By Shai Hecker, Operations Intern The Carlsen World Tour is finally coming to an end and we will have a victor on August 20. Magnus Carlsen is playing against Hikaru Nakamura where they will play the best out of seven sets. The tournament only had four contestants, the other two being Ding Liren and Danil …
By Shai Hecker, Operations Intern Let’s take a look at a game from 2019 played by Alexander Grischuk and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave. I will not be looking at the full game, but if you would like to see it you can find it here. Vachier is playing as black while Grischuk is playing as white in …
By Eliana Bane, Marketing Intern “These young guys are playing checkers. I’m out there playing chess.” ~Kobe Bryant Many sports players acknowledge the skill, strategy and technique that is needed to play chess. Kobe Bryant is known as one of the best players that played in the NBA. He appeared in 15 All-Star Games, won …
By Benji Grin, Marketing Intern Hello everyone! This is Part #3 in the series examining my grandfather’s May 24, 1964 exhibition game against the then 21 year-old US Chess champion, Bobby Fischer. By way of background, In blog post part #1, I figured out that the pieces in the game transcript were annotated in the …
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By Eliana Bane, Marketing Intern Before I became an intern at Premier Chess I had minimal marketing experience. I created virtual posters and designed one website before, but that was it. The first day on the job, I was given opportunities to expand my knowledge base. Over the course of the past few weeks, I …
By Shai Hecker, Operations Intern The fourth event in the Magnus Carlsen tour has finally come to an end. In the semifinals Carlsen defeated Peter Svidler, by winning the first two games. Ian Nepomniachtchi won the first game of the semifinals against Anish Giri, but then lost the second game. However, in the third and …
By Eliana Bane, Marketing Intern Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is a former NBA player. He played a total of 20 seasons with the Milwaukee Bucks and Los Angeles Lakers. He was awarded NBA Most Valuable Player six times, was a 19-time NBA All-Star, and was an 11-time NBA All-Defensive Team Member. Abdul-Jabbar has won six championships as …
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By CEO National Master Evan Rabin While the end may ultimate justify the means, it is important to celebrate each milestone. Every time we get another 100 likes on our Facebook page, we will publish a celebratory post. We are currently 7 likes away from 8400. Over the last few months, I have had a …
We are going to take a look at one of Bobby Fischer’s games against Boris Spassky during the World Chess Championship of 1972. If you would like to view the full game check it out here. In this game Fischer is playing as white while Spassky plays as black. The game begins with 1. c4 …
By Shai Hecker, Operations Intern There are only four players left in the Legends of Chess tournament. Results, from Chess Base, show that Magnus Carlsen is in the lead tied with Ian Nepomniachtchi. Carlsen beat Peter Svidler in their first set and Nepomniachtchi beat Anish Giri in their first set as well. Carlsen has been …
