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World Chess is proud tounveil thefirst ever official chess sunglasses intime fortheFIDE World Chess Championship Match that opens inDubai today. Theofficial citation says: Theglasses with their defined shape andsmartly placed chess pattern, are another step inmaking chess (andchess players) cool andinline with World Chess mission todevelop chess products worthy ofthesports rising profile. One also really needs sunglasses inDubai!

Unlike tennis, golf, soccer andother sports, chess has often been historically docile about being conspicuously missing from thestyle pages, explains Ilya Merenzon, World Chess CEO. Butthis is nottheoffensive part. Theoffensive part is that now themost famous chess fashion icon is Beth Harmon, thefictitious chess player brilliantly portrayed byAnya Taylor-Joy intheNetflix hit TheQueens Gambit, while thesport certainly has real-life stars who can qualify aswell.

With theWorld Chess glasses, chess players andfans can wear arepresentation ofthegame while adding ahip accessory totheir looks. Checkmate!, adds Merenzon.

Theglasses, developed incollaboration with Akila Eyewear, aLos Angeles-based manufacturer, are handcrafted from eco-friendly plant-based cellulose acetate.

Theunisex chess sunglasses feature achess pattern on theinside oftheframe its visible without being too obvious. Thebox includes abespoke cloth with theofficial chess board print andacustom box designed byWorld Chess. Thefirst edition is available inlimited quantities attheWorld Chess official shop andforpartners oftheWorld Chess Championship match inDubai. World Chess is also amanufacturer oftheofficial World Chess set exclusively used intheWorld Chess Championship cycle events.

World Chess is achess gaming andentertainment group andFIDE official broadcaster andcommercial partner. World Chess organized theFIDE Championship Matches inRussia, theUSA, andtheUK, andrevolutionized thesport bysigning thebiggest media partnerships inhistory ofthesport. World Chess develops Armageddon, thechess league forprime-time television. World Chess also runs FIDE Online Arena, theexclusive official chess gaming platform.

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Chess Gets Its Own Sunglasses In Time for the Championship Match in Dubai - World Chess

The 2021 World Rapid & Blitz Championship and Women's Rapid & Blitz Championship are elite events organized by FIDE to determine the best players in fast time controls in the world. The championship gathers national champions and grandmaster-level players from around the globe to compete in two Swiss tournaments for their piece of the $1,000,000.00 prize fund. The event runs from December 26 through December 30, starting at 1:00 a.m. PST/10:00 CET.

You can watch the live broadcast of the event on Chess.com/TV or on our Twitch and YouTube channels, with legendary GM Jon Ludvig Hammer providing expert commentary. You can also keep up with the event by going to our Events page.

The best players in the world gather to compete for the title of rapid, blitz, women's rapid, and women's blitz world champion. Both the current world champion GM Magnus Carlsen and challenger GM Ian Nepomniachtchi are expected to play in this event. We will add the list of confirmed players once it is available.

Below you can find the requirements to enter the competition.

Open

Women's

We will publish the event's standings here.

The opening ceremony of the event happens on December 25, while games start on December 26 and end on December 30.

Pairings And Seeding

Rapid

Blitz

Tiebreaks

First-place Tiebreaks

The 2021 World Rapid & Blitz and Women's World Rapid & Blitz have a $1,000,000.00 prize fund, distributed according to the tables below:

Open

Women's

This year, the World Blitz & Rapid Championship and Women's World Blitz & Rapid happen once again in Nur-Sultan, the capital of Kazakhstan. The city hosted the inaugural World Rapid & Blitz Championship in 2012 when GM Sergey Karjakin took first place in the Rapid event.

Open Champions (Since 2012)

Women's Champions (Since 2012)

See the article here:
2021 FIDE World Rapid & Blitz Championship: All The Information - Chess.com

Asmodee has announced a new board game inspired by The Queen's Gambit, that isn't the actual board game the show prominently features. The Queen's Gambit: The Board Game is a new programmed movement board game about trying to stay three steps ahead of your opponent. Each player has a "Gambit" piece that they move across the board, trying to capture chess pieces. The key to the game is that moves are planned three turns in advance by laying cards down in front of them, which means that players will have to predict their opponent's moves and then counter them accordingly. The player with the most chess pieces at the end of the game wins.

Last year, Netflix released The Queen's Gambit, a limited series starring Anya Taylor-Joy about fictional chess prodigy Beth Harmon. The series won widespread acclaim for its bold cinematography and Joy's performances, and also led to a major resurgence in the popularity of chess. By some reports, sales of chess sets increased by more than 1,000% thanks to The Queen's Gambit, and many professional chess players commented that the series captured accurately captured the feeling of chess.

The Queen's Gambit notably was Netflix's most-watched scripted series at the time of its release with 62 million viewers and won 11 Primetime Emmy's. Although the series was a smash hit for Netflix, Taylor-Joy was non-committal about whether The Queen's Gambit would ever return for a second season. "Maybe," Taylor-Joy said when asked about more episodes of the show. "Not to disappoint anybody, but we just never thought about it. It was always a sapling to tree transition. You see her grow, you leave her in a good place. So we were genuinely surprised when people were like, 'Where's season 2?'"

"That being said, I adore the entire team that made it and I would jump at the chance to work with them again," the actress added.

The Queen's Gambit board game can be played with 2-4 players and takes 15 minutes to play. The game has a retail price of $29.99 and will be released next month.

Link:
We're Getting an Official Queen's Gambit Board Game That's Not Chess - Comicbook.com

What is whites best move?

DIAG 1

Thanksgiving is day that we often eat too much. This weeks position is teaches us to be careful what you gobble. With this hint in mind please try to find whites best move.

This is a classic knight versus bishop endgame where the knight is superior. White demonstrates this with knight to e5 (see next diagram).

DIAG 2

White has placed its knight en prise. However, if black gobbles up the knight, white wins, as whites d5 pawn races to d8. Blacks king is too far away to stop the pawn, and blacks e5 pawn is too slow and cannot reach e1 in time.

The white knight also threatens blacks f7 pawn. If the black king tries to defend by moving to g8, white throws more turkey at black to eat with pawn to h7 (see next diagram).

DIAG 3

One way or another the knight reaches f7 from where the knight can next gobble up blacks d6 pawn and/or wreak more havoc on blacks queen side. Specifically, if the king takes the pawn, the knight takes blacks f7 pawn. If the white king declines the capture and moves to g7, the knight still takes the pawn. If white gobbles up the knight, the pawn promotes.

Blacks best response to knight to e5 is to either move its f7 pawn to f6 or f5. Either way whites g5 pawn takes blacks pawn. Blacks bishop then gobbles up whites h6 pawn, as whites knight hops to f7, threatening the black d6 pawn. Blacks bishop defends by retreating to f8.

From here, white is a little better but the fight continues, as it does in so many things. They both at least can give thanks for that.

Reach Eric Morrow at ericmorrowlaw@gmail.com or (505) 327-7121.

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Chess Corner: Give thanks for that - Muskogee Daily Phoenix

A gala dinner was recently hosted by the Department of Sport and Recreation KZN and the KZN Sport Confederation to acknowledge the achievements of two young chess stars, 12-year-old Virginia Preparatory pupil, Arav JugreeArav Jugree, and his brother, nine-year-old La Lucia Junior Primary pupil, Abhay.

The young La Lucia residents both received their KZN colours and South African colours for chess. Arav is the current under 13 KZN Chess champion.

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The brothers recently represented South Africa in the African Youth Chess Championship in Accra, Ghana. The duo have both been playing chess since the age of four.

They said that in chess you have to work hard to overcome your opponent so winning is a rewarding feeling.

The sport also promotes analytical thinking which they feel helps with subjects like maths and science. The young chess stars intend on continuing to develop their skills and competing internationally.

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