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GMs Magnus Carlsen and Nodirbek Abdusattorov took the lead on Wednesday in the 2023 Champions Chess Tour Finals. Against GM Fabiano Caruana, Carlsen won game one from a lost position—after losing his queen. And after losing the next ...
The Titled Tuesday of December 12 was somewhat overshadowed by the Champions Chess Tour (CCT) Finals, but GM Denis Lazavik brought the two events together by winning the late Titled Tuesday following his elimination from the CCT. The earlier Title...
GM Magnus Carlsen has been declared not guilty of three charges brought against him by FIDE's Ethics & Disciplinary Commission following the 2022 Sinquefield Cup, but he was fined for "withdrawing without a valid reason". The long-awaited ve...
Half the field of eight players was eliminated on day four of the 2023 Champions Chess Tour Finals. GMs Alireza Firouzja and Denis Lazavik exited in the round-robin, while GMs Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and Hikaru Nakamura bid goodbye in the Survival ...
Wise men speak because they have something to say, the philosopher Plato famously said, and when it comes to chess, few are wiser than GM Viswanathan Anand. The Indian legend reminded the world of that yet again on Monday, his 54th birthday, whe...
The race to the Candidates intensifies as India's chess capital will host Chennai Grand Masters from December 15 to 21, marking the strongest classical tournament in the nation's history. For three of the players it will be all about making it to ...
One is the greatest chess player of his generation, perhaps of all time, and the other is the greatest football strategist of his generation—perhaps also of all time. This was the moment Norway's chess superstar GM Magnus Carlsen met face-...
With a compelling finish in the blitz segment, GM Vidit Gujrathi won the Vugar Gashimov Memorial 2023 on Monday. After a rocky start, Vidit scored an undefeated 9/11 to tie for first in blitz and clinch the overall tournament. GM Arju...
GM Wesley So continued his unbeaten run at the 2023 Champions Chess Tour Finals with his most impressive day yet, scoring match wins over GMs Magnus Carlsen and Nodirbek Abdusattorov. GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave secured his first match win in an a...
Just two players are left on a perfect score after four rounds across two days, GMs Magnus Carlsen and Wesley So. They have won all four matches they have played at the 2023 Champions Chess Tour Finals so far. Carlsen defeated two of his greates...
Eighteen-year-old GM Aydin Suleymanli won the rapid segment of the Vugar Gashimov Memorial 2023 on Sunday. The youngest and lowest rated player in the field rose to the top with a display of fighting spirit, finishing with three decisive clashes i...
GM Michael Adams said it was probably his best-ever result to win the London Chess Classic 2023 at the age of 52. He clinched the title with a draw against the future of English chess, 14-year-old IM Shreyas Royal, who described himself as "really...
GM Leinier Dominguez has arrived in Spain where he will play the Chessable Sunway Sitges Chess Festival to battle for a coveted spot in the Candidates tournament. This week the Cuban-born American, currently the world's seventh-ranked player, co...
IM Shreyas Royal won a seemingly hopeless position against GM Jules Moussard to go into his final-round game against GM Michael Adams needing a draw to make a second GM norm. A draw would also see Adams at least tie for first in the London Chess C...
GM Daniel Naroditsky returned to the winner's circle and scooped up the $400 first prize in December's second Bullet Brawl after accruing 227 points, four more than GM Oleksandr Bortnyk, who finished four points behind on 224. The contest for th...
GMs Wesley So, Magnus Carlsen, and Fabiano Caruana won two matches to stay on a perfect score in the 2023 Champions Chess Tour Finals. This is the first of the eight-day Finals held in Toronto, Canada. It was a smooth day for So, who notab...
GMs Arjun Erigaisi, Nijat Abasov, and Aydin Suleymanli emerged as joint leaders with seven points out of a maximum of 12 after six rounds of the Vugar Gashimov Memorial 2023 being held at Gabala, Azerbaijan, on Saturday. In a typically exciting da...
"The game could and should have gone differently," confessed GM Mateusz Bartel after GM Hans Niemann survived a huge attack only to blunder on the verge of victory. GM Amin Tabatabaei moved into joint second in the London Chess Classic 2023 with a...
GM Nijat Abasov leads the Vugar Gashimov Memorial 2023 after the first three rounds of rapid on Friday. Going undefeated, Abasov had wins vs. GMs Richard Rapport and Boris Gelfand that brought him to the top of the scoreboard. His dynamic skirmish...
The madness continues in London. Just when GM Jules Moussard was about to crown a brilliant game by defeating leader GM Michael Adams, the Frenchman blundered away the game. GM Gukesh Dommaraju kept his Candidates hopes alive when GM Luke McShane ...
FIDE is expected to make significant changes to its rating system on January 1, which includes a one-time adjustment for most rated players, an increase of the rating floor, and changes to the initial rating. In July, the FIDE Qualifications Com...
Registration is now open for the Spring 2024 season of the Collegiate Chess League! The world's premier university-level chess event returns next year, retaining its four vs. four team-based format and a $25,000 prize fund. The Collegiat...
The highly-anticipated 2023 Champions Chess Tour Finals begin in just three days on December 9. GMs Magnus Carlsen, Hikaru Nakamura, Nodirbek Abdusattorov, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Fabiano Caruana, Wesley So, Alireza Firouzja, and Denis Lazavik are...
