Former FIDE President Fridrik Olafsson turns 85
Photo: https://reykjavik.is/ The fourth FIDE President, Fridrik Olafsson, was born on this day in 1935. He served a single term —succeeding Max Euwe in 1978 and being followed by Florencio Campomanes in 1982— but he left an indelible mark in the history of this organization. His brief period leading FIDE was only the culmination of a brilliant career […]
Tata Steel Masters 2020: Caruana pulls away
Black finally had their first “winning day” in Round 11 of Tata Steel Masters, but Fabiano Caruana’s win that almost guaranteed him a tournament victory is a fact of much greater importance. Alireza Firouzja suffered his third defeat in a row after Vishwanathan Anand demonstrated an impeccable endgame technique and created a positional masterpiece. Caruana had Black against tournament outsider Vladislav Kovalev and […]