There is no place on earth more (less?) ideal than Jerusalem for pondering the mysteries of existence, and for a not-insignificant number of people mysteries don’t get more engrossing than the self-exile of chess prodigy Bobby Fischer.
The higher-rated players had Black today in all five games, and they managed to convert in two of them while going undefeated overall. Fabiano Caruana was winning, then not; then winning, then not...etc....
16th Greek Team School Ch 229 games New
Karpos Open 23 games New
European Individual C.C. 21 games New
TCh-POL Rapid 6 games
Northumbria Masters 9 games
Norwegian Premier League 4 games
14th...
County Championships Draw
The ECF have a new Controller for the County Championships: Mark Murrell. The first job awaiting Mark's attention was the Draw for the ECF Final stage of the County Championships (coloquially known as the "national stages"), which has now been published.
So did almost everyone else with White, on a day where the higher-rated player - usually the much higher-rated player - had the white pieces. Nikita Vitiugov broke the hearts of all the fans of his French Defense books by taking it on and winning against a variation he recommended for Black.
Vitiugov...
The much, but not long-awaited game between Magnus Carlsen and his latest challenger, Fabiano Caruana, took place in round 1, and it did not disappoint. At least it didn't disappoint fans looking for...
Karpos Open 23 games New
European Individual C.C. 21 games New
TCh-POL Rapid 6 games
Northumbria Masters 9 games
Norwegian Premier League 4 games
14th Siaperas Memorial 24 games
Aeroflot...
Southend 2018 - Day 2
Rounds 3 and 4 in all competitions
111 entries was the final tally, down on 138 in each of the last two years. This is principally due to Jersey moving to an Easter slot; a number of Southend "regulars" are this year playing at Jersey instead.
