Archive for January, 2014
Zurich Chess Challenge 2014 Round 1 Games
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Magnus Carlsen wins Zurich Chess Challenge 2014 Pairing Blitz (All Games)
The Zurich Chess Challenge 2014 is the strongest chess tournament ever held in history. A special opening ceremony included a blitz chess tournament to decide the pairings for the main tournament. World chess Champion Magnus Carlsen won the five-round event despite a first-round loss to Fabiano Caruana. Both Magnus Carlsen and Levon Aronian scored three points, but Carlsen was better on tiebreak score. Nakamura, Caruana, and Anand scored 2.5 and Boris Gelfand scored 1.5. Here are all the exciting games.
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Easy Chess Puzzle: White Checkmates in Two
Here’s an easy chess puzzle where white checkmates in two. Give it a try to take away the mid-week stress.
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Focus-Now Chess Puzzle: White Checkmates in Two
Time for a refreshing chess puzzle. Question’s easy, answer’s not! White to play and checkmate in two? How fast can you pull this off?
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76th Tata Steel Chess 2014 R11 Games: Levon Aronian blunders against Loek van Wely
Armenia’s Levon Aronian has won the 76th edition of the Tata Steel Chess 2014 despite a last round blunder-loss to Loek van Wely in time trouble. Meanwhile, Anish Giri, managing one of his best career performances was second and Sergey Karjakin was third. Boris Gelfand picked up a last round victory beating Pentala Harikrishna. Read a full report on Chess Blog. Replay the games below with Chess King.
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76th Tata Steel Chess R10: Aronian wins Title in Penultimate Round
76th Tata Steel Chess R9: Aronian Extends Lead by 1.5 Points
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Super-Smart Chess Puzzle: White Checkmates in Two
This chess puzzle’s a real challenge… or, is it? White to play and checkmate in two.
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76th Tata Steel Chess R8: Aronian Retains Lead, Harikrishna beats Nakamura
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76th Tata Steel Chess R7: Hikaru Nakamura loses to Loek van Wely, Richard Rapport beats Pentala Harikrishna
76th Tata Steel Chess R6: Levon Aronian Extends Lead with 3013 Performance!
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76th Tata Steel Chess 2014 Round 5 Games: Levon Aronian Retains Lead with Win Over Naiditsch
Playing his usual steady and strong chess, World No. 2 retained his lead at the 76th edition of the Tata Steel Chess (Masters Group) in Round 5. A full report is available on Chess Blog. Meanwhile, replay the games of Round 5 with Chess King and enjoy some strong chess this weekend.
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Solve-in-Your-Sleep Chess Puzzle: Easiest Checkmate in Six
The only sure way to stay warm this winter is to play chess. So, without bothering you much, here’s the easiest checkmate in six you are ever likely to find. White plays.
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76th Tata Steel Chess 2014 Round 4 Games: Levon Aronian beats Hikaru Nakamura, Takes Lead
The most exciting game of the week figured in the fourth round at the 76th Tata Steel Chess 2014 with World No. 2 Levon Aronian defeating one of his main rivals, Hikaru Nakamura, in a sharp set-up of the King’s Indian Defense. Check out the game in the Chess King applet below. You can read a full report on the round at Chess Blog.
Master Chess Class: Bent Larsen – Boris Spassky 0-1
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76th Tata Steel Chess 2014 Round 3 Games: Caruana, Harikrishna Win
76th Tata Steel Chess 2014 Round 2 Games: Aronian, Giri, Rapport Win
The second round of the 76th edition of Tata Steel Chess 2014 witnessed three wins by Rapport, Giri, and Aronian. Here are all the games of Round 2. You can read a full report on the round at Chess Blog. Boris Gelfand suffered his second loss in as many rounds and Giri checkmated his opponents King in the open at f4. Aronian played a steady game coming out with a plus after the opening.
76th Tata Steel Chess 2014 Round 1 Games: Four Decisive Games, Only Two Draws
The 76th edition of the traditional 76th Tata Steel Chess tournament has begun in Wijk aan Zee. Here are the first round games. Enjoy replaying them in the Chess King applet. You can pick your own copy of Chess King to use in both your chess training and chess blog publishing from the Chess King shop. For a full report on the first round at Tata Steel Chess 2014, read Chess Blog.
Master Chess Class: Alexandra Kosteniuk – Zhu Chen 1-0
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