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...
GM Hikaru Nakamura defeated GM Fabiano Caruana in the Champions Chess Tour Chessable Masters 2023 Grand Final to win Division I on Friday. The "half man, half zombie," as GM Robert Hess called Nakamura on the broadcast, came back from the dea...
Edited April 2, 2023: Happy April Fool’s Day, everyone. Stay safe!
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The 2023 FIDE World Championship is starting soon, with the first move happening this Sunday, April 9. While you wait to see who becomes the next world champion, why not play chess against our FIDE World Championship bots?
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Fan-favorite GMs Hikaru Nakamura and Magnus Carlsen produced yet another epic match, this time in the Losers Final of the Champions Chess Tour Chessable Masters 2023. Following two draws, Nakamura won the armageddon game after tenaciously defendin...