Perpetual Chess Linkfest #9- October 14, 2022

The US Championship Heads Toward a Conclusion Amidst a Busy Chess Week...

US Championships and the European Club Cup

Megan Lee and Fabiano Caruana lead the US Championships after 8 Rounds (IM John Watson for Chess Life Online)

Chess.com @chesscom

Congratulations to @RayShayRobson for crossing the 2700 rating barrier for the first time! 👏👏👏

The Ghost of Morphy: Nice Recap of a Beautiful Win by Ray Robson over GM Wesley So (PowerPlay Chess YouTube)

Meanwhile in an Open Tournament in Norway, R Vaishali was also Channeling Morphy against GM Sethuraman (Chessbase India YouTube) (Andre Schultz covers the tournament for Chessbase)

The Chess.com Global Chess Championship is down to its Elite Eight (Anthony Levin for Chess.com)

Novy Bor crush Euro Club Cup as Magnus takes gold (Colin McGourty for Chess24) (Peter Doggers for Chess.com)

Remembering GM Konstantin Landa

R.I.P. to GM Konstantin Landa (Chessbase News) (Yury Solomatin for Chess.com)

Fiona Steil-Antoni @fionchetta

Very saddened to hear of the passing of Konstantin Landa. We were teammates at Vandoeuvre for a number of years, and on top of being a fantastically strong player he was an incredibly kind and fun person to be around. I will always cherish those memories. RIP

Chess Improvement

“When you're a professional player, it's important to have several options in your repertoire (unless you're MVL), but at the amateur level, it's enough to know one well.” (10 Tips for Studying Openings by IM Junta Ikeda)

Fun Chess Quiz from GM Serper- Can you Guess Which Puzzles are From Cheaters? (Chess.com Blog)

Martin Justesen has Launched a Chess Training Accountability Group. Personally I prefer to be Unaccountable :) (Say Chess Blog)

Cheating Stuff

GM Maxim Dlugy tells his Side of the Story (Max Dlugy Blog) (Der Spiegel Interview with Florian Pütz)

GM and Economics Professor Kenneth Rogoff Offers an Unorthodox Way to Settle the Carlsen-Niemann Dispute (Project Syndicate Blog)

NFL Players Playing Chess

Forget Madden: The Hottest Game in the NFL is Chess: “There’s a huge correlation,” NFL Player Amari Cooper said. “In chess, if you make one bad move, you can lose the entire game. And in football, if you’re playing really well, one bad play can cost you.” (Robert O’ Connell for the NY Times)

That’s all the links for this week, wishing you all a good weekend!- Ben