Since Magnus Carlsen's decision not to defend the World Chess Championship, two elite chess players had a rare opportunity to play for the title, which was previously held by 16 other persons at the end of FIDE's first 100 years. Last year, Ding L...
Continuing with their good form in the event, Dolakha Chess Home wins the 6th Tulsi Lal Memorial National Team Club Chess Championship-2024 by beating the Team of Bhaktapur District Chess Association with a final score of 3.5 to 0.5 in the Finals....
The Hetauda Cup Asian Open Chess Tournament 2023 witnessed a thrilling clash of intellects, with 74 participants from 4 federations competing fiercely. Subhayan Kundu, with a formidable rating of 2393, emerged triumphant, securing 7.5/9 points thr...
Nepal is a country in Asia with a population of over 29 million people, and one player is giving Nepal hope and demonstrating that anything is possible in the chess world if opportunities and sufficient support are provided. FM Rupesh Jaiswal made...
Nepal a country located in the South Asia, has a growing interest and presence in the game of chess. Over the years, chess has gained popularity among the Nepalese citizens and the country has seen significant developments in the chess community. ...
National B Chess Championship which was held from 3rd February to 8th February in Agriculture Development Bank Central Training Institute Thimi Bhaktapur. It acted as the Selection Process of 8 players in the Open Section and 9 players in the Wome...
First of all I would like to wish Viswanathan Anand Happy Birthday and Hikaru Nakamura Belated Happy Birthday. Hikaru Nakamura and Five-time World Chess Champion Viswanathan Anand share a few similarities: Birthday in the second ...
Having won the Gold Medal in Madan Bhandari Memorial Asian Amateur Chess Championship 2019, CM Krishna Thapa(Nepal) looked to replicate his performance in this years Asian Amateurs. He finished in 12th place (based on tiebreaks) where total 1...
The Chess Olympiad is a event of a lifetime with the participation of top players from almost all the countries of the world come at a particular place to play Chess!. This time this festival is being held in India. You can catch every mom...
Often times we face a dilemma where we are mesmerized by a move , concept or sacrifices!. I faced a similar dilemma in a game, and I want to discover when chess players have to stop the thought process and start calculation with full focus to maki...
Nepal , a country mainly situated in the Himalayas has a population of nearly 30 million(29,192,480 as per 2021 Census). Sports is one of the popular ways in Nepal to relax, have fun and to interact with friends and family members. The most played...
First of all, I would thank all the members who commented on the previous blog which has helped me immensely for preparing this blog. After searching for the pawn structure that is shown in the picture of the thumbnail. I found the game ...
The Capablanca's Maneuver in the Carlsbad Structure is one of the ideas that you must know. If you haven't heard about it, you read about it here. Today we are going to look further and discover more about the ideas of Ne8 and placing it to d6 squ...
If you haven't heard of Carlsbad Structure, go check it out quickly. It is full of ideas and its' knowledge will help you make a stronger chess player. The World Rapid Chess Championship is currently being held in Poland, Warsaw where Magnus C...
First of all, I am truly sorry that I couldn't continue series of blogs when the iron was hot(during World Chess Championship 2021) due to my board exams and practical. World Chess Championship 1975 A dream match between Anatoly Karpov and B...
Dubbed as The Match of The Century between Boris Spassky and Robert James Fischer is one of the most discussed World Chess Championship Match in history of chess. Set in Cold War ,the pride of Soviet Union was at stake as there was 24 years of Glo...
1. World Chess Championship Tournament 1948 After Alekhine's death, the World Chess Championship crown was vacant. In search of ways to determine a champion various suggestions were considered. The 1938 AVRO tournament which (which had bro...
The Current World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen is set to defend his title Against Challenger Ian Nepominatchi in November(24 Nov-16 Dec 2021). There is always a buzz when the champion and challenger meet. The openings, psychology and the form of ...
This blog is dedicated to Late Rajesh Hari Joshi who suffered a heart attack and was pronounced dead on arrival at hospital. Member of FIDE Ethics Commission(2014 and reelected in 2018), Former President of Nepal Chess Association and ...
Division 4 of 2021 FIDE Online Chess Olympiad, saw 60 National teams divided into 5 pools(12 teams each).From these 5 Pools (A to E), Top 3 Teams will qualify for Division 3 which will start from August 27. (You read full report here from ...
Titled Tuesday is a Swiss tournament for titled players that runs weekly on Chess.com. It starts at 10 a.m. Pacific time/19:00 Central European every Tuesday. Among 572 titled players ,3 players were from Nepal,(@biveklama,@rupeshjswl7 and @shocke...
Titled Tuesday is a Swiss tournament for titled players held every week on Chess.com. It starts at 10 a.m. Pacific time/19:00 Central European every Tuesday where they battle it out for prizes which has time control 3 minutes with on...
Resembling a castle, Rooks love open files, ranks and the right placement of the rooks helps chess players to attack their opponents and cover critical squares but they can also be traded for minor pieces (Exchange sacrifice) for strategic play, o...
Chess players know rooks are more powerful than a knight or a bishop. As they can move horizontally and vertically ,through any number of unoccupied squares. They love open positions, files and ranks(especially seventh or 2nd rank).Let's see what ...
