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A Classical Nimzo-Indian Battle — Yakubboev vs Niemann

Featured is an instructive chess game between Nodirbek Yakubboev (Uzbekistan) and Hans Niemann (USA) from Round 9 of the 46th FIDE Chess Olympiad Samarkand 2026, held September 25th. Arising from the Nimzo-Indian, Classical, we reach a new position with 11…h5. Shortly after Yakubboev lashes out on the kingside with 13. g4, Niemann sacrifices a pawn, with the long-term aim of exploiting Yakubboev’s more vulnerable king.
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bf4 c6 9. e3 Bf5 10. f3 Re8 11. Ne2 h5 12. h3 Nbd7 13. g4 Bg6 14. g5 Nh7 15. h4 Nhf8 16. Kf2 Ne6 17. Bh3 c5 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. dxc5 e5 20. Bg3 Qe7 21. b4 Qe6 22. Kg2 Rac8 23. Rac1 Bf7 24. Rhf1 Nf8 25. Kh2 Ng6 26. b5 Re7 27. Rf2 Be8 28. a4 Rec7 29. Qb4 Rf7 30. Qb3 Bd7 31. Ng1 Rcf8 32. Rd1 Ne7 33. e4 dxe4 34. Qxe6 Bxe6 35. Bxe5 e3 36. Re2 Nf5 37. c6 Bb3 38. Rb1 Bxa4 39. Ra2 Bxb5 40. Rxb5 bxc6 41. Rc5 Nxh4 42. f4 Ng6 43. Ne2 Rd8 44. Ra3 Rd2 45. Rxe3 Nxf4 46. Bxf4 Rxf4 47. Kg3 Rg4+ 48. Kf3 Rd8 49. Re6 Rf8+ 50. Ke3 h4 51. g6 Ra4 52. Nd4 Ra1 53. Ke2 Ra2+ 54. Kd3 Ra3+ 55. Ke4 Ra4 56. Rexc6 h3 57. Rh5 Rd8 58. Rd5 Rf8 59. Rc2 Re8+ 60. Kf4 Rf8+ 61. Kg5 Ra1 62. Nf5 Rg1+ 63. Kh4 Re8 64. Ne7+ Kf8 65. Rf2+ Kxe7 66. Re5+

Take My Rook, See If I Care – Grischuk’s Titled Tuesday Sacrifice

Join IM Levy Rozman as he breaks down this clever rook sacrifice from GM Alexander Grischuk!

Alexander Grischuk is a Russian super grandmaster who is consistently among the world’s best players. While he’s an elite professional chess player, Grischuk is well-known for being one of the top blitz players. In this game from April 14th 2020’s Titled Tuesday, Grischuk shows his blitz skills by making a rook sacrifice!

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The Game That Made Nepo #3 In The World

Join GM Ben Finegold as he breaks down this amazing chess game between Ian Nepomniachtchi and Kirill Alekseenko that took place in Round 10 of the FIDE Candidates Tournament! This game boosted Nepo’s rating to 2792.3 making him the #3 ranked classical player in the world at the moment.

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Stockfish Analyzes The 1st World Champion’s Immortal

Computer Engine Stockfish explains a game between the first official world champion, Wilhelm Steinitz, and Curt von Bardeleben. The game took place on August 17, 1895, in the prestigious Hastings tournament in England and has one of the most well-known endings in chess history!

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The Youngest Chess Grandmasters Of All Time

Who are the youngest chess grandmasters of all time? Check out chess prodigies like Magnus Carlsen, Bobby Fischer, Judit Polgar, Garry Kasparov, and Anatoly Karpov! See when they became chess grandmasters, and how they stack up against their young counterparts!

Notes:
* With limited exceptions (national heroes Tal and Keres), players flags represent the national team they most recently represented as an elite player.
* Players who were at any point the youngest chess grandmaster of all time, have their titled age given in month, year, and day. All other players show the age in years that they earned the title.
* For most players pre-1990, the titled age is given as the first day of the month in which the FIDE congress was held that year. For players who achieved records, more specific dates in which they completed title norms are available and used.

Key data sources:
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grandmaster_(chess)
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_chess_grandmasters
* https://www.chess.com/article/view/youngest-chess-grandmasters

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Stockfish Explains The Immortal Chess Game

Computer Engine Stockfish explains the Immortal Chess Game which was a a chess game played by Adolf Anderssen and Lionel Kieseritzky on 21 June 1851 in London.

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Stockfish Chess Engine Explains Most Famous Chess Game

Computer Engine Stockfish explains the famous Opera Game: Paul Morphy vs Duke Karl /Count Isouard!

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Countries With The Most Chess Grandmasters

This data has been organized by http://www.chess.com/member/Spektrowski. Be sure to check out his incredible blog on Chess.com!

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* Federation transfers are treated as happening on January 1st of a given year.
* Deaths are treated as happening on December 31st of a given year.

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