Day 5 of the 2024 Superbet Poland Rapid & Blitz saw the thrilling finale in the race between overnight leader Wei Yi and Magnus Carlsen. Carlsen won 10(!!) consecutive games …
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Top Grandmasters Pre-Game Rituals
by doubleattackby doubleattackDuring the Superbet Rapid & Blitz Poland tournament, the C-Squared team asked the participants about their pregame rituals or routines. Here are some answers: Magnus Carlsen: These tournaments are a …
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2024 GCT Superbet Rapid & Blitz Poland – Recap Day 3
by doubleattackby doubleattackDay 3 of the 2024 Superbet Poland Rapid & Blitz saw the conclusion of the rapid portion of play, with the Chinese No. 2 Wei Yi continuing his fantastic run …
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C-Squared Podcast with Ian Nepomniachtchi
by doubleattackby doubleattackC-Squared Podcast by Cristian Chirila and Fabiano Caruana published another episode devoted to the recently concluded Candidates Chess Tournament in Toronto. This time their guest was Ian Nepomniachtchi, himself twice …
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Byron Capital Darling Downs Open: GM Smerdon and FM Rodgers share first place
by doubleattackby doubleattackThe Byron Capital Darling Downs Open 2024 was held from 2-6th May at the Concordia Lutheran College in Harristown, Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. The event was organized by the Toowoomba Chess …
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Hans Niemann: “Would you like to invite Americaโs brightest talent?”, Wadim Rosenstein: “Of course, buy-in is $1 million”
by doubleattackby doubleattackWadim Rosenstein, Russian-German tycoon and sponsor of the WR chess team, has announced the WR Chess Masters Cup, which will take place from 14-18th October in London, United Kingdom. The …
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Minh Le and Magnus Carlsen win Early/Late Titled Tuesday
by doubleattackby doubleattackThe latest editions of Titled Tuesday events took place on 7th May on Chess.com. The popular chess streamer GM Minh Le from Vietnam claimed a victory in the Early Titled …
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Zero to 1900 elo in 10 months? It’s possible
by doubleattackby doubleattackPopular League of Legends streamer Tyler Steinkamp, better known as Tyler1 or T1, who picked up chess in July 2023 has just broken 1900 rapid rating on Chess.com. Tyler1 learned …
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India announces massive chess budget of 8 million USD
by doubleattackby doubleattackNitin Narang, the recently elected President of the All-India Chess Federation (AICF), has announced a massive budget of INR 65 crore (nearly 8 million USD) for the development of chess …
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GothamChess: “GM banned for cheating?”, Brandon Jacobson: “Well itโs me, hi, Iโm the problem itโs me”
by doubleattackby doubleattackThe popular YouTuber Levy Rozman aka GothamChess pointed out that a strange anon GM account by the name Viih_Sou was playing even stranger openings and absolutely crashed the popular creator …