Perpetual Chess Linkfest #43, June 30, 2023

Global Chess

Did you guys hear the bombshell chess news? My book is now available for pre-order! Also the Hans Niemann lawsuit was dismissed, but unfortunately, reports indicate that he might refile the lawsuit on the state level. And lots of other stuff happened- chess lessons are shared, books reviewed, etc. I hope you find some worthwhile posts here, and have a good weekend- Ben

Chess Drama (News)

Hans Niemann’s Lawsuit was dismissed (Peter Doggers for Chess.com) (Ben Morse for CNN)

CNN covered the Global Chess League (Coy Wire and Ben Church for CNN.Com)

US Chess Released its List of Sanctioned Players, which included GM Timur Garyev in addition to GM Alejandro Ramirez and others (Tarjei Svensen for Chess.com)

Former Russian Champion and High-Level Trainer, GM Alexander Motylev has Changed Federations to Burgeoning Powerhouse Romania (Tarjei Svensen for Chess.com)

Via ChessBase India

Chess Events

Interesting interview with WGM Keti Tsatsalashvili about covering the World Championship and lots of Other Topics “The moment that Ding walked into the room, there was a lot of applause and a lot of tears as well. That was the hardest day for me to hold everything together; it would have been so bad to cry! But it’s hard when you're seeing all these emotions so close, especially if you have been in their shoes once in your life, which I’m sure all chess players have.” (Mick for Chess.com)

Ray Robson won the Prague Masters (JJ Lang for US Chess)

NM Vanessa West with the Latest on the Global Chess League. It’s been a busy period for me, so I haven’t had a chance to follow it, but apparently, the Ganges Grandmasters are Leading (Chess.com News)

Meanwhile, Leonard Barden does not follow behind on events! “Carlsen has appeared (in the Global Chess League) clean-shaven, assured and vigorous, a contrast to last month at Stavanger where he was hirsute and moody and had one of the worst setbacks of his career” (The Guardian)

Magnus and Alireza will play the next Grand Chess Tour event in Croatia starting Tuesday (Chessbase News)

Chess Improvement

GM Alex Colovic on Dealing with Losing “When my life became more balanced, the losses still hurt like hell, but it was easier to put them into perspective and overcome their destructive effect.” (GM Alex Colovic’s Blog)

FM Nate Solon on an Underrated Opening, and How to Find More of Them (Zwischenzug Blog)

Evan Seghers on Learning from a Tournament Failure “To be honest, my preparation for this tournament, and focus on my training in the weeks leading up to this tournament, was very poor.” (Ocean of Chess)

Books

Richard James reviews The Hidden Laws of Chess by IM Nick Maatman. “I can’t help feeling that less experienced players would benefit from more concrete examples rather than games decided by complex tactics, while more experienced players would value more detail and depth, more pages and even more volumes, along with some less familiar examples.” (British Chess News)

IM Junta Ikeda Reviews Chess for Life by GM Matthew Sadler and Natasha Regan (Infinite Chess)