“In ‘miniature’ games, errors are soon magnified” - Dylan Loeb McClain, New York Times Hello chess friends! Welcome to the annual miniatures column, where we limit the entries to games of 25 moves or less in length. For this year’s selection, all of the games were won by the players of the black pieces. The games are presented here in order of ECO Code.
75 years ago, on 28 May 1947, the American Grandmaster and renowned writer Andrew "Andy" Soltis was born in Hazleton, Pennsylvania. In an extensive interview Soltis talks about his chess and his writing career, chess in New York, the Marshall Chess Club, playing blitz against Bobby Fischer and about Fabiano Caruana and Magnus Carlsen. | Photo: Marcy Soltis
DANIEL QUIZON beat fellow International Master (IM) Joel Pimentel in 83 moves of a Gruenfeld Defense on Friday to seize the solo lead after two rounds of the Philippine National Chess Championship at the Solea Hotel and Resort in Mactan, Cebu. Quizon, 17, gained an early pawn edge for a…
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Mighty Magnus
The Tata Steel chess tournament came to an end on Sunday, with Jorden van Foreest clinching the title after a thrilling finale.
For chess fans, the fact that the event was played over-the-board with a classical time control meant the return of high-quality games by the strongest players in the world. Although rapid and blitz games provide a large amount of entertainment value, it is very unlikely for players to explore the nuances of complex endgames with little time on their clocks.
Numerous endgame struggle were seen in Wijk aan Zee. In the final round, world champion Magnus Carlsen showed what he is capable of in his game against Maxime Vachier-Lagrave. An Alpha Zero-style victory for the best player in the world allowed to finish a rather disappointing tournament on a high note.