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12/10/2023

Six games, six of them decisive! and are neck in neck in the TCEC Superfinal. Probably the most exciting and unpredictable Superfinal of the past seasons 🍁
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20/04/2023

Sorry, Magnus, your was too perfect!

Andreea Navrotescu sums up the chess fans feelings for the ongoing Nepo – Ding final of the World Chess Championship 2023 in one sentence and two hashtags. “Sorry, Magnus Carlsen, but your chess was too perfect to be this entertaining ” Andreea Navrotescu makes it for ...

11/04/2023

Nepo - Ding game 3 live

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Ian Nepomniachtchi vs Ding Liren, aka Nepo – Ding is the final of the World Chess Championship 2023. The Nepo – Ding match will take place in Astana, Kazakhstan, from April 7 to May 1, at the elegant St. Regis Astana hotel. All the games start at 15:00 local time (GMT+6), and there is a […]

07/04/2023

Ding Liren radiates calmness from Astana before the World Championship match.

Join us for the daily live blog from Astana on the main page of Chessdom

Report by Dr. Dudayeff from Astana Today is the opening ceremony of the long anticipated Ian Nepomniachtchi vs Ding Liren, aka Nepo – Ding final match of the World Chess Championship 2023. Chessdom will follow the events from Astana, with expert commentary and news, in a minute-by-minute live blog...

03/04/2023

Carlsen declined to defend his title this April. But you still have a chance to follow him in a strong tournament alongside Nakamura, Fedoseev, Aronian, Caruana, Artemiev, Le Quang Liem, and Wesley So.

Live games today on Chessdom starting 17:00 CET

Magnus Carlsen – Vladislav Artemiev is a quarterfinal match from the Chessable Masters 2023. Carlsen enters Chessable Masters as invited player, while Artemiev qualified through the Chessable Masters Play In All news about Magnus Carlsen / All news about Vladislav Artemiev Other games from the Che...

30/03/2023

“Being a woman in chess can feel ‘lonely’”, says streamer Anna Cramling in her interview for CNN. The article begins, “With multiple women coming forward about their disturbing experiences in the chess world, including accusations of sexual misconduct by a grandmaster, the historic game is having its own moment.”

“Being a woman in chess can feel ‘lonely’”, says streamer Anna Cramling in her interview for CNN. Currently playing the Reykjavik Open 2023 (follow live here / see her result in round 1), Anna is back on the board. She started playing again less than an year ago after the long Covid isolatio...

30/03/2023

This March 28th Sergey Karjakin gave a new controversial interview. For Russia-1 TV and the pro-Kremlin journalist Korchevnikov. Karjakin expressed his opinion, among other things, on the 6 months FIDE ban, his compatriot Ian Nepomniachtchi, and the current World Champion Magnus Carlsen.

This March 28th Sergey Karjakin gave a new controversial interview. For Russia-1 TV and the pro-Kremlin journalist Korchevnikov. Karjakin expressed his opinion, among other things, on the 6 months FIDE ban, his compatriot Ian Nepomniachtchi, and the current World Champion Magnus Carlsen. Carlsen’s...

29/03/2023

The chess world will see Yifan Hou compete once more OTB. She will play in the strong rapid and blitz Satty Zhuldyz Chess Festival 2023 which will take place in Astana, April 24-25.

Satty Zhuldyz Chess Festival 2023 is a round robin tournament with Levon Aronian, Yifan Hou, Arjun Erigaisi, Alexander Grischuk, Vladimir Kramnik, Vincent Keymer, Haik Martirosyan, Boris Gelfand, Javokhir Sindarov, Jakhongir Vakhidov, Kateryna Lagno, and Bibisara Assaubayeva.

Chessdom will cover the event with daily reports, live games and more.

The chess world will see Yifan Hou compete once more OTB. She will play in the strong rapid and blitz Satty Zhuldyz Chess Festival 2023 which will take place in Astana, April 24-25. Satty Zhuldyz Chess Festival 2023 is a round robin tournament with Levon Aronian, Yifan Hou, Arjun Erigaisi, Alexander...

28/03/2023

China with a chance for total domination in . In the World Women Chess Championship the defending champion Ju Wenjun will meet a compatriot - the winner of the Candidates Tournament between Tan Zhongyi and Lei Tingjie. In the men's World Chess Championship another Chinese player - Ding Liren - is playing the final match for the World Chess Championship. Join us at Chessdom.com for a historical month of chess

The Women Candidates Chess 2023 final take place in Chongqing, China. Tan Zhongyi and Lei Tingjie will fight for the right to challenge the current Women’s World Champion, Ju Wenjun. This match sets the stage for a possible all out China domination in the World Chess Championships. Ju Wenjun will ...

27/03/2023

Candidates Chess 2024 will take place in Toronto. Details of the event and the new FIDE Candidates updated cycle here

Toronto will host the 2024 FIDE Candidates and Women’s Candidates, scheduled for April 3-25, with a prize fund of EUR 750,000. It will be the first time in chess history that both events will be held at the same time and venue, and also the first time that the Candidates Tournament is held in Nort...

06/03/2023

Young players and legends top the Individual Chess 2023, eleven players with perfect 3,0/3

“Young players and legends top the Individual Chess 2023, eleven players with perfect 3,0/3 https://t.co/odSmyr63Je”

04/12/2022

Magnus Carlsen, chesscom, and Daniel Rensch filed a motion to dismiss Niemann’s complaints

Hans Niemann filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court (Eastern District of Missouri, Eastern Division). Plaintiff Hans Moke Niemann, represented by his attorneys Oved & Oved LLP and local Missouri counsel The Gartner Law Firm, is seeking a total of 400 million USD in damages from “Sven ...

03/12/2022

Sergey Karjakin runs for President of the Russian Chess Federation. Karjakin is nominated by Ramzan Kadyrov

Russian Grandmaster Sergey Karjakin announced today on his official Telegram account that he will join the race in the upcoming elections for President of the Russian Chess Federation. Karjakin, who was earlier this year banned for 6 months from FIDE competitions, publicly criticized the leadership....

30/11/2022

Yu Yangyi, Francisco Vallejo Pons and Hans Niemann are the top seeds at the 3rd El Llobregat Open!

The 3rd edition of the El Llobregat Open Chess Tournament 2022 will be played from November 30 to December 8 in Sant Boi de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain. The event is played in 9 rounds, swiss system, with time control of 90 minutes for 40 moves plus 30 minutes for the end of the game, with […]

30/11/2022

Happy birthday to Magnus Carlsen! 🎂

World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen celebrates his 32nd birthday today! We wish him loads of beautiful chess games and many more Champions titles! Magnus Carlsen is a reigning five-time World Chess Champion who holds also three World Rapid Champion titles and five World Blitz Champion titles. Carlse...

29/11/2022

Shakhriyar Mamedyarov takes early lead at the Tata Steel Chess India Rapid 2022

The 4th edition of the Tata Steel Chess India Rapid & Blitz, India’s biggest chess tournament, started today in Kolkata with the Rapid event. The event features a very strong line-up with an interesting mixture of world-class grandmasters and Indian young chess stars. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov grabbed...

29/11/2022

Women’s Candidates Pool B kicks off with two draws – Day 1 report

The first game of the 2022 Women’s Candidates Pool B kicked off this afternoon in the walled city of Khiva – a remote desert oasis on the Silk Road in Uzbekistan. In light of the country’s current chess boom, due to the many recent outstanding results by their national team, the federation bid...

29/11/2022

The biggest India's chess tournament - Tata Steel Chess India Rapid & Blitz just started!! Follow the action LIVE!

The fourth edition of the Tata Steel Chess India Rapid & Blitz, India’s biggest chess tournament, will be held from November 29 till December 4, 2022. The very strong line-up features world-class grandmasters and Indian chess stars. Wesley So headlines the Open tournament, together with Hikaru Nak...

29/11/2022

The games have started! Follow the action LIVE:

Pool B of the FIDE Women’s Candidates Tournament is hosted in the ancient city of Khiva, in Uzbekistan. The event takes place from November 28 to December 11 at Hotel Farovon Khiva. This bracket will see the clash between the 2020 runner-up Aleksandra Goryachkina, Alexandra Kosteniuk and Tan Zhong...

29/11/2022

Women's Candidates Pool B opened in Khiva yesterday evening and the games start today!

A long-awaited second pool of the FIDE Women’s Candidates has finally started in Uzbekistan, in the beautiful oasis city of Khiva. In the next two weeks, the chess world will follow exciting chess battles of leading world female players fighting for the second spot in the big final. The winner of ...

28/11/2022

Tata Steel Chess India Rapid & Blitz kicks off tomorrow in Kolkata! Wesley So, Hikaru Nakamura and Shakhriyar Mamedyarov headline the field!

The fourth edition of the Tata Steel Chess India Rapid & Blitz, India’s biggest chess tournament, will be held from November 29 till December 4, 2022. The Tata Steel Chess India 2022 will this year have the women’s tournament with the same format – rapid and blitz. The Rapid event will be firs...

28/11/2022

GM Christopher Yoo wins US Masters Chess Championship 2022! Congratulations! 👏

The 2022 US Masters took place over the Thanksgiving Weekend from November 23-27 at Hilton Charlotte University Place, in Charlotte, NC, USA. The US Masters Chess Championship is an official US Chess National Championship event which featured a 20.000$ prize fund and it was played in 9 rounds, swiss...

28/11/2022

Women’s Candidates 2022/2023 – Pool B starts in Uzbekistan with Aleksandra Goryachkina, Alexandra Kosteniuk, Kateryna Lagno and Tan Zhongyi in the field!

Pool B of the FIDE Women’s Candidates Tournament is hosted in the ancient city of Khiva, in Uzbekistan. The event takes place from November 28 to December 11 at Hotel Farovon Khiva. Read more: Women’s Candidates Chess Tournament 2022/23 – The new system, Pools & Participants list This bracket ...

28/11/2022

GM Mihail Nikitenko wins Chess Federation of Sri Lanka Golden Jubilee Open Chess Championship 2022! 👏

Sri Lanka’s Chess Federation Golden Jubilee Open Chess Championship 2022 took place from 23-27 November at Sports Ministry Pavilion, Colombo. The event attracted 37 entries among whom 13 titled players. The tournament was played in 9 rounds, swiss system, with time control of 90 minutes plus 30 se...

27/11/2022

S.L. Narayanan: I felt humiliated during the anti-cheating checks at Bundesliga

Indian grandmaster S.L. Narayanan is currently competing in the German Schachbundesliga – one of the world’s top chess leagues. After today’s game, Narayanan posted on his official twitter account that he felt humiliated during the anti-cheating checks which happened before the round. “Today...

27/11/2022

FIDE World Senior Chess Champions 2022 crowned in Italy!

The 2022 FIDE World Senior Chess Championships concluded yesterday in Assisi – Umbria. The event was held from 14-27 November in Assisi – Umbria Italy, and it was played in two age categories: 50+ and 65+, 11 rounds, swiss system. Women’s sections were merged with the Open tournament and the b...

27/11/2022

WGM Tatiana Dornbusch wins 1st European Small Nations Women’s Championship with perfect 9/9 score!

The 1st European Small Nations Individual Women Chess Championship took place from 19 – 27 November 2022 in Monaco. Ten players representing Andorra, Cyprus, Guernsey, Jersey, Liechtenstein, Malta, Monaco, and San Marino competed in 9 rounds, round-robin system. WGM Tatiana Dornbusch from Monaco c...

19/10/2022

Congratulations to Fabiano Caruana on winning the US Chess Championship 2022!

Fabiano Caruana is the Winner of the 2022 US Chess Championship! After a quick draw against Levon Aronian in today’s final round of the tournament, Caruana needed to wait for Ray Robson to finish his game before knowing whether he claims the Champion title or goes for the playoff match. Ray Robson...

19/10/2022

Jan-Krzysztof Duda and Shakhriyar Mamedyarov are the finalists of the Aimchess Rapid as Duda kicks out Magnus Carlsen and Mamedyarov defeats Richard Rapport in the semi-finals! 🔥

Polish ace Jan-Krzysztof Duda knocked newly-crowned Tour Champion Magnus Carlsen out of the Aimchess Rapid to set up a mouth-watering final against Shakhriyar Mamedyarov tomorrow. The pair, two of the most chaotic and attacking players in world chess, will go head-to-head over two days after a semi-...