by John Bain | Sep 7, 2021 | Blog, Famous Chess Games
Jan-Krzysztof Duda by John Bain Poland’s Jan-Krysztof Duda has emerged as Magnus Carlsen’s newest nemesis. Duda has now beaten the World Chess Champion three times in the past several months. Duda’s first win against Magnus Carlsen In May 2020,... Read more 
by John Bain | Dec 9, 2020 | Blog, Famous Chess Games, Records in Chess!
World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen, whose unbeaten run in Classical Chess had stretched back 125 games–or two years, two months and 10 days–lost to the world’s No. 15 ranked player, Poland’s Jan Krzysztof Duda in round five of the Norway Chess... Read more 
by John Bain | Aug 3, 2020 | Blog, Famous Chess Games
World Chess Championship New York City, USA November 30, 2016 Tiebreak Game 4 “The Magnificent Checkmate!” Norway’s Magnus Carlsen defended his World Chess Championship against Russia’s Sergey Karjakin with a magnificent checkmate to end the 16th and final... Read more 
by John Bain | Feb 17, 2020 | Blog, Famous Chess Games, Prodigies in Chess, U.S. Women Chess Champions, Women Chess Players
by John Bain Carissa Gave Ju Something to Contemplate Ju at chessboard in background thinking. In mid-February 2020, ten of the top women chess players in the world competed in a Round Robin–playing each other once–in the 2020 Cairns... Read more 
by John Bain | Aug 28, 2019 | Famous Chess Games
On Move 39, Magnus Carlsen with the white pieces had just played Ba7-c5, threatening checkmate in 1-move–Qf8#! Problem: Move 40 – Ding Liren, playing the black pieces, wins the white Queen in 2-moves or checkmates in 2 or 3-moves! See answer below! 2019... Read more 
by John Bain | Oct 30, 2017 | Famous Chess Games
THE PROBLEM: Playing the White pieces, Paul Morphy to move, and checkmate the Duke and the Count in two moves, forced! See below for the Solution! Morphy is playing the White pieces. Above is the position after Move 15. Bxd7+ Nxd7. “The Opera Game” The Opera Game took... Read more 
