• TCEC Season 23 – Next Level!
    August 11, 2022 from Chessdom
    Top Chess Engine Championship Season 23 is going to start this August. The defending champion Stockfish is going to compete with 45 of world’s best chess engines for the highest title in computer chess. With the weakest engine in...
  • The most stylish teams of the 2022 Chess Olympiad are Uzbekistan, Mongolia, Denmark and Uganda
    August 10, 2022 from Chessdom
    The 2022 Chess Olympiad team Winners and best individual players were crowned yesterday at the Closing ceremony of the event. The 44th Chess Olympiad was the biggest in numbers, but also the most elegant as FIDE established special...
  • Mikheil Chkhenkeli granted an honorary award for his special commitment to promoting Chess in Schools
    August 10, 2022 from Chessdom
    The Minister of Education and Science of Georgia Dr. Mikheil Chkhenkeli was granted an honorary award by the International Chess Federation (FIDE) for his special commitment to promoting Chess in schools.  The Award...
  • GM Pia Cramling wins her third individual gold 44 years after debuting in Chess Olympiad
    August 10, 2022 from Chessdom
    Legendary Swedish grandmaster Pia Cramling debuted in the Chess Olympiad playing for the Swedish National Team 44 years ago in Buenos Aire, Argentina. Yesterday, she received her third Olympic individual gold as the best Board 1 player...
  • Chessable British Chess 2022
    August 10, 2022 from Chessdom
    The Chessable British Chess Championships 2022 will be held at the Riviera International Centre in Torquay from 8th to 21st August 2022 inclusive. This will be the 108th British Chess Championship in a series which has run almost...
  • Arjun Erigaisi joins the 2700 club
    August 10, 2022 from Chessdom
    18-year-old Indian Grandmaster Arjun Erigaisi competed for the India A team at the 44th Chess Olympiad. With an impressive score of 8.5/11 points on the third board, Erigaisi was the second best individual player of Board 3 at the...
  • Chess: Uzbekistan win Olympiad while David Howell takes performance gold
    August 10, 2022 from Chess | The Guardian
    Central Asian state, seeded 14, wins the 180-nation team event ahead of Armenia and India 2, while Howell’s 7.5/8 total echoes the 1980s The premier team competition in chess, the 180-nation Chennai Olympiad, ended on Tuesday with a...
  • India wins Gaprindashvili cup at the 2022 Chess Olympiad
    August 9, 2022 from Chessdom
    The Closing ceremony of the Chess Olympiad 2022 took place today afternoon in Chennai with awarding ceremony for the team Winners and medalists, best individual players, and grant of the Gaprindashvili cup for the federation with the...
  • Chess Olympiad 2022 – Final report
    August 9, 2022 from Chessdom
    Armenia gets the silver medal, while India B, formed by young talents, outpaced its seniors and snatched the bronze History was made in the open section of the FIDE Chess Olympiad, which came to an end this morning in Chennai, India....
  • Chess Olympiad 2022 – Final rankings (women’s section)
    August 9, 2022 from Chessdom
    The 44th Chess Olympiad 2022 concluded today in Chennai, India with the Closing ceremony. The dramatic fights of the final round determined the Winners and medalists: Ukraine won gold medal with better tiebreaks over Georgia...
  • Chess Olympiad 2022 – Final rankings (open section)
    August 9, 2022 from Chessdom
    The 44th Chess Olympiad 2022 concluded today in Chennai, India with the Closing ceremony. The exciting final round determined the Winners and medalists: Uzbekistan won gold medal with better tiebreaks over Armenia who finished second,...
  • Chess Olympiad 2022 – Best individual players per boards (open section)
    August 9, 2022 from Chessdom
    Altogether with the Winners and medalists of the Chess Olympiad 2022, the best individual players per boards received special prizes and medals at the Closing ceremony of the event. GM Gukesh D won gold medal as the best individual...
  • Gukesh is the Wolverine of chess #TweetOftheDay
    August 7, 2022 from Chessdom
    Take a look, and then take a look again. “Gukesh has serious Wolverine vibes,” says Olimpiu Urcan aka OlimpioDiLuppi. With Gukesh scoring 8,0/8 at the Chess Olympiad and currently playing to make that 9,0/9 one cannot...
  • Oliwia Kiolbasa – Vaishali, R9 of Chess Olympiad 2022 LIVE
    August 7, 2022 from Chessdom
    Oliwia Kiolbasa is currently rocking the Women section of the  Chess Olympiad 2022. She has collected 8,0/8 and is going for the fantastic 9,0/9. The game is of high importance for the medals race, as both Poland and India are in...
  • Gukesh – Mamedyarov, R9 of Chess Olympiad 2022 LIVE
    August 7, 2022 from Chessdom
    Having collected 8,0/8, Gukesh is now the second strongest Indian player and has officially entered the world top 20 with live rating 2729 ELO. Read about D Gukesh scoring 8,0/8 here. Today he is facing Mamedyarov with the white...
  • Arkady Dvorkovich is re-elected FIDE President
    August 7, 2022 from Chessdom
    Arkady Dvorkovich is re-elected FIDE President! More than 155 federations voted for Dvorkovich’s ticket with Viswanathan Anand as a FIDE Deputy President, Zhu Chen as a FIDE Treasurer, Joran Aulin-Jansson as the FIDE Vice-President...
  • Round 9 Chess Olympiad LIVE – with GM Peter Svidler and GM Peter Leko
    August 7, 2022 from Chessdom
    With only three rounds to go at the 2022 Chess Olympiad, Armenia and India successfully keep the sole leadership of the Open and Women’s sections (respectively). The top-board encounter of the Open section will be played between...
  • Bachar Kouatly withdraws from the FIDE presidential elections
    August 7, 2022 from Chessdom
    FIDE Elections and FIDE General Assembly are taking place in Chennai, India, as part of the Chess Olympiad 2022. During the introduction speeches as the FIDE presidential candidate, Bachar Kouatly announced he is withdrawing his...
  • Chess Olympiad 2022 – Round 9 board pairings (open section)
    August 7, 2022 from Chessdom
    With only three rounds left to be played at the 2022 Chess Olympiad in Chennai, Armenia keeps the sole leadership of the Open section with 15 match points. India 2 and Uzbekistan are just behind, scoring 14 match points. Armenia today...
  • Chess Olympiad 2022 – Round 9 board pairings (women’s section)
    August 7, 2022 from Chessdom
    After yesterday’s draw against Ukraine, India’s women’s team maintained the sole leadership of the Women’s Chess Olympiad 2022 with the score of 15 match points. Georgia is in a clear second place with 14 match...
  • Chess Olympiad 2022 – Round 8 report
    August 6, 2022 from Chessdom
    From the outside, it’s always very difficult to speculate on what may be happening to the USA team, but it’s clear that they are not going through their best moment. Despite having the best team on paper by quite a margin,...
  • Chess Olympiad 2022 – Round 9 pairings
    August 6, 2022 from Chessdom
    The 8th round of the 44th Chess Olympiad 2022 saw many exciting games and, with only 3 rounds to go, Armenia kept the sole leadership in the event. India maintained the sole leadership in the Women’s tournament with...
  • Chess: India’s teen talent shines as Chennai Olympiad breaks records
    August 5, 2022 from Chess | The Guardian
    Armenia lead after seven of the 11 rounds while six teams are half a point behind. Magnus Carlsen has 5.5/6 but his Norwegian team mates have underperformed. Armenia lead by half a point from six chasing teams after seven of the 11...
  • Chess: Magnus Carlsen in Olympiad action as world No 1 targets record rating
    July 29, 2022 from Chess | The Guardian
    The newly retired world champion will aim for a high score at Chennai to boost his chances of reaching the 2900 target which has twice narrowly eluded him Magnus Carlsen, newly retired from world title matches, is in Chennai this weekend...
  • Chess robot grabs and breaks finger of seven-year-old opponent – video
    July 24, 2022 from Chess | The Guardian
    A chess -playing robot, apparently failing to anticipate the quick responses of a seven-year-old boy, grabbed and broke his opponent's finger during a match at the Moscow Open. The boy’s finger was pinched by the robotic arm for several...
  • Chess robot grabs and breaks finger of seven-year-old opponent
    July 24, 2022 from Chess | The Guardian
    Moscow incident occurred because child ‘violated’ safety rules by taking turn too quickly, says official Played by humans, chess is a game of strategic thinking, calm concentration and patient intellectual endeavour. Violence does not...
  • Chess: five-times champion Magnus Carlsen aims high after abdicating title
    July 22, 2022 from Chess | The Guardian
    The 31-year-old will target a 2900 rating after announcing he will not play Ian Nepomniachtchi in 2023. The Russian and Ding Liren, world Nos 3 and 2, will meet for the vacant crown Magnus Carlsen will not defend his world championship...
  • Magnus Carlsen will not defend his World Chess Championship title in 2023
    July 20, 2022 from Chess | The Guardian
    Ding Liren will now step up and face Ian Nepomniachtchi ‘I simply feel that I don’t have a lot to gain,’ says world No 1 Magnus Carlsen says he will not defend his World Chess Championship title in 2023 against Russia’s Ian...
  • Chess: England target first Olympiad medal this century in Chennai
    July 15, 2022 from Chess | The Guardian
    Russia are banned, China are absent, the US favourites hope to hold off India, while Ukraine could spring a surprise England hope to medal for the first time since 1990, but will probably have to settle for around their seeded position...
  • Rachel Reeves hopes chess festival can be opening gambit for children’s futures
    July 8, 2022 from Chess | The Guardian
    Ahead of ChessFest, shadow chancellor and a seven-year-old enthusiast say the game teaches them to plot and plan Rachel Reeves, the shadow chancellor, and seven-year-old Bodhana Sivanandan have one thing in common: chess has helped them...
  • Carlsen given world chess title deadline as Nepomniachtchi and Ding await
    July 8, 2022 from Chess | The Guardian
    Fide has ‘kindly asked’ the world champion to decide by 20 July whether he will defend the crown he has won five times Magnus Carlsen has been “kindly asked” by Fide to decide by a deadline of 20 July, International Chess Day, whether he...
  • Chess: England win three world titles while Ian Nepomniachtchi nears victory
    July 1, 2022 from Chess | The Guardian
    England over-50s, led by Michael Adams and Nigel Short, dominated the world seniors event in Italy England’s over-50 and over-65 teams completed a historic golden double on Wednesday in the world senior championships at Acqui Terme,...
  • Chess: Nepomniachtchi and Caruana lead in Madrid with Carlsen in sight
    June 24, 2022 from Chess | The Guardian
    The world champion’s 2018 and 2021 challengers are clear of their rivals, and the Norwegian’s resolve to decline a new series against an opponent from his own generation could soon be tested After six of the 14 rounds at the world...
  • Chess: national solving championship open for entries from Britain
    June 17, 2022 from Chess | The Guardian
    Entry is free, the prize fund is expected to be at least £1,200, and the winner qualifies for the 2023 world solving championship This week’s puzzle is the opening round of a national contest where Guardian readers traditionally perform...
  • Chess: Carlsen edges Mamedyarov after Anand makes one-move blunder
    June 10, 2022 from Chess | The Guardian
    The world champion kept his narrow lead over Shak Mamedyarov in the final round at Stavanger, while Vishy Anand’s challenge faded when he blundered into a one-move tactic Magnus Carlsen kept his narrow lead over Shak Mamedyarov in Friday...
  • Chess: Carlsen recovers in Stavanger while seven-year-old eyes Expert record
    June 3, 2022 from Chess | The Guardian
    World champion is aiming to score a fourth successive victory in his home tournament, while a London schoolboy has a chance to qualify as the youngest 2000-rated Expert Magnus Carlsen recovered from a slow start to score a third round...
  • Chess: Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa reaches final at 2am on day of his exams
    May 27, 2022 from Chess | The Guardian
    The Indian 16-year-old beat his rivals with bold attacking play before losing in the $150,000 final to Ding Liren, who knocked out Magnus Carlsen in the semis India’s 16-year-old Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa jumped into the world elite this...
  • Chess: Carlsen goes head to head with Ding Liren as world top two meet
    May 20, 2022 from Chess | The Guardian
    China’s Ding is the new favourite for next month’s Candidates after Alireza Firouzja, 18, failed in Bucharest, and the 29-year-old will play the world No 1 at least once during the Chessable Masters A head to head between the world...
  • Chess: Carlsen wins Titled Tuesday while Alireza Firouzja is erratic
    May 13, 2022 from Chess | The Guardian
    The world champion scored 10/11 online in Chess.com’s weekly masters open, using 1 b2-b3 as White and 1...b7-b6 as Black in all games, while the 18-year-old talent has been uneven against the elite at Bucharest Magnus Carlsen has not...
  • Chess: England children sweep gold medals and world titles in Rhodes
    May 6, 2022 from Chess | The Guardian
    Talented generation with skills honed by online games capture seven golds, one silver and six bronzes in Euro Schools, World Rapid and World Blitz youth championships England’s chess children claimed a record 14-medal haul last weekend...
  • Chess: Poland’s Duda wins in Oslo while tired Carlsen fades at the finish
    April 29, 2022 from Chess | The Guardian
    The world champion missed a long distance threat and lost three of his seven matches in the Oslo Esports Cup, including Thursday’s final round when victory would have ensured first prize An overambitious schedule, a heavy cold and mental...
  • World Cup: Round 3 completed in Khanty-Mansiysk
    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...
  • World Cup: Eight players advanced to the Round 4
    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...
  • Ju Wenjun emerges sole leader at the Women's Grand Prix
    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...
  • World Cup: Round 3 kicks off in Khanty-Mansiysk
    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...
  • Champions Crowned in World Youth Rapid and Blitz
    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...
  • A miracle save allows Gunina to keep pace with Ju Wenjun
    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...
  • Second Round of the World Cup is over
    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...
  • Ju Wenjun wins and joins Gunina in the lead
    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...
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