Current World Champion Magnus Carlsen at the Chess.com Isle of Man (2017). Photo: © Maria Emelianova/Chess.com Humans are also becoming stronger with the help of computers for analysis, research, and opening theory. Nowadays, almost every chess player uses chess engines, including current...
World Chess Champion Vladimir KRAMNIK: ‘Now I have to relax… Immediately after Topalov extended his hand in a sign of resigning the 4th tiebreak game, the crowd became ecstatic. There were shouts, applause, friendly slaps and handshakes… Kramnik got off the table, threw his fists in the...
and is scheduled to finish on September 30. Unlike some of the World Championships of the past, this one is a tournament between eight players rather than a match between two. The eight players are Vladimir Kramnik (the current world champion), Viswanathan Anand (the world’s highest rated...
7/23/2020 – In the second round of the Legends of Chess online tournament, Ian Nepomniachtchi beat an out-of-form Ding Liren 2½:½ after getting a stunning win in game 1; current world champion Magnus Carlsen defeated former world champion Vishy Anand; Boris Gelfand got the better ...
Next to becoming the world champion, grandmaster is the ultimate summit for the competitive chess player. Out of the millions of chess players around the world, a little over 1500 current chess players have reached the height of grandmaster! The World Ch
The World Chess Championship 2012 is being staged in the Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow, between the current World Champion Viswanathan Anand of India and the winner of the Candidates tournament Boris Gelfand of Israel. The match is over twelve games and lasts from May 11 to 30. The prize fund ...
In a thrilling game , the world's best chess players faced off in the longest game in history. Carlsen, the current world champion, offered to sacrifice his pawn on the altar, but his opponent rejected the offer and instead traded queens. Carlsen …[Continue reading]...
Ding's triumph means China holds both the men's and women's world titles, with current women's champion Ju Wenjun set to defend her title against compatriot Lei Tingjie in July. 丁立人夺冠意味着中国国际象棋同时拥有了男子和女子两位世界冠军,现任女子冠军居文君将于今年7月与同胞雷挺婕进行卫冕战。
The computer, developed by IBM, was able to outwit Garry Kasparov, the then-current World Chess Champion, in a six-game match. This was a major milestone in the development of artificial intelligence, and a testament to the power of computers to solve complex problems....
Wesley So v Magnus Carlsen, St Louis v Norway, online 2017. Black (to move) has a small edge due to his more active pieces, so White, who was short of time, aims to exchange queens. Can you find the world champion’s trap which worked after White’s plausible reply?