Features
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Background
Beyond the norm – 19 Jul 2021
After a new world’s youngest grandmaster record has been set, the cottage industry of title norm tournaments has come under scrutiny, reports Stefan Löffler.
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Campaigns
What clubs need now – 02 Jul 2021
A poll shows how chess clubs in the Netherlands are surviving the pandemic and what support they expect from their national federation, reports Stefan Löffler.
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Background
Building a team to build a board – 23 Jun 2021
Bryght Labs has appointed Abrahamyan and Aronian and keeps hiring developers for the Chessup board, reports Stefan Löffler.
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Educational Chess
Because kids love quizzes – 22 Jun 2021
Kahoot! enables teachers to create quizzes in a fun format for their whiteboard, digital or online classes. It is also a great tool for chess teachers, writes Philippe Kalman.
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Call to Action
By all appearances – 07 Jun 2021
Reporting on women and girls in chess can go wrong in many ways, but do not despair, help is near. Tatiana Flores has some guidelines.
Latest News
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Short news
The only top 10 player left is Carlsen – 28 Jul 2021
The Candidates Tournament 2022 won’t be as strong as the 2016 and 2018 editions and may not reach the level of 2020/21 after Radjabov has been promised a place and all participating top ten players except the world champion have been eliminated at the World Cup in Sochi, where two will qualify for the Candidates. It’s better news for the Grand Swiss in October and the Grand Prix in spring 2022, which will likely attract contenders like Caruana, Ding, Giri and Vachier-Lagrave and be stronger than ever.
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Life events and chess performance – 28 Jul 2021
David Smerdon, an economist at the University of Queensland, leads a study that investigates the impact of life events like marriage or childbirth on the performance of players. The survey asks personal data in order to analyze the participants’ rating development and quality of their games.
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9% more teams in Switzerland – 25 Jul 2021
318 teams have registered for the Swiss Team Championship, which is 26 more teams than in 2019 participated in the last season before the pandemic. The season (which is played within the calendar year) has been shortened, team sizes and entry fees have been reduced by the Swiss Chess Federation.
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Education conference on Thursday and Friday – 24 Jul 2021
The US Chess Trust sponsors the Third International Koltanowski on Chess in Education ahead of the US Open Chess Championship in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, on 29 and 30 July. The conference is dedicated to the former US Chess President and Professor Emeritus of Literary Studies Tim Redman. To follow the livestream, a free registration is required.
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De Montfort University hosts English chess library – 24 Jul 2021
The English Chess Federation has resolved one of its long-term worries: Its library, packed up in nearly 200 boxes, found a new home at the De Montfort University in centrally located Leicester where it is currently being catalogued and can be browsed at regular library hours.