The Guardian

The Catalan: how should white tackle a strong centre?

Continuing our brief survey of the fashionable Catalan Opening: instead of capturing on c4, Black holds firm in the centre. How should White develop? RB Staring reproachfully at me from my desk is a ...
The Guardian

The Catalan opening part 1: how does White avert this crisis?

Kramnik-Morozevich, Mexico City 2007. White to play. The Catalan opening gave Anand two wins in the world championship, and has long been popular among the world's elite. It is basically a Queen's ...
Indiatimes

Fighting Anup makes a come back with blacks

A day after opening error handed him his first defeat in the Catalan Chess Circuit, 50-year-old Anup Deshmukh fought back with the black bits at Montcada, Spain, on ...
Indiatimes

Catalan Chess Circuit: Deshmukh finds Cristobal too hot to handle

"He played like a computer and defeated me in all departments of the game," admitted Anup Deshmukh, after suffering his second defeat in the Catalan Chess Circuit at Montcada, Spain, on Saturday. For ...
Investing

Catalan Chess Game Gives Rajoy Mastery With Endgame Unclear

(Bloomberg) -- In the final days of Spain’s complex political chess match with Catalan separatism, Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy made the best tactical moves. The longer game of keeping the country’s ...