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  • Will he play another match? Magnus Carlsen wants to see the Candidates first and decide after.

    Should Carlsen decide now? – 28 May 2022

    Magnus Carlsen announced that he might not defend the classical world champion title again. Is it unfair to his colleagues who compete at the forthcoming Candidates Tournament?

  • Fuslie has just checkmated her PogChamps game, commentated by Hikaru Nakamura and Alexandra Botez

    Is Pogchamps a good way to promote chess? – 13 Jun 2020

    Chess.com runs a chess tournament on Twitch between popular gamers and streamers. For FIDE Chief marketing and communications officer David Llada Pogchamps is the best chess promotion in years. ChessTech editor Stefan Löffler sees it as an embarrassment for the contestants, the world’s biggest chess platform and ultimately our game.

  • Opinion

    Shall we move our tournament online? – 03 May 2020

    Many chess events are getting canceled or postponed due to Covid-19. Is running it online a viable alternative? ChessTech has asked the organisers of two internationally known events who came to different conclusions.