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Tuesday, December 16, 2025
Blowup
侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) – Humpy Koneru
3rd Tech Mahindra Global Chess League; Round-Robin; SG Alpine Pipers – upGrad Mumba Masters; time control: 20 minutes plus 2 seconds per move after move 40; Mumbai, December 16, 2025
Giuoco Piano C54
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 h6 6. 0-0 d6 7. Re1 a5 8.
Bb3 0-0 9. h3 Re8 10. d4 Ba7 11. Bc2 exd4 12. cxd4
12. ... d5? This is Koneru’s decisive mistake, giving White the opportunity to assault first the centre and then the Black King’s castle. If nothing else, after 12. ... Nb4! Black would have gained the advantage of the pair of Bishops.
13. e5 Ne4 14. Nc3 Bf5 15. Be3 Nb4 16. Bb1 c6 17. Nd2 Qh4 18. a3 Na6 19. Ncxe4 dxe4 20. Nxe4 Bxe4 21. g3 Qxh3 22. Bxe4 Rad8 23. Qf3 Qd7? Perhaps 23. ... g6 would have held a little longer.
24. Bf5 Qe7 25. Qg4 Kf8 26. Qh5 Kg8
13. e5 Ne4 14. Nc3 Bf5 15. Be3 Nb4 16. Bb1 c6 17. Nd2 Qh4 18. a3 Na6 19. Ncxe4 dxe4 20. Nxe4 Bxe4 21. g3 Qxh3 22. Bxe4 Rad8 23. Qf3 Qd7? Perhaps 23. ... g6 would have held a little longer.
24. Bf5 Qe7 25. Qg4 Kf8 26. Qh5 Kg8
侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) executes the final attack in her best style:
27. Bxh6! gxh6 28. Qxh6 f6 29. exf6 Qf7 30. Re7! Rxe7 31. fxe7 1–0.
27. Bxh6! gxh6 28. Qxh6 f6 29. exf6 Qf7 30. Re7! Rxe7 31. fxe7 1–0.
Today 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) showed all her class and gave the enthusiastic audience an example of a splendid attack. Photo: Tech Mahindra Global Chess League. |
Love in Lowercase
Lowercase and uppercase
Giorgio Agamben, Quodlibet, December 12, 2025
In the past it happened to me to write with the capital letter a word to which I wanted to give a special importance or meaning. Now I know I was wrong. It is well to see everything in lowercase; the uppercase prevents one from seeing. And from understanding, almost as if once priority or importance have been emphasised, understanding were no longer necessary. More in general, if something — even the word god, or, worse, the word state — needs the capital letter, it means one does not believe enough in its primacy. As the Greek poet Kikì Dimoulà has beautifully written: “If the rain falls in uppercase / I look at it; if it falls in lowercase / I love it”. In lowercase we see, in lowercase we live, and, if god and the state won’t impose it upon us, without uppercase letters we will leave the small letter lovely earth.
Giorgio Agamben, Quodlibet, December 12, 2025
In the past it happened to me to write with the capital letter a word to which I wanted to give a special importance or meaning. Now I know I was wrong. It is well to see everything in lowercase; the uppercase prevents one from seeing. And from understanding, almost as if once priority or importance have been emphasised, understanding were no longer necessary. More in general, if something — even the word god, or, worse, the word state — needs the capital letter, it means one does not believe enough in its primacy. As the Greek poet Kikì Dimoulà has beautifully written: “If the rain falls in uppercase / I look at it; if it falls in lowercase / I love it”. In lowercase we see, in lowercase we live, and, if god and the state won’t impose it upon us, without uppercase letters we will leave the small letter lovely earth.
(English translation by I, Robot)
Lorna Simpson, Untitled (Upper Case and Lower Case Wigs), 1994. Courtesy of WikiArt. |
Monday, December 15, 2025
So Near, So Far
侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) – Polina Sergeevna Shuvalova
3rd Tech Mahindra Global Chess League; Round-Robin; SG Alpine Pipers – Ganges Grandmasters; time control: 20 minutes plus 2 seconds per move after move 40; Mumbai, December 15, 2025
Spanish Game C89
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 0-0 8. c3 d5 9. d3 dxe4 10. dxe4 Qxd1 11. Bxd1 Be6 12. a4 h6 13. Nbd2 b4 14. Be2 Nd7 17. bxc3 Bc5 18. Be3 Bxe3 19. Nxe3 Ne7 20. Red1 Rfd8 21. Nd5 Nxd5 22. Rxd5 Nb6 23. Rc5 Nxa4 24. Rxc7 Rd3 25. Nxe5 Rxc3 26. Rxf7 Re8 27. Rf5 Nc5 28. f3 Nb3 29.
Rxa6 Nd4
30. Ng6!? A sound Exchange sacrifice, which at least gives a raison d’étre to White’s sense of duty. If 30. Rh5 there might follow 30. ... Rc5 31. Rd6 Ne2+ 32. Kf2 Nc3 33. Rc6 Nxe4+ 34. fxe4 Rcxe5 35. Rxe5 Rxe5 with a draw in view.
30. ... Nxf5 31. exf5 Rc5 32. Ra7 Kh7 33. Nh4 Rc4 34. Ng6 Rc5 35. Nh4 Rc4 36. Ng6 Rc5 37. Ne7!? There’s nothing wrong with this, but in hindsight, White should rather have played 37. Nh4 with a draw by repetition.
37. ... Kh8 38. Kf2 Rb5 39. g4 Rb6 40. Ng6+ Kg8 41. Nf4 Rb2+ 42. Kg3 Rb6 43. Nh5 g5 44. Rg7+ Kh8 45. Rf7 Kg8 46. Rd7 Re2 47. Rg7+ Kf8
30. ... Nxf5 31. exf5 Rc5 32. Ra7 Kh7 33. Nh4 Rc4 34. Ng6 Rc5 35. Nh4 Rc4 36. Ng6 Rc5 37. Ne7!? There’s nothing wrong with this, but in hindsight, White should rather have played 37. Nh4 with a draw by repetition.
37. ... Kh8 38. Kf2 Rb5 39. g4 Rb6 40. Ng6+ Kg8 41. Nf4 Rb2+ 42. Kg3 Rb6 43. Nh5 g5 44. Rg7+ Kh8 45. Rf7 Kg8 46. Rd7 Re2 47. Rg7+ Kf8
48. Rh7?? This is a sad finale to 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán)’s hard work. The right move was 48. Rg6! Rbb2 49. Rf6+ Ke7 50. Re6+! Rxe6 51. fxe6 Kxe6 52. h4! with a draw in her pocket.
48. ... Rbb2! The White King has suddenly fallen into a mating net.
49. Rxh6? Rg2+ 0–1. Mate follows after 50. Kh3 Rxh2+ 51. Kg3 Rbg2#.
48. ... Rbb2! The White King has suddenly fallen into a mating net.
49. Rxh6? Rg2+ 0–1. Mate follows after 50. Kh3 Rxh2+ 51. Kg3 Rbg2#.
侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) fell into a grave mistake in putting her Rook on h7 instead of g6. Photos: ChessBase India. |
Sunday, December 14, 2025
Through the Labyrinth
朱锦尔 (Zhū Jǐn’ěr) – 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán)
3rd Tech Mahindra Global Chess League; Round-Robin; Triveni Continental Kings – SG Alpine Pipers; time control: 20 minutes plus 2 seconds per move after move 40; Mumbai, December 14, 2025
Neo-Queen’s Indian Defence A47
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Be2 Nh5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Bxe7 Qxe7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. c4
f5 10. Nc3 Nf6 11. d5 e5 12. Qc2 d6 13. e4 (13. Qxf5
Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Bxd5 15. Qg5 Qxg5 16. Nxg5 Bc6 17. Bg4 Bd7 18. Bf3 Bc6 19.
Bg4 Bd7 20. Bf3 Bc6 21. Bg4 ½–½ Prusikin – Chernyshov, FS05 GM, Budapest 2003)
13. ... f4 14. b4 a5 15. a3 Na6 16. Rab1 Bc8 17. Rfc1 h6 18. c5 bxc5 19. Bxa6 Bxa6 20. bxc5 dxc5 21. Nb5 Rfb8 22. a4 Bxb5 23. Rxb5 Rxb5 24. axb5 a4 25. Nd2 Nd7 26. Nc4 Qg5 27. f3 Kh7 28. Ra1 Qh4 29. h3
13. ... f4 14. b4 a5 15. a3 Na6 16. Rab1 Bc8 17. Rfc1 h6 18. c5 bxc5 19. Bxa6 Bxa6 20. bxc5 dxc5 21. Nb5 Rfb8 22. a4 Bxb5 23. Rxb5 Rxb5 24. axb5 a4 25. Nd2 Nd7 26. Nc4 Qg5 27. f3 Kh7 28. Ra1 Qh4 29. h3
39. ... a3! 30.
Kf1 Nb6 31. Nxa3 Qe7 32. Ra2? Ra4 33. Nb1 Rxa2? (33. ... Rd4! 34. Nd2 c4∓)
34. Qxa2 c4 35. Qa3 Qd7 36. Nc3 Qd8 37. Nd1 Qd7 38. Qc5 Kg8? (38. .. Qd6!)
39. Nb2 c3 40. Qxc3 Qxb5+ 41. Kg1 Nd7 42. Kh2
34. Qxa2 c4 35. Qa3 Qd7 36. Nc3 Qd8 37. Nd1 Qd7 38. Qc5 Kg8? (38. .. Qd6!)
39. Nb2 c3 40. Qxc3 Qxb5+ 41. Kg1 Nd7 42. Kh2
42. Nd3? (42. Qxc7 Qe2 43. Qc3+−)
42. ... Qb6+ 43. Kh2 Qd6 44. Nb4 Qg6 45. Nc6 Qd6 46. Qa1 Kh7 47. Nd8 Qg6? (47. ... Nf8 48. Nc6 Ng6)
48. Ne6 c6 49. dxc6 Qxe6 50. cxd7 Qxd7 51. Qxe5 Qd2 (51. ... Qf7 52. Qf5++−)
52. Qf5+ Kh8 53. e5 Qe3 54. e6 Qe1 55. Qf8+ Kh7 56. Qf5+ (56. Qxf4 Qxe6 57. Qe4++−)
57. ... Kh8
42. ... Qb6+ 43. Kh2 Qd6 44. Nb4 Qg6 45. Nc6 Qd6 46. Qa1 Kh7 47. Nd8 Qg6? (47. ... Nf8 48. Nc6 Ng6)
48. Ne6 c6 49. dxc6 Qxe6 50. cxd7 Qxd7 51. Qxe5 Qd2 (51. ... Qf7 52. Qf5++−)
52. Qf5+ Kh8 53. e5 Qe3 54. e6 Qe1 55. Qf8+ Kh7 56. Qf5+ (56. Qxf4 Qxe6 57. Qe4++−)
57. ... Kh8
57. Qxf4? (57. Qe4! Qxe4 58. fxe4 Kg8 59. Kg1+−)
57. ... Qxe6 58. h4 Qd5 59. Qb8+ Kh7 60. Qb1+ Kh8 61. Qe4 Qd6+ 62. f4 Qd8 63. Kh3 Qc8+ 64. Kh2 Qd8 65. Kg3 Qc8 66. Qd4 Qb8 67. Qe5 Qc8 68. h5 Kh7 69. Kf3 Kh8 70. Qd5 Qb8 71. g3 Qf8 72. Ke4 Qe8+ 73. Qe5 Qc6+ 74. Kf5 Qc2+ 75. Kg4 Qd1+ 76. Kh4 Qh1+ 77. Kg4 Qd1+ 78. Kh4 ½–½.
57. ... Qxe6 58. h4 Qd5 59. Qb8+ Kh7 60. Qb1+ Kh8 61. Qe4 Qd6+ 62. f4 Qd8 63. Kh3 Qc8+ 64. Kh2 Qd8 65. Kg3 Qc8 66. Qd4 Qb8 67. Qe5 Qc8 68. h5 Kh7 69. Kf3 Kh8 70. Qd5 Qb8 71. g3 Qf8 72. Ke4 Qe8+ 73. Qe5 Qc6+ 74. Kf5 Qc2+ 75. Kg4 Qd1+ 76. Kh4 Qh1+ 77. Kg4 Qd1+ 78. Kh4 ½–½.
First up, then down, then up then down, and finally saved through the looking-glass board. Photo: Aditya Sur Roy/ChessBase India. |
Saturday, December 13, 2025
Lassi
Four-time Women’s World Chess Champion and Peking University’s Professor 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) and her teammates of SG Alpine Pipers were highly revered and generously entertained at the grand opening ceremony of Season 3 of Tech Mahindra Global Chess League (GCL) at Royal Opera House in Mumbai (Bombay), India, Saturday, December 13, 2025. Photos: Himank Ghosh/ChessBase India. |
Odds and Ends
Roberto Cosulich – Adolf Herzog
International Team Tournament Mediolanum; Milan, February 15, 1974
r1b1k3/2q2p2/1pp5/3pnnP1/4p3/PNP1P3/3P2BP/R1BQ2K1 b - - 0 1
International Team Tournament Mediolanum; Milan, February 15, 1974
r1b1k3/2q2p2/1pp5/3pnnP1/4p3/PNP1P3/3P2BP/R1BQ2K1 b - - 0 1
Black to play and win.
1. ... Nxe3! 2. dxe3 Ng4. Threatening 3. ... Qxh2+ 4. Kf1 Ba6+ with mate in a few moves.
3. c4 Qxh2+ 4. Kf1 Qg3! 5. Ra2. If, instead, 5. Qe2 then 5. ... Nh2+ 6. Kg1 Nf3+ 7. Kf1 Bh3! with irresistible attack.
5. ... Ba6 6. Bxe4. The last satisfaction before everything collapses.
6. ... dxe4 0–1. White resigns, for after 7. Rg2 Nxe3+! 8. Bxe3 Bxc4+ 9. Kg1 Qxe3+ 10. Kh2 (or 10. Kh1 Bd5−+) 10. ... Qf4+ 11. Kh1 e3−+ his position is helpless and hopeless.
3. c4 Qxh2+ 4. Kf1 Qg3! 5. Ra2. If, instead, 5. Qe2 then 5. ... Nh2+ 6. Kg1 Nf3+ 7. Kf1 Bh3! with irresistible attack.
5. ... Ba6 6. Bxe4. The last satisfaction before everything collapses.
6. ... dxe4 0–1. White resigns, for after 7. Rg2 Nxe3+! 8. Bxe3 Bxc4+ 9. Kg1 Qxe3+ 10. Kh2 (or 10. Kh1 Bd5−+) 10. ... Qf4+ 11. Kh1 e3−+ his position is helpless and hopeless.
Friday, December 12, 2025
Wednesday, December 10, 2025
The Immortal Survival of the Not-Dead
To live or to survive
Giorgio Agamben, Quodlibet, December 10, 2025
Those who govern us today seek to organise the survival of humanity; that is, they seek to turn the living into survivors. But what survives is no longer alive; only those who do not survive their own way of life and their own world truly live. Bare life does not exist — it is only an abstraction of law and power. The survivors who surround us have neither mouths nor ears; they neither speak nor listen; they only count. Ain't no use to speak to them. Poets and philosophers are dead — that’s why we can speak to them.
Giorgio Agamben, Quodlibet, December 10, 2025
Those who govern us today seek to organise the survival of humanity; that is, they seek to turn the living into survivors. But what survives is no longer alive; only those who do not survive their own way of life and their own world truly live. Bare life does not exist — it is only an abstraction of law and power. The survivors who surround us have neither mouths nor ears; they neither speak nor listen; they only count. Ain't no use to speak to them. Poets and philosophers are dead — that’s why we can speak to them.
(English translation by I, Robot)
Käthe Kollwitz, The Survivors, 1923. Courtesy of WikiArt.
Monday, December 8, 2025
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Saturday, December 6, 2025
Dead Leaves
Fischer is not the same as he was
Miguel Najdorf, Clarín, Saturday, November 28, 1992, p. 50
Perhaps I shouldn’t write like this. As with all competitions, chess has its “fan clubs”: if I speak well of Boca Juniors, the River Plate fans will get angry (none other than the President is a River Plate’s fan). Yet I have to speak about what the 1992 Fischer vs. Spassky match meant. There is no doubt that Fischer, due to his eccentricities off the board, aroused enormous enthusiasm and gained a “fan club”, probably the biggest in the chess world.
Bobby, for personal (or unknown) reasons, retired for 20 years. He didn’t play in any official competitions. The press exploited his absence, enhancing his myth, sometimes by spreading fake news. Twenty years is a long time. My daughters, both psychiatrists, said to me: “Dad, one day ‘Bobby’ will play again; his vanity won’t allow him to end in oblivion”. And they were right. Twenty years later, at 49, he came back. For fabulous money figures and against the one who was his last rival at the peak of his glory: Boris Vasilievich Spassky. He, too, after 20 years, look at chess with a certain skepticism.
Fischer’s closest associates did everything they could, during those 20 years, to bring him back. I must confess that I was pessimistic about his comeback. But... finally... he was back... and he’s not the same as he was. The progress and momentum of chess over those 20 years brought radical changes. The computers, everyone is a professional now, prize moneys are exorbitant, etcetera.
Press and executives are interested in maintaining the “Bobby Fischer myth” — they make a lot of money on it — but as a player, I must say that Bobby was a genius; now he plays like many other masters. I asked Kasparov what he thought, and he said to me: “I do not focus on him personally but rather on his games, and they are very poor now”.
A month ago Fischer and Spassky played 30 games in the former Yugoslavia, and some offered a glimpse of what they were like 20 years ago. I must acknowledge that this kind of matches benefit us all: there’s more liveliness and new sponsors appear. Now there’s talk of a Fischer vs. Kasparov match. Garry Kimovich said to me, “It’s worth it to me if there is a lot of money. It wouldn’t be a match, it would be a breeze for me”. I disagree; I believe Kasparov would win, but it wouldn’t be that easy.
I believe the best game of the match was the eleventh, which they played in Sveti Stefan (first part of the encounter). It’s worth watching again:
Miguel Najdorf, Clarín, Saturday, November 28, 1992, p. 50
Perhaps I shouldn’t write like this. As with all competitions, chess has its “fan clubs”: if I speak well of Boca Juniors, the River Plate fans will get angry (none other than the President is a River Plate’s fan). Yet I have to speak about what the 1992 Fischer vs. Spassky match meant. There is no doubt that Fischer, due to his eccentricities off the board, aroused enormous enthusiasm and gained a “fan club”, probably the biggest in the chess world.
Bobby, for personal (or unknown) reasons, retired for 20 years. He didn’t play in any official competitions. The press exploited his absence, enhancing his myth, sometimes by spreading fake news. Twenty years is a long time. My daughters, both psychiatrists, said to me: “Dad, one day ‘Bobby’ will play again; his vanity won’t allow him to end in oblivion”. And they were right. Twenty years later, at 49, he came back. For fabulous money figures and against the one who was his last rival at the peak of his glory: Boris Vasilievich Spassky. He, too, after 20 years, look at chess with a certain skepticism.
Fischer’s closest associates did everything they could, during those 20 years, to bring him back. I must confess that I was pessimistic about his comeback. But... finally... he was back... and he’s not the same as he was. The progress and momentum of chess over those 20 years brought radical changes. The computers, everyone is a professional now, prize moneys are exorbitant, etcetera.
Press and executives are interested in maintaining the “Bobby Fischer myth” — they make a lot of money on it — but as a player, I must say that Bobby was a genius; now he plays like many other masters. I asked Kasparov what he thought, and he said to me: “I do not focus on him personally but rather on his games, and they are very poor now”.
A month ago Fischer and Spassky played 30 games in the former Yugoslavia, and some offered a glimpse of what they were like 20 years ago. I must acknowledge that this kind of matches benefit us all: there’s more liveliness and new sponsors appear. Now there’s talk of a Fischer vs. Kasparov match. Garry Kimovich said to me, “It’s worth it to me if there is a lot of money. It wouldn’t be a match, it would be a breeze for me”. I disagree; I believe Kasparov would win, but it wouldn’t be that easy.
I believe the best game of the match was the eleventh, which they played in Sveti Stefan (first part of the encounter). It’s worth watching again:
Robert James Fischer – Boris Vasilievich Spassky
The Revenge World Chess Championship Match of the Twentieth Century; match game 11; Sveti Stefan, September 20, 1992
Sicilian Defence B31
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. 0-0 Bg7 6. Re1
e5
7. b4!! The novelty. Prepartion or improvisation? Bobby said he found it at the board. The idea is old. That has echoes of the old Evans Gambit and the ancient Sicilian Wing Gambit. Very well-known is 7. c3.
7. ... cxb4 8. a3 c5?! Better was 8. ... b3, without opening a file for White.
9. axb4 cxb4 10. d4 exd4 11. Bb2 d6 12. Nxd4 Qd7 13. Nd2 Bb7 14. Nc4 Nh6
7. ... cxb4 8. a3 c5?! Better was 8. ... b3, without opening a file for White.
9. axb4 cxb4 10. d4 exd4 11. Bb2 d6 12. Nxd4 Qd7 13. Nd2 Bb7 14. Nc4 Nh6
15. Nf5! A coup in the style of the Bobby of 20 years ago.
15. ... Bxb2 16. Ncxd6+ Kf8 17. Nxh6 f6. After 17. ... Bxa1 18. Qxa1 Qd6 19. Qh8+ Ke7 20. Qxh7 White would retain a large initiative.
18. Ndf7 Qxd1 19. Raxd1 Ke7 20. Nxh8 Rxh8 21. Nf5+ gxf5 22. exf5+ Be5 23. f4 Rc8 24. fxe5. The simplest. If 24. Rd2 Rc5 25. Rde2 Ra6 [sic] with some problems.
24. ... Rxc2 25. e6 Bc6 26. Rc1 Rxc1 27. Rxc1 Kd6
15. ... Bxb2 16. Ncxd6+ Kf8 17. Nxh6 f6. After 17. ... Bxa1 18. Qxa1 Qd6 19. Qh8+ Ke7 20. Qxh7 White would retain a large initiative.
18. Ndf7 Qxd1 19. Raxd1 Ke7 20. Nxh8 Rxh8 21. Nf5+ gxf5 22. exf5+ Be5 23. f4 Rc8 24. fxe5. The simplest. If 24. Rd2 Rc5 25. Rde2 Ra6 [sic] with some problems.
24. ... Rxc2 25. e6 Bc6 26. Rc1 Rxc1 27. Rxc1 Kd6
28. Rd1+. Absolute precision. Black must control the passed e-Pawn, and that’s impossible... Furthermore, White will gain Black’s a-Pawn.
28. ... Ke5 29. e7 a5 30. Rc1 Bd7 31. Rc5+ Kd4 32. Rxa5 b3 33. Ra7 Be8 34. Rb7 Kc3 35. Kf2 b2 36. Ke3 Bf7 37. g4. The winning move; Black could resign here.
37. ... Kc2 38. Kd4 b1=Q 39. Rxb1 Kxb1 40. Kc5 Kc2 41. Kd6 1–0. This game shows Fischer’s style, just like 20 years ago, but now he’s not the same as he was. He’s bald and pot-bellied; and besides, his play is not constantly brilliant: it has ups and downs.
28. ... Ke5 29. e7 a5 30. Rc1 Bd7 31. Rc5+ Kd4 32. Rxa5 b3 33. Ra7 Be8 34. Rb7 Kc3 35. Kf2 b2 36. Ke3 Bf7 37. g4. The winning move; Black could resign here.
37. ... Kc2 38. Kd4 b1=Q 39. Rxb1 Kxb1 40. Kc5 Kc2 41. Kd6 1–0. This game shows Fischer’s style, just like 20 years ago, but now he’s not the same as he was. He’s bald and pot-bellied; and besides, his play is not constantly brilliant: it has ups and downs.
(English translation by I, Robot)
Fischer and Spassky answering questions at a press conference. Photos: MN Press. |
Friday, December 5, 2025
Wednesday, December 3, 2025
Tuesday, December 2, 2025
The Triumph of Youth
A pictorial report from the inside of four-time Women’s World Chess Champion and Peking University’s Professor 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán)’s and Woman Grandmaster 王瑜 (Wáng Yú)’s special day at the 泰康之家 (Tàikāng Home) and 和平府 (Hépíngfǔ) Elderly Care Centre in 东城区 (Dōngchéng District), 北京 (Běijīng), China, Wednesday, November 26, 2025. The intervention included a lecture on chess and AI followed by questions and answers and a simultaneous exhibition against the most enterprising elderly residents. Photos: 泰康之家 (Tàikāng Community). |
Monday, December 1, 2025
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