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The second edition of FIDE World Fischer Random Chess Championship will take place from 25th to 30th October 2022 in Reykjavik, Iceland. The defending champion Wesley So, reigning world champion and the world no.1 Magnus Carlsen, Iceland no.1 GM Hjorvar Steinn Gretarsson (Organizer Wildcard), World Championship Challenger Ian Nepomniachtchi (FIDE President Wildcard), chess.com Qualifiers - Vladimir Fedoseev and Matthias Bluebaum, lichess Qualifiers - Hikaru Nakamura and the reigning World Rapid...

The FIDE World Fischer Random Chess Championship is back with its second edition. The over-the-board final will take place at the Berjaya Natura Hotel in Reykjavik, Iceland, on 25-30 October. The 8-player lineup will include defending champion Wesley So, classical chess champion Magnus Carlsen and rapidplay specialist Hikaru Nakamura.

Wesley So already knows the complete list of players who will challenge him for the Fischer Random world title, which will be held in Reykjavik from 25–30 October

The first three rounds of the Champions Showdown tournament were played at the Saint Louis Chess Club on Wednesday. The event featuring the Chess960 variant saw Ian Nepomniachtchi winning all three of his games, while Garry Kasparov and Peter Svidler did not manage to score on the first day of action. | Photo: Saint Louis Chess Club / Lennart Ootes

Ten international chess superstars are set to battle it out over the board from September 13-16 in Champions Showdown: Chess 9LX. Chess 960 is a variant of chess created by Bobby Fischer in the late 1990s in which the pieces on the home rank are randomized, with 960 representing the number of possible starting positions. The field includes living legend Garry Kasparov, an in-form Alireza Firouzja and defending champion Leinier Dominguez. | Photo: Crystal Fuller (2021)

Chess.com is excited to announce that the FIDE Fischer Random World Championship is back, brought to you by the Government of Iceland and the City of Reykjavik! Top players from around the world will compete in a series of classical Fischer Random games for their share of the $400,000 prize fund and...

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Published April 25, 2021, 2:29 PM Wesley So Grandmaster Wesley So got off to a rough start after absorbing three defeats in his first five games in the New In Chess Classic of the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour Sunday, April 25. So yielded to Iran-born Alireza Firouzja, Poland’s Jan-Krzysztof Duda and England’s Gawain Jones but cushioned the impact of his free fall with wins over rising Indian star Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa and Azerbaijan’s Shakhriyar Mamedyarov. The painful start put the...

Published March 16, 2021, 3:33 PM Grandmaster Wesley So scored three points in the last five rounds of the preliminaries to secure a place in the knockout quarterfinals of the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour Magnus Invitational Tuesday, March 16. So overpowered Sweden’s Nils Grandelius, while drawing with Iran-born Alireza Firouzja, world champion Magnus Carlsen, Spain’s David Anton Guijarro, and Azerbaijan’s Shakhriyar Mamedyarov to end up the third seed with 9.5 points. Carlsen, the worl...