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Hot Off The Chess is founded and edited by me, John Lee Shaw. I love everything chess! Playing and following this great game has been a passion of mine for over a quarter of a century! I am here to share that with like-minded people, like you. If you are a chess fan - actually, if you get anything out of chess at all-- then it is so great to have you here.
Hot Off The Chess | chess news, games, analysis
4y ago
Huge congratulations go to Polish Grandmaster, Radoslaw Wojtaszek, who recently won the showcase event at the 53rd Biel Chess Festival, in Switzerland. Held between July 18th and 29th, Biel has been seen as a bit of an over-the-board test case, as chess looks to get back to some level of [...check it out ..read more
Hot Off The Chess | chess news, games, analysis
4y ago
Round 10 of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament, was played on Wednesday 22nd January. With the final rest day coming on Thursday, it would be interesting to see how the players would approach the round. Would those wanting to make their final push start now, or would they take it [...check it out ..read more
Hot Off The Chess | chess news, games, analysis
4y ago
Round 9 of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament, was played on Tuesday 21st January. Monday had been a rest day and as they can affect players in different ways, chess fans everywhere waited to see what the resumption of play would bring. Without a doubt, the most exciting feature of [...check it out ..read more
Hot Off The Chess | chess news, games, analysis
4y ago
Round 8 of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament, was played on Sunday 19th January. The round would be the last one before the second rest day, what would it bring? Well, the answer is, some exciting chess, which resulted in pleasure for some and pain for others. The round saw [...check it out ..read more
Hot Off The Chess | chess news, games, analysis
4y ago
Round 7 of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament, was played on Saturday 18th January. Round 7 marks the crossing of the halfway stage, and after it there will be less rounds remaining than have been played. Therefore, one would expect that anyone with aspirations of winning the tournament, will not [...check it out ..read more
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4y ago
Round 6 of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament, was played on Friday 17th January. After playing round 5 in Eindhoven, it was back to normality, as the Masters group returned to Wijk aan Zee. This year, there is only one ‘Chess on Tour’ location, (there have usually been 2), so [...check it out ..read more
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4y ago
Round 5 of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2020, was played on Thursday 16th January. It was the ‘Chess on Tour’ round of this year, which meant that the Master group left Wijk aan Zee for the day and would play the round at a different venue. This year, the [...check it out ..read more
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4y ago
The Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2020, continued with round 4 on Tuesday 14th January. It would be the final round before the first rest day. Looming rest days are always lotteries really, with it being anybody’s guess as to what is going to happen. Sometimes players will give that little [...check it out ..read more
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4y ago
The Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2020, continued on Monday 13th January, with round 3. Things were a little quieter in the playing hall, with the weekend being over, but there was still the buzz of spectators, and of course the sound of clocks being pressed from the amateur groups. Over [...check it out ..read more
Hot Off The Chess | chess news, games, analysis
4y ago
The Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2020, continued on Sunday 12th January, with round 2. It was a very busy day in the playing hall, with amateur events going on as well as the main groups. Spectators turned up in their hundreds, to see their chess heros play, partaking in a [...check it out ..read more