GM Lei Tingjie made an effortless draw with the black pieces against GM Ju Wenjun in game six of the 2023 FIDE Women's World Championship to lead 3.5:2.5 at the midway point. The players now move from Shanghai to another Chinese mega-city, Lei's b...
GM Simen Agdestein won his first Norwegian Championship as a 15-year-old in 1982. 41 years later, the veteran clinched his ninth title and extended his record as the oldest champion of all time.
The 56-year-old emerged victorious in Oslo on Satu...
GMs Magnus Carlsen and Nodirbek Abdusattorov advance to the Winners Final in Division I of the Champions Chess Tour Aimchess Rapid 2023 after defeating Fabiano Caruana and Levon Aronian, respectively, in four regular games and without armageddon. ...
He's a chess icon normally known for his fast play, not his fast food. But that could be about to change as GM Viswanathan Anand appears in a commercial for the restaurant giant Subway.
Fresh from appearing in the inaugural Global Chess League, ...
Challenger GM Lei Tingjie overpowered Defending Champion Ju Wenjun in game five of the 2023 FIDE Women's World Championship to take a 3:2 lead with just one game to go before the match switches from Shanghai to her home city of Chongqing.&nbs...
Chess.com’s blistering Bullet Chess Championship is back with a star-studded posse of the fastest gunslingers in the game ready to duel. This year’s quickfire one-minute chess tournament, which runs July 17 to 21, boasts its strongest ...
The organizers of Norway Chess recently announced their groundbreaking vision to host an all-female super tournament in 2024 with conditions equal to their annual top-level competition.
The minds behind "the world's strongest chess tourname...
GMs Magnus Carlsen, Fabiano Caruana, Nodirbek Abdusattorov, and Levon Aronian move on to the Winners Bracket in Division I of the Champions Chess Tour AimChess Rapid 2023 after winning their matches on the first day.
Carlsen and Caruana beat the...
The SuperUnited Rapid and Blitz Croatia 2023 came to a close on Sunday with one clear winner, GM Magnus Carlsen. The former world champion kept up his formidable run and scored 6/9 on the second day of blitz to take his total to 26/36.
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The longest game of the match so far saw GM Ju Wenjun shrug off an opening surprise to torture GM Lei Tingjie for five hours in game four of the 2023 FIDE Women's World Championship. Lei didn't crack, however, so that the scores are still…