GCT in Croatia, does Norway Chess need fixing and Carlsen staging a chess coup?

A lot is happening in the chess world so here’s a update of some of the biggest headlines. Fixing Norway Chess? As expected Carlsen won this year’s edition of Altibox Norway Chess, and as expected the new format with armageddon in the case of ties in the classic games was controversial en sparked a lot

A chess update

Haven’t done a chess post since July, and as the World Championship match is fast approaching I thought I’d do a short update on what has been happening in recent weeks and what’s coming up just around the corner. Chess Olympics In the Open section USA was the favourite as the top ranked team (no

Preview: Altibox Norway Chess 2018

After a rather quiet May for many of the top chess players things kick off for real today  Monday May 28 in Norway Chess (after the blitz on Sunday determined which of the 5 players got 5 games with white). In its 6th edition the tournament continues to be a highlight in the chess calendar,

Chess Calendar 2018

With the 80th edition of the Tata Steel Chess well underway I thought it would be fitting to take a look at some of the highlights coming up this year. Chess24.com already did a very comprehensive round through of the most interesting tournaments so I’ll just pick a few tournaments that will be on my

Altibox Norway Chess status after 3 rounds

Norway Chess is in full swing and since it headed into its first of two rest days on Friday its time for a short summary of the tournament thus far. Before we take a look at the chess being played, the media was witness to quite an unusual rest day The players got to be