Perpetual Chess Linkfest #100, October 25,2024

Takes & Takes

Chess News

Magnus has launched a new chess-watching app called Takes and Takes I just downloaded it and it looks slick. (Mark Lewis for AP News)

Update on the GM Kirill Shevchenko story- He has been temporarily suspended by FIDE while they investigate allegations of OTB cheating. (Tarjei Svensen for Chess.com)

The Financial Times did a profile on one of the U.K’s top juniors, FM Sohum Lohia. There is some interesting information in the article about efforts to promote chess in the U.K., but naturally most chess fans fixate on the board being incorrectly oriented in the photos! (Jo Ellison for the Financial Times)

ICYMI- GM Fabiano Caruana and IM Carissa Yip won the US Championships impressively, although Yip did finally lose a game. JJ Lang has lots of fun details, including the story behind GM Awonder Liang’s last round game beginning with 1. a3 (Chess Life Online)

GM Maxime Vachier Lagrave is back with another rundown of his most recent tournaments. The main thing I learned from it is that GM Alireza Firouzja is a fan of the Netflix show “Five Star Chef.” (MVL’s Blog)

NM Lawyer Times runs a chess academy in Boston which now being sponsored by NBA star Jaylen Brown (Daaim Shabazz for the Chess Drum)

Via Chess24’s X account

Jen Shahade on Knights, Bishops and the role they played in launching the career of AlphaZero creator Demis Hassabis (Jennifer’s Substack)

Chess Improvement

FM Nate Solon looks at 3 ways to lose a winning game (Zwischenzug)

GM Noel Studer on what he learned by attempting to play online less mindlessly. “It made me more empathic for my struggling readers and students. Knowing what to do is one thing; putting it into practice is another.” (Next Level Chess)

FM Andy Lee is back with part 3 of insights based on a single game, Krush-Yip from this year US Women’s Championship. “The greatest players in chess history—Fischer, Kasparov, Carlsen, to name three—have a keen intuitive sense of just how far they can push for a win without going over the edge. Their consistent feel for what’s possible is what separates them from their contemporaries and rivals.” (Chess & Lit)

Books

David MacEnulty has written a memoir about teaching chess in inner-city NYC, Sunrise in the Bronx. Emily Swanson writes a nice feature on him. (The Bronx Times)

Richard James highly recommends GM Tibor Karolyi’s book- “Endgame Virtuoso Magnus Carlsen – Volume 2 is a highly instructive, inspiring and entertaining book. It will help you appreciate Magnus’ endgame magic and improve your skills in this important game phase.” (British Chess News)

That concludes this week’s linkfest- have a good weekend!- Ben