The World Chess Championship 2021 will be held from 24 November to 16 December 2021 alongside World Expo Centre, Dubai, UAE. This time the current world champion Magnus Carlsen will be defending his title against his former second GM Ian Nepomniachtchi. This world championship is going to be an exciting one as it is a…
Author of the Book – Mikhail Shereshevsky Publishing Year – 1981 Published By – Everyman chess What to Expect? Endgame strategy is one of the best classics. This book was published in the Russian language in 1981. (yes, around 40 years back!) The first English edition was published in 1985 by everyman chess. This book…
Author of the Book – Iakov Dawsky Publishing Year – 2002 Published By – Everyman Chess What to Expect? Chess Brilliancy is a very interesting book. This book presents you with 250 classic brilliancies which were rewarded for their elements. One can expect a lot of power-packed games with huge creativity. A small introduction about…
As a rule, the more mistakes there are in a game, the more memorable it remains because you have suffered and worried over each mistake on the board. –Viktor Korchnoi How to spell “Political asylum”? Questioned Korchnoi to Antony Miles. Both the players were joint winners of the Amsterdam tournament, the first tournament of Viktor…
Continuing the series of Legends who were near world champions! Today we cover Paul Keres, The Crown Prince of Estonia. Beginning of Chess Paul Keres was born on 7 January 1916 in Narva, Estonia. His father and brother taught him the basics of chess. As he lived in a small town, chess literature was scarce….