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Magnus Carlsen Battles FIDE For Freestyle Chess
The chess world has recently been abuzz with controversies and conflicts related to Freestyle Chess. For the unfamiliar, the Freestyle Grand Slam Tour is a Chess960 elite tournament organized by…
Carlsen Bounces Back, Defeats World Champion Gukesh at Freestyle Chess Grand Slam
WEISSENHAUS, Germany - In a dramatic reversal of fortunes, former world champion Magnus Carlsen defeated reigning titleholder Dommaraju Gukesh in a thrilling second-day clash at the $750,000 Freestyle Chess Grand…
Gukesh Loses, as Resilient Praggnanandhaa Wins Tata Steel Chess 2025
All you need to know about how Praggnanandhaa R denied Gukesh D his first tournament win as World Champion
Ian Nepomnachtchi Wins The Candidates Tournament 2022 While Ding Comes Second
Round 14 of the Candidates Tournament 2022 saw Ian Nepominiachtchi draw against Jan Krzysztof Duda after already booking his slot in the World Chess Championship. Ding Liren beat Hikaru Nakamura…
Ian Nepo Almost Has His World Championship Rematch After Round 12 Of The FIDE Candidates
Round 12 of the FIDE Candidates Tournament 2022 was an eventful round. Ian Nepominiachtchi and Hikaru Nakamura blitzed their game and agreed to a draw in 7 minutes, Ding lost…
Nepo Maintains Top Spot, Fabi Loses To Duda In Round 10 Of The FIDE Candidates
With only five rounds left in the Candidates Tournament of 2022, there was still room for an upset in the standings. Ian Nepominiachtchi led the pack on 6.5 points, with…
Alireza, Radjabov, and Ding Grab First Wins In Round 9 Of The FIDE Candidates Tournament
Ding Liren, Alireza Firouzja, and Teimour Radjabov ended their winless droughts in round 9 of the FIDE Candidates Tournament 2022. It’s almost like the trio conspired in a plot to…
Richard Rapport Seals His First Win In Round 8 Of The FIDE Candidates Tournament 2022
Only one player remains unbeaten after Round 8 of the FIDE Candidates Tournament 2022: Ian Nepomniachtchi. The Russian has a score of +4-0=4 so far in the tournament, and he’s…
Ian Nepomniachtchi Seals A Fourth Win In Round 7 Of The FIDE Candidates Tournament 2022
Coming into Round 7 of the FIDE Candidates Tournament 2022, Ian Nepominiachtchi was the sole leader with 4.5 points out of a possible 6. The closest was former world championship…
Another Bitter Loss For Alireza In Round 6 Of The FIDE Candidates Tournament 2022
It seems Magnus Carlsen might not be getting his wish as his preferred challenger languishes at the sole bottom of the standings. Round 6 of the FIDE Candidates Tournament 2022…
Magnus Carlsen Urges Ian Nepomniachtchi To “Be A Shark” After Round 5 Of The FIDE
Ian Nepomniachtchi came into Round 5 as the sole leader, thanks to his convincing win against Alireza Firouzja in the previous round. He aimed to carry on his winning form…
It’s A Fiesta Of EPIC Truces In Round 3 Of The FIDE Candidates Tournament 2022
Going into Round 3, Ian Nepominiachtchi and Fabiano Caruana were the sole leaders with 1.5 points each. In the previous round, all of the games except one were drawn. The…
Hikaru Nakamura Forces A Win In Round 2 Of The FIDE Candidates Tournament 2022
Coming into Round 2, there were mixed feelings around the Palace of Santoña. While Nepo and Fabi were definitely in full gear mode with their impressive wins in round 1,…
Big Wins For Ian Nepomniachtchi And Fabiano Caruana In The Round 1 of The FIDE
The moment we've all been waiting for is finally here! After the last championship match between Ian Nepomniachtchi and world chess champion Magnus Carlsen where Magnus retained the title, chess…
Tanitoluwani Adewumi: Refugee To National Chess Master
Tanitoluwa Adewumi is one of the world's fastest rising chess stars. Tani discovered the game of chess in a homeless shelter in New York, after his family fled from the…
The Chess World Reacts To The War Between Russia And Ukraine
The war in Eastern Europe has received massive attention from around the world, and the chess community has not abstained from the matter. So far, we've seen several entities stand…
An Interview With AGM Chinedu Enemchukwu: The First National Chess Champion Of St. Vincent And
The 17th of December, 2021 came along with an exciting atmosphere in the small and quiet country of St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Arena Grandmaster(AGM) Chinedu Benjamin Enemchukwu just emerged…
Chess Is The New Hobby For F1 players: The Queen’s Gambit Series Had A Role
Queen's gambit depicted a 1983 fictional novel about a female chess prodigy, Beth Harmon, who rose from the city of Kentucky to become the greatest chess player in the world.…
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave And Bibisara Assaubayeva Wins World Blitz Chess Championship 2021
The World Rapid Chess Championship and the World Blitz Chess Championship 2021 finally drew to a close on 30 December 2021. There was drama. There was excitement. Most importantly, there…
Levon Aronian Dominates Day 1 of World Blitz Chess Championship 2021, Carlsen Having A Bad
The World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championship 2021 event continued with the Blitz event on the 29th of December 2021. The top seeds came into the Blitz event with the…
All You Need To Know About The Candidates Tournament 2022: Location, Sponsor and Lineup
The Candidates Tournament is a chess tournament organised by FIDE for the sole aim of determining the challenger for the World Chess Championship. The winner of the Candidates automatically earns…
Nodirbek Abdusattorov Wins World Rapid Chess Championship 2021
Pleasant surprises make everything sweeter. Seeing underdogs triumph in a field of favorites makes the crowd go wild. Chess has seen some major upsets in the past, but the game…
Ian Nepomniachtchi Slugs It Out With Russian Billionaire Businessman
December 24th brought about an exciting atmosphere of Chess in Russia. The Central Chess Club located in Moscow organised a friendly match between Head of Interros company, Vladimir Potanin Olegovich…
Carlsen Emerges New Sole Leader, Defeats Firouzja in Day 2 of FIDE World Rapid Chess
The Defending Champion was the undeniable star of Day 2 of the World Rapid Chess Championship as he won 2 games and drew 2 in four rounds to become the…
