Chess News
December 6, 2016
10.When you see a good move, look for a better one. – Emanuel Lasker 9.A good player is always lucky. – Capablanca 8. Vasily Smyslov 7.Avoid the crowd. Do your own thinking independently. Be the chess player, not the chess piece. – Ralph Charell 6.Susan Polgar 5.Help your pieces so they can help you. – Paul Morphy […]
December 1, 2016
Magnus Carlsen won the World Championship match against Sergey Karjakin with a final result of 9-7 after 12 regular and 4 rapid games in the tie-break. After three tie-break games, he led with 2-1 and Karjakin had to win the fourth tie-break game with Black. He desperately tried to create some chances for a win, but this allowed Carlsen to mate […]
November 29, 2016
Max Euwe, Ph.D. (May 20, 1901 – November 26, 1981) was a Dutch chess Grandmaster, mathematician, author, and chess administrator. He was the fifth player to become World Chess Champion (1935–37). Euwe served as President of FIDE, the World Chess Federation, from 1970 to 1978. Alekhine-Euwe(right), World Championship in 1935: Euwe won with the score 15 ½ -14 ½ and […]