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In the 15th Penang Heritage City International Chess Open 2023 that concluded on the 22nd of December 2023, the rise of teens of South East Asia was truly apparent. Besides local favourite FM Poh Yu Tian, the other regional juniors that shone during the event included 17-year-old Indonesian IM Arfan Aditya Bagus, 14-year-olds Ivan Travis Cu and Sidabutar Uriel Noah Oloan besides Uzair Shahar of Malaysia. Edwin Lam Choong Wai reports. | Photos: <a href=https://www.facebook.com/PenangChess/">Penang Chess Association’s Facebook page</a>

Arjun Erigaisi was the top scorer on day 2 of the Aimchess Rapid. The Indian prodigy collected three wins and a draw and, in round 7, achieved his first-ever victory over world champion Magnus Carlsen. Thanks to his performance on Saturday, Arjun climbed to shared fourth place, two points behind sole leader Nodirbek Abdusattorov. Carlsen and Shakhriyar Mamedyarov are sharing second place a point behind the young Uzbek. | Photo: Amruta Mokal / 2022 Chess Olympiad

Magnus Carlsen, Vincent Keymer (pictured), Arjun Erigaisi and Le Quang Liem advanced to the semifinals of the Generation Cup. All four quarterfinal matchups offered a dose of excitement, as every single semifinalist lost at least one game on Thursday. While Le is set to play Arjun in semis, Keymer will have the tough task of facing Carlsen in a 4-game confrontation. | Photo: Lars OA Hedlund

Aron Nimzowitsch, theoretician, author of "My System", and one of the world's best players at the end of the 1920s, liked to answer 1.e4 with the provocative move 1...Nc6, the "Nimzowitsch Defence". The move is slightly offbeat but offers Black good chances as the French GM Christian Bauer shows on his ChessBase course "The Nasty Nimzowitsch Defence", published in 2019. Paul Kane, who runs the website "The Caissa Kid", had a look at Bauer's course and concludes: "'The Nasty Nimzowitsch Defence' is a quality piece of work which was a ...

Favourites fumbled in the second round of the women section at the 44th Chess Olympiad as former world champion Mariya Muzychuk of Ukraine suffered defeat aga