February 21, 2025 from Chess | The Guardian
The Norwegian world No 1 beat Hikaru Nakamura twice at the Chessable Masters despite endgame lapses Magnus Carlsen’s dominance of online chess has continued this week as the world No 1 defeated Hikaru Nakamura in two matches to retain...February 14, 2025 from Chess | The Guardian
The 20-year-old scored a career-best result by defeating the World No 1 in the Norwegian’s favourite format, then won 1.5-0.5 against the US champion, Fabiano Caruana, in the final Vincent Keymer made a career breakthrough this week when...February 7, 2025 from Chess | The Guardian
The world No 1 faces Gukesh as the new Freestyle Grand Slam gets under way following a row over the circuit’s status An imminent showdown between Magnus Carlsen, the world No 1, and Gukesh Dommaraju, the youngest ever world champion, has...February 4, 2025 from Chess | The Guardian
Fide row escalates over world No 1’s Freestyle Grand Slam Arkady Dvorkovich ‘reneged on promise’ to step down The Freestyle Chess Grand Slam tour head Jan Henric Buettner and the world No 1 Magnus Carlsen have called on the International...January 31, 2025 from Chess | The Guardian
The teams have both won all their four matches in the UK national league and are set to meet in the final round in May The UK’s national league, the 4NCL, is turning into a two-horse race after last weekend’s third and fourth rounds at...January 24, 2025 from Chess | The Guardian
The 18-year-old Indian world champion was losing his first-round game in the Netherlands but his Dutch opponent, Anish Giri, blundered fatally when short of time Gukesh Dommaraju played and won his first competitive game as world...January 17, 2025 from Chess | The Guardian
China’s Xue Haowen began the event without any Fide titles and ended it as a grandmaster, unbeaten on 7/9 and breaking Judit Polgar’s record as the youngest winner Hastings is the grandfather of international chess tournaments, first...January 11, 2025 from Chess | The Guardian
As a new BBC show with Sue Perkins brings the game back to the small screen, it’s also winning legions of young fans Castling. The Berlin defence. En passant. If you haven’t heard these terms, chances are you soon will. School chess...January 10, 2025 from Chess | The Guardian
The latest controversy reveals deeper tensions about who will shape the sport’s future: its greatest players or the governing authorities A persuasive case can be made that Magnus Carlsen is the greatest chess player of all time. The...January 10, 2025 from Chess | The Guardian
The World No 1, who wed Ella Victoria Malone last Saturday, will play for St Pauli in the Bundesliga, where he may meet the new classical champion, Gukesh Dommaraju Magnus Carlsen, the 34-year-old world No 1 and candidate for the...January 9, 2025 from Chess | The Guardian
Magnus Carlsen’s jeans put the spotlight on chess’s sartorial intransigence but it is not the only sport struggling to adapt Wallace and Gromit is a festive TV staple in many a household – but it wasn’t their wrong trousers that scooped...January 3, 2025 from Chess | The Guardian
Have you been following the big stories in football, darts, cricket, tennis, chess, rugby, basketball and college football? Continue reading...January 3, 2025 from Chess | The Guardian
The world No 1 withdrew from the World Rapid then came back for the Blitz, where he shared the title when Fide agreed to stop play after three games of a shootout Magnus Carlsen completed a remarkable few days at the World Rapid and...December 29, 2024 from Chess | The Guardian
Carlsen confirms he will return for blitz championship World No 1 had withdrawn from NYC event over jeans Chess great Magnus Carlsen will return to the World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships in New York after initially quitting...December 29, 2024 from Chess | The Guardian
One hot summer in Slovenia, my cousins taught me how to jump, twirl and sashay on that black and white grid. I sensed I was spying on some ancient, fundamental truth In our end of year series, writers and public figures remember the...December 27, 2024 from Chess | The Guardian
The world No 1 was defaulted from the World Rapid Championship and has withdrawn from the World Blitz Magnus Carlsen, the world No 1, has been disqualified from the World Rapid Championship in New York due to a dress code violation,...December 20, 2024 from Chess | The Guardian
The youngest ever undisputed world champion, 18, had a rapturous reception on his return to Chennai, but his new status will be tested at Wijk aan Zee in January Gukesh Dommaraju, 18, had a rapturous reception from Indian fans when he...December 16, 2024 from Chess | The Guardian
India's newly-crowned world chess champion Gukesh Dommaraju touched down at Chennai airport where he was given a grand welcome. The 18-year-old became the youngest champion in the sport's history, defeating China's Ding Liren in the...December 16, 2024 from Chess | The Guardian
Teenager receives raucous reception after defeating China’s Ding Liren in tense 14-game series Indian chess star Gukesh Dommaraju returned to a hero’s welcome in his home city on Monday after becoming the youngest world champion aged...December 13, 2024 from Chess | The Guardian
The Indian teenager Gukesh Dommaraju dethroned China’s Ding Liren to become the youngest ever world champion in Singapore. The 18-year-old from Chennai won from a dead-drawn position in the final contest of their best-of-14-games...September 4, 2023 from Chessdom
The league stage of the Top Chess Engine Championship (Season 25) reaches the pinnacle of the event – the Premier Division. The defending champion Stockfish will meet its main competitor Leela Chess Zero, as well as six more of the...September 3, 2023 from Chessdom
FIFA World Cup 2022 is about to start in Qatar and Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi chose to prepare for the event by playing a chess game. “Victory is a State of Mind“, wrote Ronaldo on his twitter account and shared the...September 3, 2023 from Chessdom
Ian Nepomniachtchi vs Ding Liren, aka Nepo – Ding is the final of the World Chess Championship 2023. The Nepo – Ding match will take place in Astana, Kazakhstan, from April 7 to May 1, at the elegant St. Regis Astana hotel....August 31, 2023 from Chessdom
Wesley So – Alireza Firouzja is a semifinal game from Julius Baer Generation Cup Div 1 WinnersThe Julius Baer Generation Cup, the 5th event on the $2 million 2023 Champions Chess Tour, features three Divisions of 8, 16 and 32...August 31, 2023 from Chessdom
Fabiano Caruana – Magnus Carlsen is a semifinal game from Julius Baer Generation Cup Div 1 WinnersThe Julius Baer Generation Cup, the 5th event on the $2 million 2023 Champions Chess Tour, features three Divisions of 8, 16 and 32...August 31, 2023 from Chessdom
Pavel Eljanov – Nodirbek Abdusattorov is a Round 1 game from Julius Baer Generation Cup Div 1 Losers.The Julius Baer Generation Cup, the 5th event on the $2 million 2023 Champions Chess Tour, features three Divisions of 8, 16 and...August 31, 2023 from Chessdom
M. Amin Tabatabaei – Denis Lazavik is a Round 1 game from Julius Baer Generation Cup Div 1 Losers. The Julius Baer Generation Cup, the 5th event on the $2 million 2023 Champions Chess Tour, features three Divisions of 8, 16 and 32...August 31, 2023 from Chessdom
The Julius Baer Generation Cup, the 5th event on the $2 million 2023 Champions Chess Tour, features three Divisions of 8, 16 and 32 players. Each division is a double-elimination knockout where if you lose one match you drop down to a...August 31, 2023 from Chessdom
The Julius Baer Generation Cup, the 5th event on the $2 million 2023 Champions Chess Tour, features three Divisions of 8, 16 and 32 players. Each division is a double-elimination knockout where if you lose one match you drop down to a...August 30, 2023 from Chessdom
The Julius Baer Generation Cup, the 5th event on the $2 million 2023 Champions Chess Tour, features three Divisions of 8, 16 and 32 players. Each division is a double-elimination knockout where if you lose one match you drop down to a...September 18, 2019 from World Chess Federation - FIDE
The Round 3 tiebreaks were played on September 18. Three matches were decided in rapid games. Peter Svidler (Russia) proved his strength by stopping Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu (Germany). In the first game, the Russian GM had no particular...September 17, 2019 from World Chess Federation - FIDE
The return games of round 3 of the FIDE World Cup were played on September 17. None of the players who had lost in the first game managed to level the score today. The tournament’s sensation Kirill Alekseenko (Russia) defeated the...September 16, 2019 from World Chess Federation - FIDE
The game between Ju Wenjun (2576) Alina Kashlinskaya (2487) was a French Winawer with 7. Qg4 Kf8. The World Champion wasted no time on launching the attack on the kingside, as it is the standard plan in this variation. Alina looked for...September 16, 2019 from World Chess Federation - FIDE
The starting games of the Round 3 of FIDE World Cup were played in the Ugra Chess Academy on September 16. Seven encounters resulted in victories. The biggest upset of the day was Kirill Alekseenko's (Russia) beating the higher-rated...September 16, 2019 from World Chess Federation - FIDE
FIDE World Youth Rapid and Blitz Championships (under 14, 16 and 18 years old categories) finished in Salobrena, Spain. 178 players from 22 countries, including 1 GM, 5 IMs, 12 FMs, 1 WIM, 12 WFMs participated in the chess forum in...September 15, 2019 from World Chess Federation - FIDE
The first game to come to an end was the clash between Elisabeth Paethz (2479) and the tournament co-leader Ju Wenjun (2576). The World Champion went for a Petrov defence, and some early exchanges quickly lead to a dull position, in...September 15, 2019 from World Chess Federation - FIDE
Tie-breaks of the Second Round of the FIDE World Cup were played on September 15 in Khanty-Mansiysk. An overwhelming majority of matches ended after rapid chess games. Eltaj Safarli (Azerbaijan) defeated Nihal Sarin (India), Lenier...September 14, 2019 from World Chess Federation - FIDE
The tournament leader Valentina Gunina (2502) was very close to biting the dust in her game against the veteran Pia Cramling (2487). Loyal to her style, the Russian jumped into some sharp tactical skirmishes as soon as she had the...September 14, 2019 from World Chess Federation - FIDE
Second games of the Second Round of the World Cup were played on September 14 in Khanty-Mansiysk. Three players won their matches with two wins: Sergey Karjakin (Russia), Jan-Krzysztof Duda (Poland), and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France)....March 8, 2019 from World Chess Federation - FIDE
World Team Chess Championships 2019, held from March, 4 - 15 2019 in Astana, Kazakhstan. Open section and Women section board results. Round 5 starts March, 9 2019 at 3 PM local time. Please visit the official website ...