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The following survey lists all chess players who have reached a top five or top ten status at least once in their career, ranked by their highest position, then in chronological order. Of course, the start of the FIDE Elo list and the current date are arbitrary, but the chess world has now had an established rating and ranking publication for more than fifty consecutive years. How many different TOP FIVE players would you expect? Well, there are only 55 luminaries in the last 55 years or so! Che...

As usual, birthday of former Prime Minister Vajpayee has come, and buzz has started regarding the memorial.

What is the most important phase of the game? Surprisingly, many club players get the answer wrong. Usually, they put a lot of effort into positions that are approximately equal. However, once they get a much better or much worse position, they tend to relax a bit. In an almost winning position, a voice in the head of such a player whispers: "You are great, my dear, and you have proved that already. The rest of the game is a mere formality." And in a lost position, this voice says: &qu...

Vladimir Kramnik recently described Magnus Carlsen as a genius in an interview with the Norwegian media. When Carlsen was asked about it in a post-game press conference he didnt return the compliment.

With one round to go, GM Alireza Firouzja is back as the sole leader at the FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss. Despite missing a brilliant defensive move from the Englishman in time trouble, the French-Iranian GM beat GM David Howell. GM Fabiano Caruana and GM Grigoriy Oparin are trailing the leader by half...

The FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss and Women’s Grand Swiss will go on despite a new COVID-19 lockdown in Latvia that started on Thursday. The Latvian government included the chess tournament, scheduled for Oct. 27-Nov. 8, in a list of exceptions, while other sports events are being canceled. Three days ago,

€29.90 Ivanchuk edges Carlsen and Grischuk Few players are as universally appreciated as Vasyl Mykhaylovych Ivanchuk. At 52, the man from Kopychyntsi still belongs to the top 100 in the world ranking, while few doubt that, on a good day, he could still beat any player from the elite. The Ukrainian genius has won super-tournaments in  Linares and Wijk aan Zee, the Tal Memorial, the Gibraltar Masters and the M-Tel Masters, just to name a few of his numerous achievements. A...

Digging the Queens Gambit long before The Queens Gambit Follow Us Question of the Day Chess players were into the Queen’s Gambit long before “The Queen’s Gambit.” The runaway Netflix hit may have made chess cool this year (at least for a little while), but the Queen’s Gambit — accepted, declined or counter-gambited — has been opening royalty since at least the late 19th century. Around 1. d4 d5 2. c4 has grown a a rich thicket of options for both players, including the...