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...
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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Watch and chat on Chess.com/CCC—includes the all new Chess.com user interface
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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...
The two matches between the legendary chess champion Garry Kasparov and the IBM supercomputer Deep Blue are surely some of the most important chess played in history.
The last game in the last match signaled a changing of the guard as the world's best chess players were no longer human. IM Anna Rudolf shows you the historic game.
Hello my chess friends. I have always thought that the best way to learn is to teach. That’s why in this post I try to explain what happened in this famous classic battle between William Steinitz (First World Champion in Chess History) and Curt Von Bardeleben, just to understand better every single line of this game. And of course, it’s also very important for me that you understand and enjoy the game. These are my annotations in “Steinitz Immortal Game”.
In this video you...
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 five 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...
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...
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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The PRO Chess League is an international online rapid chess league featuring 32 teams from around the world competing for $50,000 in prize money and the title of 2019 PRO Chess League champion. This season features stars like Fabiano Caruana, Hikaru Nakamura, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Ding Liren, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Wesley So, Anish Giri and many more!
The 2019 regular season is 10 weeks long, running from January 8 through March 14. During the regular season, teams will play one match against...
