Archive for November 18th, 2016

2016 World Chess Championship: Game #6

Posted in FIDE, Games, Matches, Media Stories, Norway, Russia, The Chess Drum, USA, World Championships on Nov 18th, 2016 No Comments »

Game 6: Calm draw before pending storm While outsiders may look at the score of the ongoing championship match, they would say that it seems to lack action because no one is scoring wins. If one could, for one moment, think of this match like a 12-round boxing bout where each boxer is judged on […]

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2016 World Chess Championship: Game #5

Posted in FIDE, Games, Matches, Media Stories, Norway, Russia, The Chess Drum, USA, World Championships on Nov 18th, 2016 1 Comment »

Game 5: Another draw, but momentum to Karjakin! Is Carlsen becoming unraveled? Photo by Peter Doggers (chess.com) Magnus Carlsen started a social media trend #Trumpowsky with his first round 1.d4 Bg5 2.Bg5. When asked if the opening had to do with the election victory of Donald Trump, he said, “A little bit.” Well… the next […]

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