Hello, my fellow chess friends. Traditionally end of May, we are brining new updates for OM CORR and OM OTB. Almost 80,000 new games played officially under FIDE and ICCF. And big announcement from FIDE Education Team. Read on.
Calling all chess enthusiasts! As the biggest chess database in the world, Opening Master is thrilled to support Tunde Onakoya as he will start an extraordinary journey to break the Guinness World Record for the longest consecutive chess marathon! Starting April 17th at 10:00 am in Times Square, NYC, Tunde will take on all challengers in this New York City event.
Upon its debut, The Queen’s Gambit swiftly hit records to the ranks of Netflix's most prominent limited series. Naturally, speculation about a potential second season emerged almost immediately. Anya Taylor-Joy, the series' leading star, sparked conversation earlier this month with a tweet hinting at "The Queen’s Gambit season 2." However, the post was taken down after merely ten minutes, with Taylor-Joy subsequently confirming via Instagram that her account had been compromised. Nope, sorry. Don't believe that. She was just excited but the studio explained her legal NDAs. So we must wait.
As we step into the new year 2024, it's time for chess enthusiasts to set ambitious yet achievable resolutions to elevate their game. Chess is a timeless game which has been here for more than 1000 years but our goals and resolutions should be shorter. For example take one year. Can you do that? And hey, we updated our chess databases for January 2024
What happened in 2023 in Chess? Take a look at the biggest men and women tournaments. Who is the ultimate winner and GOAT ("Greatest of all time" for those who still wonder why people are talking about goats). Opening Master also performed very well on education arena, a major breakthrough agreement with FIDE Education commission was reached and more...
This is a special episode and credit to France24 channel with The Medley Show in Nigeria who brings you this incredible story how young kids in the biggest floating slum in the world near Lagos, Nigeria are being transformed by chess. Enter the world of poverty where Tunde Onakoya a chess master and hero to many chess children explains how he fights the poverty with chess - a low cost catalyst which can change the course of lives of many. With New York based foundation The Gift of Chess and their children ambassador Ivie Urieto (9), a chess prodigy from Nigeria, we learn how children around the world and especially in Africa can get a next hope - with chess.
We help where we can, the new chess generation needs our help the most. Whether it is direct funding, products, travel reimbursement, T-shirts or licensing to our Opening Master Chess databases. Our team thinks globally but acts locally. From sponsoring Slovakia junior chess team to Jumuiya Ya Afrika Mashariki Open Chess junior tournament in Kenya.
Greetings, Chess Enthusiasts! We are thrilled to announce the completion of a major overhaul and enhancement to the Opening Master Chess database. Our team has diligently worked on a thorough clean-up and update, culminating in the addition of over 125,000 new human chess games. As a result, the Opening Master database now boasts an impressive collection of 9,742,701 games in OM OTB and 2,206,734 correspondence games in OM CORR. However, the crown jewel, our flagship - OM GOLEM, proudly showcases an astonishing compilation of nearly 31 million human chess games!
Big thing is coming up September 14 - September 26 in Accra, Ghana in West Africa. Experience the 2nd Accra Chess Classics, official FIDE tournament in the beautiful West Africa. Register now and get your ELO kicking.
Love doing things for the first time. Being part of the live streaming in the chess world was bit shaky, didn't know what to expect especially when sitting next to you is experienced FIDE Master. I was just hoping he would not test me from theory of openings or middle games showing me the board what to play next. Luckily, we discussed the topic I knew well - chess databases.
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