Nigel David Short MBE (born 1 June 1965) is an English chess grandmaster, columnist, coach, commentator and, since October 2018, Vice-President of FIDE. Short earned the Grandmaster title at the age of 19, and was ranked third in the world by FIDE...
nsidered him to be a colossal talent, one of the greatest in the whole history of chess. Each champion has had some sort of speciality, and his is creating counterplay in any position out of absolutely nowhere. He’s got an amazing ability to ...
Magnus Carlsen Photo courtesy of Magnus Carlsen's Official Facebook Page. Number of games in database: 3,196Years covered: 1999 to 2020Last FIDE rating: 2870 (2849 rapid, 2828 blitz)Highest rating achieved in database: 2882 Overal...
What are the Best Chess Opening Moves? The four best chess opening moves for White are 1.e4, 1.d4, 1.c4 and 1.Nf3 The best chess openings after 1.e4 are the Ruy Lopez, the Italian , the Sicilian Defense, the French Defense, and the Caro Kann...
The Ruy Lopez —also known as the Spanish game—is named after Rodrigo (Ruy) Lopez de Segura, a Spanish bishop who analyzed this opening in his 1561 work, "Libro de la Invencion Liberal y Arte del Juego del Axedrez," the "Book of the Liberal...
Fabiano Caruana was the runaway winner of the 2020 Tata Steel Masters, scoring an outstanding 10/13 (+7) to finish a full two points ahead of Magnus Carlsen at 8 (+3) points. Wesley So ended his tournament in clear third place at 7.5 points. Th...
China (Active players) # Name Title Fed Rating G B-Year 1 Ding, Liren g CHN 2791 7 1992 2 Wang, Hao g CHN 2763 7 1989 3 Wei, Yi g CHN 2732 0 1999 4 Yu, Yangyi g CHN 2709 0 1994 5 Bu, Xiangzhi g ...
A chess rating system is a system used in chess to calculate an estimate of the strength of the player, based on his or her performance versus other players. They are used by organizations such as FIDE, the US Chess Federation (USCF or US Chess), ...
Top 10 Greatest ChESS PLAYER IN HISTORY There is no doubt that throughout the history of chess there have been many superb players who have reshaped and redefined the way the game is played. This list is an attempt to examine and categorize th...
Hikaru Nakamura (ヒカル・ナカムラ (in katakana), 中村 光 (in kanji), Nakamura Hikaru, born December 9, 1987) is a Japanese-born American chess Grandmaster. He is a five-time United States Chess Champion,[1] who won the 2011 edition of Tata Steel Group A and...
101588 ECF Id 280661H Title Grand Master Federation Russia FIDE Elo 2753 Highest 2817 (October 2016) URS Rating 2768 Born 25.Jun.1975 (in Tuapse) Ranking: World #15, Europe #10, Russia #3 [Frequently Asked Questi...
Name Title Country Rating Games B-Year 1 Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2863 1 1990 2 Caruana, Fabiano g USA 2835 7 1992 3 Ding, Liren g CHN 2791 7 1992 4 Nepomniachtchi, Ian g RUS 2784 7 1990 5 Vachier-L...
t James Fischer was an American chess grandmaster and the eleventh World Chess Champion. Many consider him to be the greatest chess player of all time. He showed great skill in chess from an early age; at 13, he won a brilliancy known as...
Kasparov (Russian: Га́рри Ки́мович Каспа́ров, Russian pronunciation: [ˈɡarʲɪ ˈkʲiməvʲɪtɕ kɐˈsparəf]; born Garik Kimovich Weinstein,[2] 13 April 1963) is a Russian chess grandmaster, former world chess champion, writer, and political activist, whom...
Fabiano Luigi Caruana (born July 30, 1992) is an Italian-American chess grandmaster. A chess prodigy, he became a grandmaster at the age of 14 years, 11 months and 20 days—the youngest grandmaster in the history of both Italy and the United St...
MAGNUS Sven Magnus Øen Carlsen is a Norwegian chess grandmaster who is the current World Chess Champion, World Rapid Chess Champion and World Blitz Chess Champion. Carlsen first reached the top of the FIDE world rankings in 2010, and trails o...
