chess

World Chess Championship: Ding-Gukesh Singapore 2024

by CCM Holland Mills | Recreation & Sports

Ding Liren defends his newly-won crown against Gukesh Dommaraju, the youngest challenger ever at age 18.  Game 1 begins Monday 25 November 4am EST; Game 14 will be December 12; if necessary, tie-breaking games will be played December 13.

The time control is 120 minutes for the first 40 moves, followed by 60 minutes for the next 20 moves, then 15 minutes for the rest of the game. There’s a 30-second increment per move starting on move 61.   Players are not allowed to draw by agreement before move 41.

FIDE Candidates Chess Tournament

by CCM Holland Mills | Culture

The FIDE Candidates tournament begins today and ends on the 22nd.  The winner becomes the Challenger will face the reigning World Chess Champion, Ding Liren, most likely at the end of this year in a location yet to be determined.

The field features two Americans–Nakamura, who I’ll be rooting for, as well as Caruana–and three players from India.   Eight of the world’s top players going at each other twice results a small trove of well-played games.

A Few Months Ago I Was Awarded The Title of Correspondence Chess Master

by CCM Holland Mills | Recreation & Sports

The first few links at https://hollandmills.website document my ICCF career.

The two noteworthy aspects of this title are that it’s an international title and that it survives me.

Also, after over five years without a tournament victory, I finally placed first in a Master Norm tournament:
    https://www.iccf.com/event?id=88928