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In a welcome return after two years of shutdowns and two weeks of depressing headlines, the St. Louis Chess Club revived its much-missed invitational Classic Chess series this month, with American GM Sam Sevian and Ukrainian GM Illya Nyzhnyk sharing top honors in the 10-player St. Louis Spring Classic A Tournament. ....
The Kasparov Chess Foundation organized the second annual KCF University Cup which was played on lichess.org and hosted on chessstream.com on the weekend of February 5 and 6, 2022. The tournament attracted students from every continent and from over thirty countries. With nearly 700 participants, the event was a resounding success. | Photo: Garry Kasparov | Photo: ChessBase ....
Videos: Mihail Marin examines the Berlin Defence with 4.d3 d6 and finds some practical advantages for Black over the standard move 4.Bc5. Christian Bauer presents a new knight sacrifice in the Voronezh Variation of the Alekhine Defence. In this issue's "Brilliancy" Imre Hera took the initiative against Zoltan Almasi in the London System after 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bf4 b6 4.e3 Be7 5.h3 c5 6.Nc3! "The lucky bag" is particularly well stocked with 72 (!) extensively annotated games! Among them are analyses by Vladimir Belous, Spyridon Kapnisis, Michal Krasenkow, Krishnan Sasikiran and many others. ChessBase Magazine Extra is the perfect supplement to ChessBase Magazine. Available as a single issue or by subscription (6 issues per year). Available on DVD or as a download. ....
UTRGV Chess Team reflects on successful year 7 hours 58 minutes 19 seconds ago Tuesday, May 04 2021 May 4, 2021 May 04, 2021 4:05 PM May 04, 2021 in News - Local It s a sport that requires a lot of skill and precision. And while almost anyone can play chess, it takes a lot of practice to win championships, according to members of The University of Texas – Rio Grande Valley’s Chess Team. The team has won three consecutive national championships, and members know a lot about hard work. They’ve even won an intercontinental match through the challenges of a pandemic. Many people struggled with motivation because of the pandemic so it wasn t easy for us,” UTRGV Chess Team member Kamil Dragun said. “So this result was a very nice surprise for us and we re very happy about it.” ....