December was typically a busy month for chess all over the world. While the world watched in awe at the world’s top, top exponents battle it out in the final month of the year 2022 to try and stop Carlsen’s dominance in the World Rapid and Blitz championships, there was no less excitement over the chess board in the classical format in other parts of the world. One was the return of over-the-board version of the Penang Heritage City International Chess Open, after the Covid-imposed hiatus in the past three years. Report by By Edwin Lam Choong Wai.
Starting out in chess is difficult, and this DVD aims to reduce that stress. Designed for beginner levels in openings, a brief introduction to the reasons we play some of the most common moves in popular openings like the Spanish and Sicilian is given.
If we take a look at the rules of the 1st World Corporate Championship, it is mentioned that each team must include at least one female player
and at least one male player. In most open chess competitions, the organizers do not even bother to include the second part of that sentence, as it is unlikely to see a team that presents more women than men in its roster.
Grenke Bank win World Corporate Chess Championship
Alina Kashlinskaya and Inna Agrest grabbed the wins as
Grenke Bank, led by Georg Meier, overcame Ian Nepomniachtchi’s SBER on Sunday to win the
1st FIDE Online World Corporate Chess Championship. 288 teams had been whittled
down to just eight before the final day, and in the end the top two seeded
teams made it to the final. 2nd seeds Grenke, one of just two teams to feature three female players, then pulled off an upset win.
They did it! Hanna Klek, Inna Agrest, Georg Meier & Alina Kashlinskaya after Grenke Bank beat top seeds SBER to win the final