LONDON CHESS CONFERENCE 2019 CONCLUDED
London Chess Conference 2019, with the main theme “Chess and Female Empowerment” took place on 30 November and 1st December 2019. The event...
Tata Steel Rapid & Blitz: Carlsen pulls away
For the World Champion Magnus Carlsen and India #1 Viswanathan Anand, day two began not on the chessboard, but at Eden Gardens for the Cricket...
Chessboxing Kicks Off in France
Chessboxing has spread to France. The hybrid sport which combines alternating rounds of blitz chess and boxing has been popular in London...
World Senior Championship is on the home stretch
With just three rounds to go, the World Senior Chess Championship in Bucharest, Romania, is on the home stretch.
Moscow will host the King Salman World Rapid & Blitz Championships 2019
FIDE is pleased to announce the dates and venue of the King Salman World Rapid & Blitz Championships-2019.
According to...
Alexander Grischuk wins FIDE Grand Prix in Hamburg
Alexander Grischuk is the winner of the FIDE Grand Prix in Hamburg. The 36-year-old Russian grandmaster decided the tiebreak of the finals against Jan-Krzysztof Duda...
Abhimanyu Mishra Becomes the Youngest IM in the World
A lot of young talents like Praggnanandhaa, Sindarov, Abdusattorov, Gukesh etc. have tried their best to break Sergey Karjakin's record of becoming...
World Senior Championship kicks off in Bucharest
The strongest-ever World Senior Championship took off in Bucharest, with the participation of 366 players from 58 countries in four different categories: +50...
Carlsen, Caruana, Giri To Play 2020 Tata Steel Chess
The top two players in the world, Magnus Carlsen and Fabiano Caruana, will meet in January for the 2020 Tata Steel Chess Tournament. With Anish Giri and Ian...
Dates for the Candidates and the 44th Chess Olympiad announced
The Russian Chess Federation called for a press conference today, at their headquarters in the historic building at Gogolevsky boulevard, to announce...
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Simplification vs. Calculation: Lessons from Two Winning Chess Scenarios
Yesterday, I had two funny moments in one of my games that gave me some food for thought. I had the black...
45th Chess Olympiad Round 4: Ukraine Upsets USA, Vietnam Defeats Uzbekistan
Olawale Oyeleye Reports
The fourth round of the 45th Chess Olympiad in Budapest delivered excitement as Ukraine stunned the...
Rising Star Deborah Quickpen Debuts at the 45th Chess Olympiad in Budapest
Olawale Oyeleye Reports
In an inspiring turn of events at the Chess Olympiad, Nigeria’s chess prodigy, 12-year-old Deborah Quickpen,...