by scribe | Sep 11, 2022 | current news, endings, people, ruminations
The latest news that has blown up the chess Internet came in two waves last week. First, at the Sinquefield Cup in St. Louis, world champion Magnus Carlsen lost a game to a young but rapidly improving American grandmaster, Hans Niemann. Hans grew up in the San...
by scribe | Dec 10, 2021 | 2020 world championship, current news, endings, people, ruminations, tournaments
Magnus Carlsen won his fifth world championship in resounding fashion today, beating Ian Nepomniachtchi in the eleventh game to close him out by a score of 7 1/2 – 3 1/2. Congratulations to him on a really well-deserved victory! He is now turning in to one of...
by scribe | Mar 19, 2020 | 2020 world championship, current news, openings, tournaments
The Candidates Tournament hit the “reset” button today as a result of Fabiano Caruana’s unexpected loss to Ding Liren. Caruana, at 1.5 points in 2 rounds, was tied for first; Ding, with 0 points in 2 rounds, was alone in last place. But all of that...
by scribe | Mar 18, 2020 | 2020 world championship, current news, games, tournaments
I wrote in yesterday’s post that Fabiano Caruana should be very pleased with the results of round one of the FIDE Candidates Tournament, which will determine who will challenge Magnus Carlsen for the world chess championship later this year. If so, he should be...
by scribe | Mar 15, 2020 | 2020 world championship, current news, people, ruminations, tournaments
For anyone with even a passing interest in sports, this is a pretty weird time. You open the sports page of the newspaper… and there are no games. NBA, NHL, golf, soccer, … all canceled. Which makes this an even more remarkable time for chess fans, because we...
