Perpetual Chess Linkfest #101, November 1, 2024
Red-blooded tactical chess
Happy Friday chess fans! Quick programming note, that I will be travelling next week, so the next newsletter will be on November 15. Without further ado, here is the latest from the chess world…
Chess News
Magnus Carlsen’s new app, Take Take Take continues to get mainstream press coverage. “We want this to be the go-to platform for viewing chess,” says Carlsen, who will offer daily tournament recap videos and analyze player performance during major tournaments. (Burt Helm for Fast Company)
IM Levy Rozman and GM Pia Cramlin are playing in “The Battle of Generations.” They battled to a standstill in classical chess, but unsurprisingly, the younger player has seized the lead in rapid chess. (NM Anthony Levin for Chess.com)
Caruana won the Chess9LX 2024 tournament, but Kasparov’s longevity stole the show. He said “by my current standards I’m not supposed to play the strongest players in the world. But again, it gives me great pleasure and sometimes I can bite.” (Leonard Barden for the Guardian)
Peter Doggers recently conducted a fascinating interview with GM Garry Kasparov (Chess.com News)
Tan Zhongyi has taken an early lead in The 2024 Shymkent FIDE Women's Grand Prix (Colin McGourty for Chess.com)
The BBC is developing a chess competition show. (Charlotte McLaughlin for the Standard)
This week’s record-breaking prodigy is Ethan Pang, who broke 2300 FIDE before the age of 9! (Tarjei Svensen for Chess.com)
Misc.
Martin Justesen on why he is leaving Twitter/X, a platform which has connected many chess enthusiats but is becoming unbearable to use. (Say Chess)
Books
Richard James reviews GM Joel Benjamin’s Chessboard Combat. “It’s certainly enormous fun for all lovers of red-blooded tactical chess.” (British Chess News)
John Hartmann did an extensive and informative interview with Peter Doggers about this new book, The Chess Revolution. (John Hartmann for Chess Life Online)
Chess Improvement
GM Alex Colovic on the challenges of subjecting one’s opponents to endgame torture. “I have always admired players who could play long and equal, sometimes even dead-drawn positions and win in the end… (but it is not a talent) that I ever showed (GM Alex Colovic’s Blog)
GM Renier Castellanos on How he Finally Earned the GM title at Age 42. “Being capable of something noteworthy and not achieving it didn’t sit well (with his friend GM Jacob Aagaard)” (David Llada for Chessclub.com)
