Salamanca, Spain, Apr 27 (EFE).- Iranian chess player Sara Khadem says she doesn’t regret leaving Iran in a bid to avoid reprisals after participating in the December 2022 World Cup in Kazakhstan without a headscarf. The 25-year-old grandmaster left the country in the wake of protests after the death in police custody of Mahsa Amini …
ChessBase Magazine offers a window to the world of professional chess. Issue #210 contains 7578 recent games, (45 annotated) 12 opening surveys, 9 demo lectures and several exercises for training. Annotators include Anish Giri, Ajun Erigaisi, Gabriel Sargissian, Ivan Sokolov, Luke McShane, Pentala Harikrishna, Pragganandhaa, Maria Muzychuk and Wesley So among others. The icing on the cake is a feature on Ding Liren who will play the world championship match with Ian Nepomniachtchi now that Carlsen has announced that he will not defend the title. Prof. Nagesh Havanur took a closer look.
The 9-round rapid tournaments open and women’s at the Tata Steel India Chess event came to an end on Thursday. Nihal Sarin had a dominating performance in the open, securing first place with a round to spare after collecting back-to-back wins over Shakhriyar Mamedyarov and Parham Maghsoodloo. Earlier in the day, Anna Ushenina had defeated Nana Dzagnidze in blitz tiebreaks to claim the women’s title. | Photo: Lennart Ootes