Players and officials were surprised by snowfall and freezing temperatures in Astana on Saturday, but the 2023 FIDE World Championship is heating up. In game five, GM Ian Nepomniachtchi broke away once again as he exploited his opening and time ad...
Romanian GM Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu has returned to his native country after nine years playing for Germany. The 46-year-old becomes the third top grandmaster to switch to Romania in less than a year.
"Welcome back, Dieter! We're happy to have yo...
The 2023 FIDE World Championship continues to deliver exciting chess as a confident GM Ding Liren levelled the score against GM Ian Nepomniachtchi by winning game four. Ding exerted pressure from the opening, and just as the position appeared to b...
GM Alexey Sarana and GM Fabiano Caruana won Titled Tuesday on April 11. Caruana stole the show, scoring 10.5 points out of 11 and winning the late event by a nearly unprecedented 1.5 points. Just a draw with Chess.com's own GM Rafael Leitao stood ...
With a second win in a row, GM Lei Tingjie defeated GM Tan Zhongyi on Monday to clinch victory in the final of the FIDE Women's Candidates Tournament 2022-2023 with a round to spare. She will challenge GM Ju Wenjun later this year for the wom...
GM Ian Nepomniachtchi shook up the third round of the 2023 FIDE World Championship by beginning his game against GM Ding Liren with a new first move, setting the stage for a fresh opening battle with 1.d4. Ding chose the Queen's Gambit Declined in...
A mysterious participant in the women's section of the Kenya Open Chess Championship in Nairobi, Kenya was exposed as a male imposter and removed from the tournament. The player, whose identity is not made public, admitted to the cheating and said...
While GMs Ian Nepomniachtchi and Ding Liren were in their final preparations for the battle of the crown, soon-to-be former World Champion Magnus Carlsen and his club Offerspill invited some of the hopes of the next generation to a training camp i...
Game 2 of the 2023 FIDE World Championship begins on Monday, April 10, at 15:00 Astana time (2 a.m. PT/11:00 CEST).
In a thrilling game one, GM Ian Nepomniachtchi used superior opening preparation to obtain an excellent position with winning cha...
The 2023 FIDE World Championship between GMs Ian Nepomniachtchi and Ding Liren begins on Sunday, April 9, at 15:00 Astana time (2 a.m. PT/11:00 CET).
Yesterday, the Astana Ballet Theatre hosted the official opening ceremony. The festivities incl...