Ian Nepomniachtchi defeated Vidit Gujrathi to join Vishy Anand and Magnus Carlsen in the lead in round nine of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament. Teimour Radjabov suffered his first loss vs Vladimir Fedoseev.
The 81st edition of the Tata Steel Chess tournament remains a close affair. With four rounds to go, there are three leaders, and two players trailing them by half a point. Betting on Carlsen to win the tournament is still the safest option, but anything can happen.
After winning...
It's no surprise that Stockfish continued its dominance in the Computer Chess Championship format as the champion engine picked up another tournament first place. Perhaps the bigger story from the Rapid Redux, however, is the emergence of an updated Lc0 as the clear runner-up and most serious threat to the reign of the fish.
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Of all the death notices for Paul Morphy, the following transcription from the New Orleans Times-Democrat, Sunday, July 13th, 1884, written by Charles de Maurian and graciously supplied by WilhelmThe2nd, is by far the best.
THE KING OF CHESS KINGS The death of Paul Morphy has removed from our midst one who may justly be pronounced...
Every past world chess champion eventually had someone take his crown. So how do you beat the king of chess? GM Bojkov starts a new series on ways world chess champions were dethroned.
When I was a kid my mother baked me a fruit cake for my birthdays and we only celebrated it with my mother and step father. I had no birthday parties.
When I grew up, I never really cared about my birthdays, some friends or the close family members called me on the phone, but that was all.
A few times I was invited for birthday celebrations.
This year was special, because I became 40 years old and I planned to invite a few close friends to celebrate.
MY birthday is on the 30th of...
The Georgian GM Levan Pantsulaia nudged six others on tiebreak to clinch the main event of the Delhi International Chess Festival in New Delhi. The 17th edition of the Delhi International Chess Open was held across three categories (A, B and C) with a huge total of 2,810 players and a massive prize fund of $150,000 USD. FIDE confirmed a world record for the Category C event as the most number of players that participated in a FIDE-rated Swiss tournament.
Category A, the main event, was a 10-round...
The end of 1970s and the beginning of 1980s were definitely the peak of Anatoly Karpov's chess career. He was larger than life in the Soviet Union!
His wedding with Irina Kuimova (you see, 40 years later I still remember the name of Karpov's first wife!) took place in Red Square next to the Kremlin and was covered by media similar to royal weddings.
It was a time when the chief of the Soviet chess, grandmaster Krogius, famously told a young Garry Kasparov that "we already have the...
This week's PRO Chess League dodges, ducks, dips, dives and dodges as it moves to Monday and Tuesday to accommodate many player conflicts with Tata Steel and Gibraltar. The Eastern and Central Divisions play on Monday beginning at 7 a.m. PT while the Atlantic and Pacific Divisions play on their usual Tuesday beginning at 4:30 p.m. PT.
Each match is sure is sure to be exciting, but we quickly preview three matches to keep your eyes on.
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Here you'll find updated standings and leaderboard information for the Arena Kings Streamers Championship for season three.
You can read the season three announcement here for complete details.
Standings as of January 19
Rank
Player
Points
Twitch Channel
Name / Title
1
Hikaru
210
www.twitch.tv/gmhikaru
GM Hikaru Nakamura
2
penguingm1
130
www.twitch.tv/penguingm1
GM Andrew Tang
3
Firouzja2003
90
www.twitch.tv/alirezafirouzja
GM Alireza Firouzja
4
DanielNaroditsky
85
www.twitch.tv/dnaroditsky
GM...
