The FIDE World Rapid & Blitz Championships will be held December 26-30, 2022 in Almaty, Kazakhstan. The International Chess Federation confirmed the dates and the host city today in a press release.
Traditionally, two of the most exciting ev...
On June 19, 1996, GM Bobby Fischer, hoping to enhance the creative potential of chess, announced a variant he saw as the future of the game, Fischer Random. Twenty-six years later on the 50th anniversary of his world championship victory in R...
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GM Wesley So kicked off the championship match with a commanding two-point lead, winning twice with white and drawing both games with black. Will So continue smooth sailing to the title...
GM Lei Tingjie qualified for the final of the 2022-23 FIDE Women's Candidates Tournament after beating GM Anna Muzychuk in the fourth game of their match in Monaco. Lei, who knocked out Anna's sister GM Mariya Muzychuk in the quarterfinals, w...
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GMs Wesley So and Nihal Sarin confirmed their progression to the Chess.com Global Championship final on Saturday after winning arduous semifinal matches. The players will compete for...
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GMs Wesley So and Anish Giri almost hit the front in their respective semifinals against GMs Hikaru Nakamura and Nihal Sarin at the 2022 Chess.com Global Championship on Friday, but ...
The Edinburgh Chess Club, the second oldest chess club in the world, celebrates its bicentenary today. Founded on November 4, 1822, over the two centuries the club was visited by famous names such as Howard Staunton, Joseph Blackburne, Jose Capabl...
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GMs Wesley So, Hikaru Nakamura, Nihal Sarin, and Anish Giri advanced to the semifinals on Thursday at the Chess.com Global Championship Finals.
So displayed the extensive range of his abilit...
Chess.com is excited to announce the 2022 Speed Chess Championship, beginning in late November. World #1 GM Magnus Carlsen returns to an absolutely star-studded 16-player field that also includes four-time Speed Chess Champion GM Hikaru ...
The Women's Candidates semifinals match between GM Anna Muzychuk and GM Lei Tingjie started with two draws. If the match remains tied in the remaining two games, a tiebreak will be played on Sunday. The third game is scheduled to start on Fri...