Upcoming Events
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05 – 06 Dec 2020 09.00–18.00 UTC+0000
Event: ChessTech2020ChessTech2020 is the premier chess related conference in the world. Its name reflects the topic: Chess and Technology. This is the 8th in the sequence of the London Chess Conference since 2013. This year it takes place online on the weekend of 5 and 6 December 2020. Meet the leaders and pioneers of online chess, discover new products and services, debate cheating and learn about the latest chess-related research!
Features
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Call to Action
Harvesting the Beth-Harmon-Effect – 24 Nov 2020
To piggyback on the unprecented success of The Queen’s Gambit, which is the most watched Netflix series worldwide since four weeks, here are twelve chess hacks, assembled by Stefan Löffler.
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Review
Teaching through play – 21 Nov 2020
Its didactic approach and friendly user interface set Learn Chess with Dr. Wolf apart from other chess learning apps. If only it could help beyond a 1400 rating level, writes Fernando Offermann.
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Best Chess Startup 2020 – 19 Nov 2020
Are you starting out as a chess entrepreneur? Do you have an idea that can revolutionize the way we play, learn or train? Do you run an internal start-up within a chess company? Then you should pitch at the Best Chess Startup 2020 competition on 5 December during ChessTech 2020.
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Background
A gamble on Twitch – 19 Nov 2020
Chess.com has secured some exclusive streaming rights for the world championship match 2021 and two Candidates Tournaments. The prize shall be revealed by FIDE at its General Assembly on 6 December. Stefan Löffler analyzes the deal.
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Call to Action
Free registration until 30 November – 17 Nov 2020
Does chess have the best possible online events? What are the hidden costs of cheating and anti-cheating? Is the chess community telling the right stories to reach a larger audience? These questions and many more are discussed at the ChessTech 2020 online conference on 5 and 6 December.
Latest News
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Isle of Man to join FIDE – 25 Nov 2020
The tax haven in the Irish sea is going to be the 189th territory to join FIDE at its General Assembly on 6 December. The Isle of Man is the venue of the Grand Swiss qualifiers for the next world championship cycle in October 2021 and residence of its sponsor and Chess.com-investor Mark Scheinberg.
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Rogozenco leaves – 24 Nov 2020
The Romanian GM and the German Chess Federation have dissolved the contract of the national coach after seven years in reaction to a joint boycott by 12 national team players.
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Rockefeller donates 3 million – 24 Nov 2020
US Chess receives the biggest ever donation in its 81-year history by John D. Rockefeller V., who has been serving as Scholastic Director of the Maryland Chess Federation since 2010. The $ 3 million will sustain competitions and scholastic chess programmes.
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62 million households saw Queen’s Gambit – 23 Nov 2020
The miniseries about an orphan chess prodigy in the 1950s and 1960s set a record for Netflix with 62 million households seeing it within four weeks. The series was the most watched Netflix series at some point in 63 countries. 37 years after its release, the novel by Walter Tevis, on which it is based, has reached the New York Times Bestseller list. Meanwhile new registrants drive chess platforms to new peaks. A few days after Lichess reported its first 100,000 players at the same time, Chess.com shared on Sunday that it was sure to have more than 3 million unique users within the day. Chess sets are selling at speeds unheard of since 1972.
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Wave of resignations hits German federation – 23 Nov 2020
12 German players have resigned from the national team after the German Chess Federation ignored their demand to fire national coach Dorian Rogozenco because of alleged rudeness, favouritism and ignoring agreements. The voluntary sport director and the captain of the women’s team had annouced their retirement before. Rogozenco started the job in 2014 on a 50% basis and became full-time national coach later on. “He couldn’t help the men’s team, but we would not oppose him if he hadn’t started to create problems. After all, since 2011 the federation hires an actual help for the yearly team competition“, said Georg Meier. He had been involved in an earlier player boycott at the Chess Olympiad 2010, after which the federation doubled the fees for the players and hired Rustam Kazimdzhanov as a temporary coach for the European Team Championship 2011, which Germany won.