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Professor Jerry Nash is the current chairman of FIDE’s Commission on Chess in Education. A long-standing educator who is passionate about helping others, Nash asserts in this interview conducted by Uvencio Blanco: “Chess can really positively alter the classroom environment by improving student behaviour and engagement”.
The knockout phase of the Airthings Masters is taking place on February 6-10. Three Divisions (with 8, 16 and 32 players respectively) are being played concurrently. Each knockout includes winners’ and losers’ brackets. Magnus Carlsen, Wesley So and Alireza Firouzja are among the 8 participants in Division I. | Follow the live commentary, starting at 17.00 CET (11.00 ET, 21.30 IST)
The play-in phase of the Airthings Masters is taking place on February 3 and is open to all grandmasters. A total of 54 players will qualify to the knockout stage set to start on Monday. A 9-round Swiss tournament will be followed by 2-game matches to decide who qualifies and to which division of the knockout. | Follow the live commentary, starting at 17.00 CET (11.00 ET, 21.30 IST)
It calls for a celebration: ChessBase India turned seven years old on 18th of January 2023. In the second part of his article, the CEO and co-founder of ChessBase India, IM Sagar Shah, writes about the work done by the ChessBase India team in the last 365 days. There is so much to tell – it is a wonderful success story.
GM Fabiano Caruana scored the sole victory of round three vs. GM Jorden van Foreest at the 2023 Tata Steel Chess Tournament.