The 2022 FIDE Grand Prix, a series of three tournaments from which two players will qualify for the 2022 Candidates Tournament, will start February 3, 2022. Details were announced today by World Chess.
While GM Magnus Carlsen and GM Ian Nepomnia...
After the first five games of the 2021 FIDE World Chess Championship, GMs Magnus Carlsen and Ian Nepomniachtchi are tied with 2.5 points each. Players will enjoy a full rest day before game six, giving them time to adjust their strategy for the ne...
There was a four-way tie at the top of the Titled Tuesday leaderboard on November 30, with NM Valery Sviridov winning on the tiebreak system. He was joined on 9.5/11 by GM Baadur Jobava in second place, FM Khazar Babazada in third, and GM Mustafa…
The December FIDE rating list officially confirmed the meteoric rise of GM Alireza Firouzja, who is the new world number two player, 52 points behind GM Magnus Carlsen. GM Levon Aronian now represents the U.S. while GM Hikaru Nakamura got removed ...
The fifth game of the 2021 FIDE World Chess Championship happens tomorrow, with GM Ian Nepomniachtchi playing with the white pieces against GM Magnus Carlsen. With four draws so far, everyone is wondering if the next game will be the first decisiv...
GM Fabiano Caruana beat GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave with a score of 13.5-12.5 in the last match of the first round of the 2021 Speed Chess Championship Main Event. He will face GM Wesley So in the quarterfinal match, which starts on Monday, Dec...
Chess.com is excited to announce the release of the new Insights feature. This new tool analyzes your games deeply and shows you where your best performances are and where you could improve. As ancient Greek wisdom states, knowing yourself is esse...
Three draws so far in the 2021 FIDE World Chess Championship have shown that the players have come incredibly well prepared and in great form. Game four will be the first game where the players have the opportunity to spend a full rest day going…
After two exciting draws in which each player had a chance to win and took some risks, GM Magnus Carlsen and Ian Nepomniachtchi head into game three of the FIDE World Chess Championship as pundits expect Nepomniachtchi to again play 1.e4 and try t...
The reigning world chess champion, GM Magnus Carlsen, from Norway and his Russian challenger, GM Ian Nepomniachtchi, faced each other today in the second game of their FIDE World Championship 2021 match in Dubai. After some trickery in the opening...