The 2022 FIDE World Rapid Chess Championship concluded today in Almaty, Kazakhstan after three days of fights over 13 rounds. Magnus Carlsen emerged as the sole Winner of the event, clinching his 4th World Rapid Champion title. At the final press conference of the rapid event, he sent a ...
March 26thupon reaching the halfway point and this is a big old giant mess. As my few loyal fans know, I’m achess nerd, so this is big news for me. The Candidates Chess Tournament is held every two years with the winner going on to play the current World Chess Champion for the ...
Winner of the 2015 Moscow Open and silver medallist in the 2016 Women’s World Rapid Championship, she has represented China on several occasions with outstanding performances: among others, a gold medal at the 2016 Asian Nations Cup in Dubai and the 2018 Batumi Olympiad. Currently ranked fourth...
Humpy Koneru (pictured), respectively. The 2023 edition of the FIDE Circuit has also finished, with Gukesh grabbing the Candidates spot by finishing in second place, since Fabiano Caruana — the winner of the Circuit — was already qualified via the FIDE World Cup. | Photo: FIDE / Lennart ...
with a chance for an unprecedented, unlikely and unwanted threepeat in the qualification bout. He will be joined by the winner of the 2023 FIDE Circuit, the top three finishes in the Chess World Cup 2023, the top two finishes in the FIDE Grand Swiss Tournament 2023, and the highest-rated...
WR Chess Masters Cup 2024 Round 4 now live 22d New Opening Trend Firouzja - Vachier-Lagrave (B90) 23d New Opening Trend Bauer - Krause (E61) 23d Interesting Novelty Batsuren - Corrales Jimenez (D78) 24d New Opening Trend Erigaisi Arjun - Vidit (C67) ...
The winner will play the current Women's World Chess Champion Ju Wenjun for the title in 2025. Players: Lei Tingjie, Kateryna Lagno, Aleksandra Goryachkina, Nurgyul Salimova, Anna Muzychuk, R Vaishali, Tan Zhongyi and Koneru Humpy. Event: FIDE Women's Candidates Tournament 2024 Place: ...
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The Region Group Cup was a Rapid that took place in Moscow 2nd to 4th December 2022. Sergey Karjakin won with 6/9.Event: Region Group Cup 2022 Place: Moscow CountryCode: RUS StartDate: Fri 2nd Dec 2022 EndDate: Sun 4th Dec 2022 Website Results...
The winner sad he wasn't "at all satisfied" with his performance in this match, "although winning ain't bad either!" Asked about which youngsters to watch out for in future SCC editions, he quickly said: "The answer is obvious," referring to GM Alireza Firouzja. He also listed GMs Nih...