17/06/2026 – El Campeonato Mundial de Rápidas por Equipos se está jugando del 17 al 19 de junio en Hong Kong. El torneo se disputa bajo el formato suizo a 12 rondas (4 rondas por día), con encuentros por equipos de seis jugadores. Entre los participantes figuran los GMs de élite Magnus Carlsen, Fabiano Caruana y Viswanathan Anand, junto con las superestrellas femeninas Ju Wenjun, Bibisara Assaubayeva y Alexandra Kosteniuk. | Sigue las partidas en directo desde las 8:00 hora de Madrid (3:00 Buenos Aires, 0:00 Ciudad de México)
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Un jugador «recreativo» (que no sea la representante femenina mencionada arriba), que nunca haya alcanzado un Elo FIDE estándar, rápido o blitz de 2000 puntos, ni una valoración nacional equivalente, hasta las listas de Elo de marzo de 2026 inclusive
El ritmo de juego es de 15 minutos para toda la partida, con un incremento de 10 segundos por jugada desde el primer movimiento.
Una victoria otorga 2 puntos de match. Un empate otorga 1 punto de match. Una derrota otorga 0 puntos. El equipo con el mayor número de puntos de match será declarado campeón.
En caso de empate en puntos de match, se emplearán los siguientes criterios de desempate:
Suma del coeficiente ISi para los 11 mejores rivales del equipo. El ISi se determina como GPi x FMPi, donde:
GPi es el número de puntos de partida obtenidos en un match contra el rival «i».
FMPi es el número final de puntos de match obtenidos por el rival «i».
Número de puntos de partida obtenidos.
Suma de los puntos de match de 11 equipos rivales, excluido el equipo rival con el menor número de puntos de match.
Vishy Anand, nacido en 1969, pasa por ser “la cabeza más rápida del planeta“ y es el actual Campeón del Mundo. Los expertos dicen que es uno de los más grandes talentos naturales de la historia del ajedrez. Los expertos GM Yannick Pelletier, GM Mihail Marin, GM Karsten Müller y MI Oliver Reeh explican las partidas de Vishy Anand y nos enseñan, como se pueden armar las partidas desde un punto de vista estratégico para presionar sobre el oponente y para jugar los finales con la técnica apropiada para ganar la partida.
16/06/2026 – Magnus Carlsen ganó la edición inaugural de la ASEAN E-Sports Chess Cup en Bangkok tras vencer a Andrey Esipenko en un desempate a muerte súbita. El torneo rápido, con 22 jugadores, contó con destacados representantes del Sudeste Asiático y cinco invitados internacionales. Fabiano Caruana fue eliminado en la fase de grupos, mientras que Le Quang Liem obtuvo el tercer puesto. | En la imagen: Magnus Carlsen (derecha) junto al jugador tailandés de 10 años Pakornnarong Liukasemsarn, quien logró una sorprendente victoria sobre Andrey Esipenko en el torneo. | Foto: Red Knight Chess Club
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Slav and Semi-Slav Powerbase 2026 is a database and contains a total of 11 766 games from Mega 2026 or the Correspondence Database 2026, of which 1136 are annotated.
For the Slav and Semi-Slav Powerbook 2026 the ratings average was set again at 2400. 2.24 million games from the engine room of playchess.com met this threshold, to which were added over 130 000 games played by humans.
In this volume, we dive into core aspects of chess technique. Smyslov taught the principle of tactical hierarchy, “checks, double attacks, and unprotected pieces”, and Mikhalchishin demonstrates how this method of calculation is vital.
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