GMMikhail Botvinnikis known as the "father of the Soviet chess school." The sixth world champion reigned from 1948 to 1963 (with two brief intermissions) and was a top player for over 30 years. Botvinnik's style was dictated by iron logic and flexibility, although he was extremely talented...
Garry Kasparov is considered to be the greatest chess player of all time. Opening preparation should be...
World Champion Carlsen. Each player in the double round-robin was ranked in the world top-ten prior to the tournament, and the 8.5/10 final result saw Caruana's rating reach 2844, his personal best rating. At the conclusion of the event, Caruana was the second-highest rated player in the...
Top 100»200»300»400»500 Top Player Rankings With Online Results For Chess.com Player IDPlayer NameTotal (Game)Total (Overall)% of Total 1.HikaruHikaru Nakamura$623,115.25$1,073,458.7158.05% 2.MagnusCarlsenMagnus Carlsen$397,914.79$1,521,051.0226.16% ...
This marks the first opportunity for a Chinese male chess player to contend for the world championship.Ding Liren's journey to the top was not an easy one. He faced numerous setbacks, including missing out on qualifying matches, but managed to make it to the Candidate Tournament as a ...
But of course also a talented young chess player. In this event he had his deserved breakthrough, and qualified for the candidates as perhaps the most surprising player in modern times. In general he plays several different openings, but during his run in the World Cup, he stayed very ...
4/22/2025 – The fifth leg of the 2024/25 Women's Grand Prix series is taking place in Pune, India, on 14–23 April. A 10-player single round-robin, the event has Humpy Koneru, Zhu Jiner and Polina Shuvalova as the top seeds. The top two finishers in the series will qualify for...
7 wins and a total score of 8.5/13. Throughout the year, the Chinese player maintained his high level of results, finishing in the top four at the Bilbao Masters Final, where he competed on equal footing. Due to these successes, he raised his rating to 2782 and entered the top 10. ...
In 1948, Alan Turing and David Champernowne developed the first chess program named Turochamp. It could play an entire chess game against a human player by computing all moves and all potential opponent’s moves in response. However, its algorithm was too complicated to be executed by the ...