World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships 2021: Winners and Controversy
The Fide World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships 2021 had four winners . But it also had a fair amount of controversy.
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FIDE World Rapid & Blitz Championships 2021 starts with $1,000,000 prize money
The FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Championships 2021, will take place from 25-31 December in Warsaw, Poland with a $1.0 Million prize fund.
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Alireza Firouzja wins Grand Swiss to Advance to World Chess Championship Candidates
Iranian-born GM Alireza Firouzja has won the FIDE Grand Swiss Open in Riga, Latvia over more than 100 top chess grandmasters
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Mastercard announce partnership with Meltwater Champions Chess Tour, add Magnus Carlsen as brand ambassador
Mastercard have announced a partnership with the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour, adding Magnus Carlsen to their list of brand ambassadors.
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Magnus Carlsen crushes Vladislav Artemiev to win Aimchess US Rapid 2021
Magnus Carlsen crushed Vladislav Artemiev in the Aimchess US Rapid 2021 Final to win the last event of the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour.
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Jan-Krzysztof Duda wins the FIDE World Cup
The Polish grandmaster’s incredible run featured wins over Alexander Grischuk, Magnus Carlsen, and Sergey Karjakin. He is now a lock-in for the 2022 Candidates Tournament.
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The race for self-moving chessboards: SquareOff, Phantom, DGT and… Regium?
Ever since the Mechanical Turk, the dream of self-moving mechanical chessboards has been a source of fascination for fans of the royal game – and with online play serving as the final frontier for this kind of product, interest has never been higher.
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Anand wins no-castling chess match against Kramnik
The two former world chess campions played a four-game exhibition match in Dortmund where castling was disallowed to limit opening preparation.
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The youngest chess Grandmaster meets the “norm factories”
Though there can be no doubt of the young Indian-American’s excellence, the events he earned his title at have long been contentious in the chess community.
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