Giri fires himself into the semis as Nakamura hangs on

Giri fires himself into the semis as Nakamura hangs on

[Hwan Cho] This article discusses the 150,000 dollars Chessable Masters tournament where grandmasters over the world compete for a prize pool. Anish Giri was able to seal a victory over Alexander Grischuk moving to the semifinals and Hikaru Nakamura was able to win his set leveling his score against Ding Liren to 1-1. The last set will determine who will advance to the semifinals.

Anish Giri. (TOI Photo) CHENNAI: Dutch GM Anish Giri sealed a semifinal spot in the $150,000 Chessable Masters. Anish rolled over three-time World Blitz Champion Alexander Grischuk with two wins to take Sunday’s second set 3-1 and the tie 2-0. Meanwhile, fan favourite Hikaru Nakamura overcame a stunning mistake […]

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Dwayne Haskins is playing chess to improve decision-making ahead of 2020 season

Dwayne Haskins is playing chess to improve decision-making ahead of 2020 season

[Hwan Cho] This article discusses how an NFL player, Dwayne Haskins has started playing chess during the offseason to improve his decision-making on the field. Dwayne Haskins states that chess resembles a lot when he is on the field because he looks left to right to identify the threats, where he is going to attack, and how he is going to attack.

We’ve seen the workout videos and the bombs that Washington Redskins quarterback Dwayne Haskins has been letting loose on the field this offseason, and nearly every fan of the team is hoping that it leads to success in the regular season and beyond. However, it’s important to note that […]

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Giri, Vachier-Lagrave Lead Chessable Masters B Group

Giri, Vachier-Lagrave Lead Chessable Masters B Group

[Hwan Cho] As part of the Magnus Carlsen tour, the Chessable tournament is between top chess grandmasters competing for a prize pool. In group B of day 1, Anish Giri and Maxime-Lagrave came on top scoring 3 points. The games resulted in many draws and a few decisive games.

Giri and Vachier-Lagrave lead the “Candidates group” after the first day. Photo: Maria Emelianova/Chess.com. GMs Anish Giri and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave lead the B group of the Chessable Masters after day one. The two players scored 3/5 on a day with many draws. GM Ding Liren drew all of his […]

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Deterring Scholastic Chess Cheating‎

Deterring Scholastic Chess Cheating‎

[Hwan Cho] This article discusses how there is an increase in players cheating in a chess tournament ever since the COVID-19 pandemic happened. The pandemic discontinued face to face tournaments and instead encouraged online tournaments. However, these online tournaments have seen an increase in cheating by using chess computers to play for them.

Is cheating a problem or a pandemic? I kept staring at my task list, as I was desperate to come up with a good reason to skip one of them. Some tasks are just so uncomfortable that we just do not want to even go near them. I had […]

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Another Female Chess Grand Master Forsakes Iranian Nationality To Join Swiss Team

Another Female Chess Grand Master Forsakes Iranian Nationality To Join Swiss Team

[Hwan Cho] This article discusses how another female Iranian player, Ghazal Hakimi was expelled from the chess national team and will compete under the Swiss Chess Federation. The article further describes how other Iranian female chess players in the past have been expelled for not complying with the compulsory Islamic dress code (hijab), or simply wishing not to do so.

Grand Chess Master and member of Iran’s national chess team Ghazal Hakimi has forsaken her Iranian nationality and will compete under the Swiss flag in international chess tournaments. The twenty-six-year-old chess champion who is currently a student in Zurich, Switzerland, achieved the rank of Grand Master (WGM) in 2016. […]

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Carlsen, Caruana Reach Clutch Chess Final

Carlsen, Caruana Reach Clutch Chess Final

[Hwan Cho] This article discusses how Magnus Carlsen, the number one chess player in the world and Fabiano Caruana, the second chess player in the world will face each other in a rapid or 10 minute game of chess in the final of the Clutch Chess International.

Caruana and So before starting their match. Image courtesy Saint Louis Chess Club. GM Magnus Carlsen and GM Fabiano Caruana will play the final of the Clutch Chess International. Although Carlsen’s win vs GM Levon Aronian was never really in doubt, Caruana made a big comeback vs. GM Wesley […]

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