Features
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Hybrid Chess
Hybrid lessons – 12 Apr 2021
During the next weeks we see many more arbiter-supervised, cheating-proof competitions, starting with the second Hybrid Cities Cup on 17–18 April. What has been learned so far about hybrid chess is summed up by Stefan Löffler in ten neat lessons for organisers, arbiters and players.
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Background
E-board of a different kind – 26 Mar 2021
Another electronic board project is succeeding in crowdfunding. Conrad Schormann introduces ChessUp and looks back at the Regium scam.
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Educational Chess
Girls need a different approach – 08 Mar 2021
Chess teaching materials are often stereotyping and neglecting girls. Silke Schwartau has some suggestions to make it gender-sensitive.
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Hybrid Chess
Curtains up for hybrid chess! – 19 Feb 2021
Grandmasters, masters and arbiters meet this weekend in four European cities to test a cheating-proof way of play in the Hybrid Cities Cup, writes the event’s initiator Stefan Löffler.
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Background
Fat start – 10 Feb 2021
Fat Fritz has been redesigned to surpass Stockfish. Even though it hasn’t fully succeeded, it provides an interesting commercial alternative to the dominating open source engine, writes Conrad Schormann.
Latest News
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Short news
Praggnanandhaa won first Challengers – 11 Apr 2021
Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa won the first tournament of the Challengers Chess Tour just launched on chess24. The 15-year-old Indian qualified for the next Meltwater Champions Chess Tour event starting on 24 April. The best female players Lei Tingje and Zhu Jiner shared the 11th place.
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Brunettes outperform blondes – 09 Apr 2021
The promotional blitz match between two female Russian teams, selected by the hair colour, was won 37:27 by the brunettes in the Central Chess Club of the Russian Chess Federation in Moscow. The players and most spectators didn’t wear masks.
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Firouzja shines – 08 Apr 2021
After winning two Titled Tuesday tournaments in a row, Alireza Firouzja, the 17-year-old French resident, was also victorious at the Chess.com-hosted Bullet Chess Championship, netting him $10,000 and raising his bullet rating to 3355.
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E-sport contract for Andy Navrotescu – 07 Apr 2021
Andreea “Andy” Navrotescu, a French streamer and WIM, has signed up with the French E-sport Team Vitality.
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Austrian Federation returns money to the clubs – 06 Apr 2021
The Austrian Chess Federation has decided to distribute €75,000 among its clubs for project #restart, after which the treasurer resigned. The former board has been abolished. The operative power is now concentrated in the presidium which consists of the new President Christof Tschohl and the Presidents of the nine regional federations.