (Caruana-Robson, So-Shankland, Aronian-Dominguez) all decided in a rapid playoff. Meanwhile Nakamura was able to draw the second classical game after winning yesterday, relegating Sevian to the Elimination Bracket. In the Women’s Section, favorites Krush, Lee, and Tokhirjonova all managed to win their second games despite only needing a draw, while Paikidze defeated Zatonskih in convincing fashion to win their match 1½-½. | Photo: Saint Louis Chess Club / Lennart Ootes

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Wesley So trounces Hans Neimann, grabs solo lead in Sinquefield Cup

Wesley So defeated fellow American Hans Neimann with a 59-move victory of a Petroff Defense for a full point and secured the solo lead after six rounds of the Grand Chess Tour’s Sinquefield Cup 2022 on Thursday, Sept. 8.
So is gunning for his second Sinquefield Cup title with two wins and four dra

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Wesley So downs Fabiano Caruana for solo second in Round 3 of Sinquefield Cup

Wesley So smashed fellow American Fabiano Caruana to zoom to solo second after three rounds of the Grand Chess Tour’s 2022 Sinquefield Cup in Saint Louis, United States Sunday, Sept. 4.

Wesley So
So prevailed after 67 moves of a Petroff Defense to improve to two points, just half a point behin

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Undefeated Anand Scores Hat Trick: 2022 Superbet Rapid & Blitz Poland, Day 1

The first day of the Superbet Rapid & Blitz Poland, the second event of the 2022 Grand Chess Tour, was dominated by a vintage performance from GM Vishwanathan Anand, who leads the fray with a perfect score. With each win being worth two points—and one point awarded for a draw—Anand jumped to a two-point...

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US Chess Championships R8: Lenderman Survives Scare, Everyone Draws

Round eight of the 2021 U.S. Chess Championship was very peaceful, as all six games ended in a draw. GM Aleksandr Lenderman saved a lost position versus GM Dariusz Swiercz, which enabled him to stay in lead alongside GMs Wesley So and Sam Sevian. GMs Ray Robson and Leinier Dominguez Perez are following...

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What Russia Taught The World About Chess

What Russia Taught The World About Chess
Written by Alexey Zakharov
In the last hundred or so years, Russia became almost synonymous with chess. The country in its many incarnations—Russian Empire, Soviet Union, and now “just” Russia—produced more grandmasters and world champions than any other, and its players enriched the ancient game immensely.
So, let’s now delve (shallowly, and then, of course, more and more deeply) into what Russia and its predecessor states brought to the world of chess.
Long, Tongue-Twisting Names
It’s more of a joke entry, of course, but GM Ian Nepomniachtchi, the new challenger to GM Magnus Carlsen, is only the latest in the long, distinguished line of Russian and Soviet players who look like an absolutely insurmountable wall of letters when written in English, such as Roman Dzindzichashvili, Zurab Azmaiparashvili, Elena Fatalibekova, Alexander Konstantinopolsky, Olga Semenova-Tyan-Shanskaya, Alexander Ilyin-Zhenevsky, and Fyodor Dus-Chotimirsky.

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