The2023 FIDE World Cupis a 206-player knockout taking place in Baku, Azerbaijan from July 30 to August 24. The prize fund is almost $1.9m, with $110,000 for the winner, while the top 3 players also qualify for the 2024 Candidates Tournament. The top 50 players, who include world nos...
The2014 Chess World Cup Zonal 3.5is taking place from 26th October to 5th November 2014 in Zhongshan, China. The event is an 11-round Swiss Open, consisting of 54 players. Six of them are GMs, nine IMs, 4 FMs and 3 WGMs. Top seeded areGM Bu Xiangzhi(2710),GM Wei Yi(2641),WGM J...
June 16, 2023June 16, 2023Jiten PatelLeave a commentNews IMPORTANT NOTE! Due to Stanley Cup parade for the Las Vegas Golden Knights on Saturday, there will be various road closures in town, starting at approximately 2:00 pm. This means if you are not staying at the Rio, and traveling ...
Low participation in this season’s (2023) Club Championship of my local chess club in Norway has raised concerns on how to address the club's financial issues as well as future recruitment, which has consequences for the former, with a reduction in thinking time from currently 90+30 to 60...
IM (2001); GM (2003). Hikaru Nakamura won the US Championship in 2004, 2009, 2012, 2015 and 2019. He was the world's second-ranked player as of October 2015. In July 2023, he married WGMAtousa Pourkashiyan. Prodigy Christopher Hikaru Nakamura was born December 9, 1987 in Hirakata in...
Position not in LiveBook Carlsen, Magnus2835 1–0 Abasov, Nijat Azad2632 FIDE World CupBaku19.08.2023[Nielsen,Peter Heine] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 Abasov I recall as a good teammate in the football tournament during a Gashimov Memorial. But of course also a talented young chess player. In...
hewon Norway Chess—defeating Caruana on demand in the last round—and returned to the #2 world ranking for the first time since 2015. He won his fourthBullet Chess Championshipin five tries in July 2023. Then, in November, he finished insecond placein the FIDE Grand Swiss, which earned ...
Chess 9LX will bring together top chess players for an electrifying tournament from October 27-30, 2024. With a unique Fischer Random (Chess960) format, expect thrilling matches filled with strategic creativity and surprises. Witness the action live and experience the brilliance of world-class ches...
All the rounds start at 12:00 CET. 2015 FIDE World Cup:Official website/Live games with analysis/Live games with chat/Round 1 pairings/TCEC Stage 2 (starting soon!) More World Chess Cup 2015:For the Russian fans/For the Italian fans/For the Dutch fans/For the German fans...
It starts in a week, the eight-player double-round robin tournament to determine the Challenger for the World Championship title match in November this year. Here are details of the tournament and some pictures of the venue and the state-of-the-art desig