WORLD CHESS NEWS

Global Chess League unveils its official logo - FIDE -- 19-Apr-23
Global Chess League (GCL), a joint venture by FIDE and Tech Mahindra, today unveiled its official logo, which resembles a chess board with 64 ...
Knicks guard Derrick Rose starts a chess tournament in Vegas - New York Daily News -- 19-Apr-23
The Knicks guard announced Tuesday that he's starting a chess tournament called “Chesstival” with the inaugural competition this summer in Las ...
11-year-old Syrian refugee makes chess history in Germany - Yahoo News -- 06-Apr-23
STORY: This Syrian refugee has become Germany'syoungest ever national chess player Location: Lippstadt, Germany11-year-old Hussain Besou ...
2023 World Chess Championship: Nepomniachtchi and Ding battle for the crown but ... -- 06-Apr-23
For the first time since 2007, a new world champion will emerge in chess who is not named Viswanathan Anand or Magnus Carlsen.
Carlsen misses mate-in-3 in Pro Chess League drama - chess24.com -- 02-Mar-23
Magnus Carlsen was a mate-in-3 against Vidit away from a perfect 8/8 in the Pro Chess League, but instead he crashed to defeat as the Canada ...
A brief history of the European Chess Championships - ChessBase -- 02-Mar-23
The very competitive European Chess Championships will take place in March, with the open event set to start on March 3 in Vrnjacka Banja, Serbia.
Inspiring battles in Round 2 of the Chess Olympiad for People with Disabilities -- 01-Feb-23
As a doctor, Darija Kisic Tepavcevic was intrigued by the event and discussed with FIDE President Arkady Dvorkovich how chess benefits people with ...
Viewers of Ludwig's Chessboxing Declare Andrea Botez a “F******* Beast” and Exclaims to ... -- 12-Dec-22
Notably, Twitch chess streamer Andrea Botez won the hearts of fans with her impeccable boxing showcase. ADVERTISEMENT.
Chess : Magnus Carlsen to play world rapid and blitz starting Xmas Day | Financial Times -- 12-Dec-22
Speed chess continues to gain status as a competition format in its own right, even for a tournament starting on Christmas Day.
Hans Niemann files $100 million lawsuit against Magnus Carlsen, Chess .com -- 21-Oct-22
Niemann's suit, which accuses Carlsen and the online chess platform of collusion and defamation among other infractions, was files Thursday in ...
Chess is in chaos over suspicion that a player cheated against Magnus Carlsen | Mint -- 09-Sep-22
Magnus Carlsen's 53-game unbeaten streak had been over for only a few hours when the reigning chess world champion made a move that indicated ...
'They want me to strip fully naked? I'll do it': Hans Niemann defends himself against cheating ... -- 09-Sep-22
Carlsen then shocked the chess world even more by withdrawing from the tournament—the first time he has done so in his career—hinting at potential ...
FTX Crypto Cup: Pragg beats Firouzja - ChessBase -- 17-Aug-22
World champion Magnus Carlsen, who founded Play Magnus Group —the company that runs the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour— has proven to be as strong ...
Chennai R8: Armenia leads, Gukesh beats Caruana - ChessBase -- 08-Aug-22
With three rounds to go at the Chess Olympiad, Armenia continues to lead the standings in the open section with an undefeated match score.
Randy Bauer Named President of US Chess -- 08-Aug-22
US Chess is the 82,000 member 501(c)(3) organization responsible for growing and governing chess in the U.S. The outgoing President, Mike Hoffpauir, ...
Carlsen didn't retire from chess , won the Super United Croatia 2022 -- 25-Jul-22
The reigning World Champion Magnus Carlsen won the Super United Croatia Rapid & Blitz tournament, the third tournament of the Grand Chess Tour ...
Igor G. Naumkin (1965 - 2022) - ChessBase -- 18-Jul-22
He impressed the chess community with wins over Tal and Bronstein. When he was 17, at the closed Moscow Championship, he won against four of the nine ...
Round 9: The Announcers Earn Their Money - US Chess Federation -- 18-Jul-22
Yoo will receive $12,000 in prize money, a $10,000 scholarship from the Dewain Barber Foundation and US Chess , and, most importantly, ...
Padel Meets Chess . PUMA Ambassador Momo González and Magnus Carlsen ... - Yahoo Finance -- 12-Jul-22
HERZOGENAURACH, Germany, July 12, 2022--Professional Padel Player Jerónimo "Momo" González and World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen challenge ...
FTX Road to Miami 2: Ju Wenjun shines as Sam snatches lead | chess24.com -- 12-Jul-22
... replay all the games from the FTX Road to Miami, the 5th event on the $1.6 million Meltwater Champions Chess Tour, using the selector below.
2022 GCT Superbet Chess Classic Romania: Day 5 Recap - FIDE -- 11-May-22
Day 5 of the Superbet Chess Classic Romania came with an exciting finish with GM Fabiano Caruana taking down Azeri GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov to get ...
The 1997 chess game that thrust AI into the spotlight - Yahoo News -- 11-May-22
The 1997 chess game that thrust AI into the spotlight. Cedric SIMON, Laurent BARTHELEMY and Joseph BOYLE. Tue, May 10, 2022, 8:20 PM ·3 min read.
Carlsen and Praggnanandhaa set up final day shootout - FIDE -- 28-Apr-22
The Norwegian is now hot favourite to win the first Major of the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour season. Duda also isn't out of it, as he sits just ...
WATCH: Magnus Carlsen Turns Pocket Aces Into A Poker Bluff - Card Player -- 11-Apr-22
The highest-rated chess player in history is also solid at the game of poker. Magnus Carlsen, widely considered the greatest chess player of all ...
The mathematical problem of the chess queens that a Harvard scientist solved after 150 ... -- 28-Feb-22
It is very likely that when the German chess player Max Bezzel conceived the problem of the eight queens in 1848, he did not imagine the turns ...
The 10 Most Expensive Board Games (With Prices) | CBR -- 28-Feb-22
This Chess set was designed by Victor F. Scharstein with rhodium and gold chess pieces set with diamonds, rubies, emeralds, and sapphires.
Groups for Second Leg of FIDE Grand Prix 2022 announced -- 16-Feb-22
The Belgrade leg runs from February 28 to March 14 and features 16 elite chess players vying for a prize fund of €150,000 and the last two spots ...
Chess : Carlsen loses hard-won rating points in a single Oslo club match - The Guardian -- 11-Feb-22
The world champion missed a one-move win and halved against an opponent with whom he had already drawn as a nine-year-old. Chess 3802.
Aronian and Nakamura are the first FIDE Grand Prix semifinalists - World Chess -- 11-Feb-22
Sergey Karjakin, the 2016 challenger, had beaten the World Champion, Magnus Carlsen, in a classical game in Round 5 of the Norway Chess Tournament.
Chess : unbeaten Carlsen dominates Wijk but regrets wins that got away | Financial Times -- 01-Feb-22
Magnus Carlsen has once again proved a class apart from his rivals as the world champion dominated the “ chess Wimbledon” at Tata Steel Wijk aan ...
Zhang, Xavier win DeSinco National U-12 Rapid Chess Championship - News Room Guyana -- 18-Jan-22
The DeSinco National Under-12 Rapid Championship concluded last Saturday with Alexander Zhang winning the Open Category and Kristin Xavier winning ...
How the AI Revolution Impacted Chess (2/2) | ChessBase -- 14-Jan-22
How the AI Revolution Impacted Chess (2/2). by Joshua Doknjas. I like it! | 0 Comments. 1/14/2022 – In the second part of the series, ...
Chess : Magnus Carlsen targets all-time rating record of 2900 at Wijk aan Zee - The Guardian -- 14-Jan-22
World champion makes his first move at ' chess Wimbledon' on Saturday.
FIDE World Championship Match | GAME 6 | Carlsen-Nepomniachtchi - YouTube -- 03-Dec-21
FIDE chess . FIDE chess . 115K subscribers. Subscribe. Commentators: Viswanathan Anand and Anna Muzychuk https://fideworldchampionship.com/ ...
Chess Carlsen and Nepo go deep in Dubai | Morning Star -- 03-Dec-21
Norway's World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen, right, competes with Ian Nepomniachtchi of Russia, in game five during the FIDE World Championship ...
Magnus Carlsen v Ian Nepomniachtchi: World Chess Championship Game 6 – live! - MSN -- 03-Dec-21
Rolling report: Magnus Carlsen meets Ian Nepomniachtchi in Game 6 of the World Chess Championship from Dubai. Follow it all with Bryan Graham.
Chess : David Howell draws 142-move marathon in Riga using rare rule - The Guardian -- 29-Oct-21
Scotland's Keti Arakhamia-Grant wins impressively in round one, while India's teenage trio shine at the Grand Swiss world qualifier.
Nikita Vitiugov and Valentina Gunina are the 2021 Russian champions -- 21-Oct-21
Moreover, the Russian had been playing great chess throughout the event, having knocked out Sergey Karjakin and Wesley So in previous rounds. This was ...
Irina Krush looks to defend title at 2021 US Chess Championships - ABC News -- 14-Oct-21
Since then, Krush has been in training. PHOTO: American Woman Chess Champion Irina Krush speaks at a press conference announcing the e.
This Mathematician Has Solved A 150-Year-Old Chess Problem - Here Is How -- 14-Oct-21
This question is popularly known as the n-queens problem in the mathematical world. In 1848, a German chess magazine published the first 8-by-8 chessboard ...
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