In 2017 Perez moved to Canada. He played in Manitoba chess tournaments, became a champion and finished second several times. "Last year, they recommended me to play for Canada. So I changed federation from the Philippines to Canada. I played board 2 for Canada last November at the first FI...
A complete history of the World Chess Championship. Crosstables, games, and anecdotes from interzonal tournaments, candidate matches, and title matches. Free downloads.
The Women's World Chess Championship Match 2020 Ju Wenjun versus Aleksandra Goryachkina was held in Shanghai (China) and Vladivostok (Russia), 4th-24th January. Ju Wenjun- Aleksandra Goryachkina 8.5-7.5. Ju Wenjun is Women's World Chess Champion again, she retains World Championship title. ...
Organised by theInternational Chess Federation(FIDE), the postponed 2020 championship will take place between 24 November and 16 December 2021, and will see the reigning world champion, Magnus Carlsen of Norway, defend his title against the winner of the delayed Candidates Tournament, which is due ...
I recently completed the book Veselin Topalov ' Selected games of the ex-World Chess Champion' by Sarhan Guliev (Russian chess house, 2017)... Boys are better at learning to play chess than girls… or are they? World Chess NewsAdesewa-December 12, 2019 0...
Feature｜China's first world chess champion: an arduous journey of triumph On the last day of April, under the glass dome of the Wyndham Garden Astana in Kazakhstan, Chinese chess player Ding Liren defeated Russian player Nepomniachtchi in the final round of a four-round rapid chess playoff...
Player of the year was an incredibly close vote between World Champion Magnus Carlsen and Hikaru Nakamura. In fact, Nakamura even received more first-place votes than Carlsen (1640-1567), but Carlsen picked up far more second-place votes and is the 2020 Chess.com Player of the Year. You ...
Magnus Carlsen was world chess champion for a decade until he relinquished the title in 2023© Maria Emelianova Magnus Carlsen has a vision to transform the ancient game of chess. The grandmaster, a contender to be the greatest player in history, is convinced that a revamped version complete...
Aside from the title of world champion, the GM title is the highest that a chess player can achieve—once earned, the title is held for life. It is awarded by the International Chess Federation,FIDE. GMs are the strongest chess players in the world, and even very talented players must pr...
— Magnus Carlsen (@MagnusCarlsen) May 18, 2020 Carlsen has been the world chess champion since 2013. Aged two he was solving 50-piece jigsaw puzzles. By five he was building magnificent creations from Lego. At 13, he beat former world champion Anatoli Karpov, drew with Russian great Garry...