On Wednesday the second Women's Grand Prix Tournament of the 2022-23 Series was ceremonially opened at the Vier Jahreszeiten Kempinski Hotel in Munich. Twelve top players are fighting to qualify for the Candidates Tournament. The first round will start at 15.00 CET. | Photos: David Llada/FIDE
From 1 to 13 February Munich will host the second Women’s Grand Prix tournament of the 2022-23 series. The two best players from four tournaments will qualify for the Candidates Tournament. The first round starts at 15.00 CET. Follow the games live, with commentary by Stefan Kindermann and Veronika Exler. | Photo: David Llada
From building character to sharpening cognitive abilities to meliorating neurological disorders like Autism, the benefits of the ancient game of chess are many and wide-ranging. In fact, having evolved through one and a half millennia, it is more than just a game today. It is a cultural and intellectual phenomenon: an inspiration for visual artists, a playground for experimentation for scientists, and a pedagogical tool for educationists; but more than anything else, it is a common tongue connecting people across gender, ethnicity and generation. Judit Polgar's Global Chess Festival is an event that is held every year in Budapest, Hungary, to celebrate this very diversity of chess. It is a gala that invites not only players but professionals from various other disciplines with the sole aim of promoting chess in all its myriad facets. This year the singular event is taking place on the 8th of October. We walk you through its different planned activities and present four original stu
Some of these opening proposals are solid and safe, but you also find interesting, double-edged gambits.
Robert Ris recently presented such a gambit:
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nd5!?.
But can White really play this way – moving the knight twice before completing his development and neglecting to defend e4?
At any rate, some strong players, including Jorden van Foreest and Alexey Shirov, have recently made use of this idea in various online tournaments and achieved some success with it.
The ChessBase Magazine editorial team now had the idea that the authors of opening contributions should put their proposals to the test by taking part in a thematic tournament against ChessBase Magazine subscribers. Play the Author is the motto.