A Short Review of Genna Sosonko's *Smyslov on the Couch*
Genna Sosonko, Smyslov on the Couch (Elk & Ruby, 2018). 199 pp. Reviewed by Dennis Monokroussos.
Genna Sosonko, Smyslov on the Couch (Elk & Ruby, 2018). 199 pp. Reviewed by Dennis Monokroussos.
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FIDE is pleased to announce the 2019 Grand Prix Series, the qualifier for the 2020 Candidates Tournament. It will be held in cooperation with World Chess in a new format aimed at improving its appeal for spectators and players alike.
The logjam at the top has broken up a bit, and now it's the current world champion and his predecessor who head the tournament table in the 2019 edition of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament with +3 scores.
It's getting bunchy at the top of the 2019 Tata Steel Chess Tournament, as Viswanthan Anand's win over a plummeting Vladimir Kramnik made him the fifth player in the event with a +2 score as the tournament passed the halfway point.
It's always fascinating to see confidence monsters ("con mons"?) in action. They can struggle for a long time, with no end in sight, but once something goes their way it's like a switch is flipped and they go back to full blast.
Carlsen won a difficult endgame late on against Shakhriyar Mamedyarov.