The London System – IM Eric Rosen


The London System is a flexible opening which White can use virtually against any of Black’s setups. This makes it the perfect choice for players who prefer to understand key strategic and tactical ideas instead of having to memorize an endless number of theoretical variations.

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Julius Baer Generation Cup after round nr 12 - Magnus Carlsen on the lead

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The   Julius Baer Generation Cup  is the 7th of 9 events on the $1.6 million 2022 Meltwater Champions Chess Tour and takes place on chess24 from September 18-25.  The 16-player field will be cut in half by the 4-day round-robin Prelims. The total prize fund is $150,000, with $750 for a win and $250 for a draw in the Prelims.  The quarterfinals and semi-finals are 1-day, 4-game matches, while the final will feature two such matches over two days. The players have 15 minutes for all their moves, plus a 10-second increment starting from move 1. In the Prelims there are 3 points for a win and 1 for a draw.  If a tiebreak is required the players will play two 5+3 games and then, if needed, a single Armageddon game, where White has 5 minutes to Black's 4, but a draw counts as a win for Black.  No draw offers are allowed before move 40.  Official website
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Novy Bor Chess Club wins European Club Cup

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Novy Bor secured the long-awaited title win in the final round of the European Club Cup in Mayrhofen with a 3.5:2.5 against Asnieres Le Grand Echiquier. It is the second championship for the Czech team after 2013. In today’s match Pentala Harikrishna lays the foundation for success with a white win against Maxime Vachier-Lagrave. On the neighboring board Vidid loses to Esipenko after six wins in a row, but boards three to five end in draws. David Anton Guijarro secures the match victory and title with a win against Matthieu. Taking the individual points for the European title are: Harikrishna 4,5/7, Vidit 6/7, Wojtaszek 3/6, Navara, 4/6, Nguayen 1,5/2, Grandelius 4,5/6 and Anton Guijarro 4,5/5 . Markus Ragger , Austria’s number one, contributes 2,5/3 to the good result. source Rank Team Round BP MP 1 Novy Bor Chess club 7 30½ 14 2 Clichy-Echecs-92 7 31½ 12 3 Schachclub Viernheim 1934 e.V 7 27 11 4 TAJFUN - SK Ljubljana 7 29 10 5 Offerspill Chess Club 7 27½ 10 6 Beer Sheva Chess Club 7...
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Isabelle Yixuan Ning wins Merv Morrison Memorial 2024 (Auckland - NZL 26-28 Oct 2024)

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Isabelle Yixuan Ning wins Merv Morrison Memorial 2024. The event is a 6-round Swiss tournament held from October 26 to 28 in Auckland, New Zealand. Time control is set at 90 minutes for the entire game, with an additional 30-second increment from the first move. P T NAME Rtg PRtg Fed Pts DE PS BH SB BH-C1 1 CM Ning, Isabelle Yixuan 1923 2240 NZL 5.5 0 19.0 22.5 20.25 20.0 2 FM Ang, Alphaeus Wei Ern 2345 2155 NZL 5 0 18.5 24.0 19.50 20.5 3 CM Zhang, Kendrick Botong 2032 2141 NZL 4.5 0 18.5 24.5 16.50 22.5 4 Sadeghi, Hassan Roger 2048 2037 SUI 4.5 0 18.5 21.5 14.75 19.5 5 Mao, Daqi 1959 2142 NZL 4.5 0 17.5 24.5 17.00 22.5 6 CM Huang, Alex 1948 1987 NZL 4.5 0 15.5 18.0 12.25 17.0 7 Ashton, Matthew 1858 1907 NZL 4.5 0 15.0 18.5 14.00 16.5 8 Baker, Ilias Angelo (Leo) 1846 2077 NZL 4 0 17.0 23.0 13.50 20.0 9 Huang, Ziyi 1904 1940 CHN 4 0 15.0 21.5 11.00 19.5 10 Jin, Yanbo 1977 1963 NZL 4 0 15.0 20.5 12.25 18.5 11 Liu, William Rui 1846 1921 NZL 4 0 14.5 19.0 10.25 17.5 12 FM McLaren, Leonard...
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GM Fernando Peralta won the 2022 Argentine Chess Championship!

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Chess in Argentina has a long tradition, this year the national championship was played for the 97th time! Since we have several friendly chess players in this country, we are posting the results of the 2022 Argentine Chess Championship! Congratulations to Grandmaster winner Fernando Peralta! Check out the grandmaster's final round game that ultimately earned him the tournament win:   Partia mi si� podoba�a (ChessBase 16) [Event "Round 11: Fernando Peralta - Pablo Ismae"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2022.12.10"] [Round "?"] [White "Fernando Peralta"] [Black "Pablo Ismael Acosta"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D35"] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/rhungaski"] [PlyCount "109"] [EventDate "2022.??.??"] {[%evp 0,90,19,31,19,0,-6,8,8,-1,0,2,3,12,37,39,46,33,31,42,41,38,37,41,29,28, 18,21,46,47,57,-8,27,-13,16,-21,18,-13,-6,-13,-10,-9,-1,14,5,0,8,13,53,22,53, 34,77,49,108,45,64...
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