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Ian Nepomniachtchi is the winner of the first FIDE GP ebent for 2019. He defeated Alexander Grischuk in the final 2.5-15, winning the second...

Having pawns on e4 and d4 is considered advantageous, especially when they aren't being directly challenged. But eventually you do have ...

Magnus Carlsen has won the Lindores Abbey Stars Rapid event, with a very minimal 3.5/6. He did this by beating Viswanathan Anand, and drawin...

I am looking at putting together a small blitz event, as a way of promoting chess in Canberra. The idea is to have 2 x 4 player round robins...

Every now and then you can try and pull off an early swindle, by playing an offbeat opening move. Against a highly rated opponent this may n...

I enjoy reading game collections of great players, especially if the player themselves is the author. I usually pick a new player every coup...

The other day I saw an interesting description of games like chess, in terms of complexity levels. (Apologies as I do not have the link to h...