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Daniil Dubov will be among the commentators of the World Championship match in Astana, along with Irina Krush and Vishy Anand. In an unmissable 30-minute interview, the outspoken grandmaster shares his thoughts on a number of topics: the favourite to win the match, why the classical time control has lost popularity, his dislike of online chess, and why Magnus Carlsen’s absence in the World Championship cycle might make it mroe appealing for other players. | Photo: Niki Riga

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Anish Giri won the Tata Steel Chess Masters 2023 ahead of all the top players in the world - Magnus Carlsen, Wesley So, Ding Liren, Fabiano Caruana. He played some phenomenal chess throughout the event to win it with a rating performance of 2849, scoring 8.5/13 and gaining 16 Elo points. Anish has been very close to winning the tournament multiple times, but this is the first time he has clinched the trophy at Wijk Aan Zee! We invited him for a livestream to get his thoughts on winning this pres...

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Grandmaster Wesley So needed just two games to down GM Nihal Sarin and triumph in the inaugural Chess.com Global Championship in Toronto, Canada Monday, Nov. 7 (Tuesday in Manila). GM Wesley So The Cavite-born So pounced on the Indian sensation, 4.5-1.5, to pocket the $200,000 cash purse (a

The FIDE World Rapid & Blitz Championships will be held December 26-30, 2022 in Almaty, Kazakhstan. The International Chess Federation confirmed the dates and the host city today in a press release. Traditionally, two of the most exciting events on the chess calendar are held in the last week of the...

Ian Nepomniachtchi was beaten by rival Hikaru Nakamura in their final in Iceland Russian chess grandmaster Ian Nepomniachtchi fell to defe

Russia's Ian Nepomniachtchi was beaten by Hikaru Nakamura in the final of the 2022 FIDE Fischer Random World Championship in Reykjavik Read Full Article at RT.com

The Fischer Random World Chess Championship 2022 will have a new champion. Wesley So did not manage to go out of the groups, finishing 3rd in the group stage. However, this takes away just a pinch of the excitement, as the semi finals will see the participants in the last World Chess Championship – the […]

Filipino American Grandmaster Wesley So is all set to defend his World Fischer Random Chess Championship title when the 2022 edition of one of the four world championship events officially recognized by the International Chess Federation (FIDE) begins on October 25 in Reykjavik, Iceland.