GM Magnus Carlsen secured the world rapid chess crown for a record fifth time along with the $60,000 first prize at the 2023 FIDE World Rapid Chess Championship after scoring 3/4 on the final day. Wins over GMs Vladimir Fedoseev and Pouya Idani pu...
Chess has found its way back into the spotlight―this time through the lens of a new female protagonist. Check & Mate, written by New York Times bestselling author Ali Hazelwood, won the 2023 Goodreads Choice Award for Best Young Adult Fiction....
The second set of Titled Tuesday tournaments of 2024 was won by GMs Eduardo Iturrizaga and Daniil Dubov on January 9. A total of 733 participants in the first tournament was easily the most since Titled Tuesday was split into two tournaments, smas...
GM-elect Vaishali Rameshbabu has clinched one of India's most prestigious awards thanks to her chess prowess, while her brother GM Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu has secured new backing from an Indian billionaire. Their maestro trainer GM R.B Ramesh is...
GM Magnus Carlsen's title defense is alive and well after the first day of play at the 2023 FIDE World Rapid Chess Championship when the Norweigian favorite scored 4.5/5. Carlsen is joined by GMs Arjun Erigaisi, Yu Yangyi, Vidit Gujrathi, and Ivan...
World Champion Ding Liren seems ready and eager to return to the chessboard for his first classical chess tournament in eight months. "I am much better than maybe two or three months ago," he said in an interview with Chess.com, a few days ahead o...
The exceptional feat of eight-year-old Roman Shogdzhiev, triumphing over five grandmasters in the World Rapid and Blitz Championships, earned him praise from his idol, GM Magnus Carlsen.
Carlsen's double victory in the recently concluded event i...
GM Tuan Minh Le started 2024 in style with a victory in one of the most stacked Bullet Brawl arenas ever held. GMs Hikaru Nakamura and Daniel Naroditsky, who finished in second and third respectively, were tested by super-GMs Anish Giri, Maxime Va...
GM Magnus Carlsen was included in FIDE's full lineup for the Candidates tournament this week, but in an exclusive interview with Chess.com the former world champion says that he is formally turning down the invitation to play in Toronto.
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In video footage from the recently concluded 2023 World Rapid Championship held in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, Poland's number one GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda refused to shake hands with Russian GM Denis Khismatullin before their game in round one.
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