I played the Hoogeveen Open from the 15th to 22nd of October in a small town named Hoogeveen in the Netherlands. The tournament had nine rounds with the time control of 90 minutes for the first 40 moves, followed by 30 minutes for the rest of the game with an addition of 30 seconds per move starting from move one. A lot of quality players took part in the tournament, and there was a big Read more…
It all started as an ordinary game in round three during the Sinquefield Cup in September 2022. Nobody could have predicted that one game can turn into a big chaos. Hans Niemann, a 19-year-old American, faced the World Champion – Magnus Carlsen, who did not lose the last 53 games in classical chess. Even though Carlsen had the advantage of playing with white pieces, he started with 4. g3 against the Nimzo-Indian, which Niemann looked Read more…
The FISU World University Championship Mind Sports 2022 were held in the city of Antwerp in Belgium from 11 to 17 September. The University of Antwerp has taken care of the entire organization and continued its tradition of organizing mind sports events. Students from around the world visited Antwerp to compete in chess and bridge championships. It all started with the Official Opening Ceremony that took place at the biggest auditorium of the University of Read more…
A Belarusian-born Israeli chess grandmaster Ilya Smirin was sacked by FIDE for making inappropriate sexist comments during a live broadcast of the FIDE Women’s Grand Prix in Astana, Kazakhstan. During FIDE Women’s Grand Prix was Smirin working as an English-language commentator alongside WIM Fiona Steil-Antoni from Luxemburg. The remarks were made during the ninth round after one viewer asked if one of the players (WGM Zhu Jiner who had 5/9 points with 2 more rounds to go) can Read more…
