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Antonio Ventura Gude is one of the most famous chess writers. He shows us incredible stories about tournaments, anecdotes of chess players and unusual experiences.

In addition, you find articles about chess history, the matches that were played many years ago…

And the activities that the best players in the world were doing also!

And you can enjoy reading the connection of chess with other cultural activities like art or the cinema also… because chess has been used in many different worlds!

It’s a different view of chess but a very interesting one. I hope you enjoy reading them.

Viswanathan Anand
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Alberto Chueca

Viswanathan Anand, Latest Top 100 chess player!

Viswanathan Anand is one of the greatest chess players of all time, and no doubt the best from India. He was the world champion five times, and he was among the best in the past chess generation.

Viswanathan Anand has an incredibly creative game, and he is excellent for tactical combinations too. He defended his title against ridiculously strong players such as Veselin Topalov, Vladimir Kramnik, and Boris Gelfand.

Everything until Magnus Carlsen got the title away from him, but, undoubtedly he is one of the best chess players today.

Viswanathan Anand was especially known for his speed, as he … Read more

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peter svidler
The 100 Best Players In the World ♟️
Alberto Chueca

Peter Svidler, New Top 100 of the World!

Peter Svidler is a chess grandmaster from Russia, one of the most interesting and talented we will ever meet. Right now, he is the ninth-best rapid player in the world, with a 2752 rating in this mode, and one of the Top 100!

Peter Svidler is probably the Russian player who has won Russia’s national tournament most of the time. He started playing chess when he was 6 years old, and he has won Russia’s championships 8 times.

Peter Svidler received his GM title when he was 18 years old and has also had good performances in other important … Read more

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Hikaru Nakamura
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Alberto Chueca

Hikaru Nakamura, New number 5 of the world!

Hikaru Nakamura is one of the best chess players in the world currently, and once was the second of the world. He’s also a public figure, as he is one of the most famous and constant Twitch streamers of chess.

It’s one of the few grandmasters that share open their knowledge and charisma over the internet. He was a five-time winner of the U.S chess championship, which is very impressive.

But back in 2008, Nakamura made his best achievements related to chess, like winning the Gibtelecom Masters in Gibraltar. He got a very dramatic win against the GM Bu … Read more

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jeffery-xiong
The 100 Best Players In the World ♟️
Alberto Chueca

Jeffery Xiong, Remarkable top 50 chess players!

Jeffery Xiong is one of the youngest people to get the grandmaster title, which he achieved in 2014. The thing is he was 14 years old for that moment, and that was just the start of his splendid chess career.

Nowadays he is one of the best chess players in the world, a really surprising development of his chess occurred. Many people take years to achieve even the FIDE master title. He seemed to dash into getting every title, getting the FM title in 2009, the IM title in 2013, and the GM title in 2014.

That takes us to … Read more

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alexey sarana tournament
The 100 Best Players In the World ♟️
Alberto Chueca

Alexey Sarana, Top 100 player in the world!

Alexey Sarana is one of the best chess players in the world, and he has remarkable skills. It’s really interesting to see this chess player, and he is surely different from other players at the top level.

It’s also somewhat of a ghost in social media or websites, there is not much information about him. However, it is such an interesting player and its success is really impressive as well as other players.

For starters, he is another one of the youngest chess grandmasters, and he is also in the top 100 best chess players of the world. He achieved … Read more

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samuel sevian playing
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Alberto Chueca

Samuel Sevian, top 50 chess players!

Samuel Sevian is one of the best chess players from the United States, and he is sure a case to look into. Although in worldwide statistics you can find other chess prodigies more impressive, Sevian is still one of the greatest talents right now.

He is among the best prodigy that could have been born to chess, if not the best itself. He currently holds the USCF record for achieving the chess National Master title in the shortest time. The same goes for earning his IM and GM title, going at an impressively fast-improving pace.

His progression is something incredible … Read more

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Nihal sarin
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Alberto Chueca

Nihal Sarin, Top 100 player!!

Sure this is one of the most interesting players to talk about, and this sure was a genius that learned chess. Nihal Sarin is among the top 100 best chess players in the world, and he is only 17 years old.

This is the fourth player in history to achieve the GM title at age 14 and is an excellent student too. He has encountered some of the best chess players in the world and still has a good performance against them.

Probably his most amazing success and the event that draw attention to him was the 2019 World Chess … Read more

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spain-queen-isabella
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Alberto Chueca

Queen Isabella, I from Spain might have created modern chess!

Well, not exactly that she invented or created chess, more like Queen Isabella had a huge influence over the game…

Spain is and has always been an important place for chess, some important characters for chess are from there too, like Ruy Lopez. Chess was not always as we know it today, the queen did not exist in chess, and pieces moved differently and had other names.

Chess is a millenary game, and it’s a game that portrays reality as it was known for mankind at that age. Pieces did not represent magical or mythical creatures, they represented soldiers, … Read more

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Alexander Grischuk
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Alberto Chueca

Alexander Grischuk, New Top 100 Best Chess Players!

Alexander Grischuk is one of the most important chess players at the top level now, and one of the most interesting as well. Today we are so focused on the new promises like Nihal Sarin, Firouzja, and others that we forget about players like this.

 Alexander Grischuk was also a chess prodigy of his time, and one with the most impressive progress charts in the world. As at age 16 or 17, Alexander was already a solid part of the chess elite, among the best of the best.

We could also mention that he is a professional poker player as … Read more

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Alberto Chueca

Maxime Vachier Lagrave, Latest top 100 in the world!

Maxime Vachier Lagrave is the best player in France, and he was the second-best of the world in his best moments. Still today, he is one of the players who belong to the closed group of elite chess masters.

Maxime Vachier Lagrave has a very instructive player, with a stiff yet correct style that reminds of Akiba Rubinstein. He has been at the top level for quite a long time and is part of the best players the world has seen in this generation.

He is actually the ninth player with the higher rating FIDE of the entire history, and … Read more

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