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FIDE: History of the Candidates: from Budapest (1950) to Toronto (2024)

The history of the Candidates Tournaments and Candidates Matches dates back to 1950. In its anniversary year, FIDE is looking forward to the Candidates Tournaments in Toronto in April 2024 and provides an overview of the history of these competitions. | Photos: Via FIDE

Wang-hao , Jiangsu , China , Sochi , Krasnodarskiy-kray , Russia , Keres , Komi , New-york , United-states , Madrid , Spain

The Glorious 55 — Top five players since the introduction of the Elo list

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! Check it out. | Photo: Magnus Carlsen and Garry Kasparov | Photo: Grand Chess Tour

Keres , Komi , Russia , Scheveningen , Zuid-holland , Netherlands , Switzerland , Monaco , London , City-of , United-kingdom , Madurodam

Magnus Carlsen | Biography & Facts

Recent News: Norwegian grandmaster Magnus Carlsen shocked the chess community by resigning after one move in a game against American grandmaster Hans Niemann at the Julius Baer Generation Cup, a tournament held online. Niemann as white played 1. d4; Carlsen responded with Nf6. Niemann played 2. c4, whereupon Carlsen resigned and turned off his webcam. Carlsen had previously accused Niemann of cheating after losing to him at the Sinquefield Cup tournament in St. Louis.

Norway , New-york , United-states , Moscow , Moskva , Russia , Dubai , Dubayy , United-arab-emirates , Armenia , China , Mexico-city

Remembering Borislav Ivkov (12 November 1933 – 14 February 2022)

On 14 February the Yugoslav-Serbian grandmaster Borislav Ivkov died in Belgrade at the age of 88. In 1951 Ivkov was World Junior Champion and in the 1960s and 1970s he was one of the world's best players. He made it to the Candidates in 1965, and who played in the Interzonal Tournaments in 1967, 1970, 1973, and 1979. | Photo: Durch National Archive

Santiago , Regióetropolitana , Chile , United-states , Argentina , Mar-del-plata , Buenos-aires , Keres , Komi , Russia , Zagreb

"One clear win and already tired of winning?" - An interview with Anatoly Karpov

Anatoly Karpov is one of the World Champions who is featured in the ChessBase NFT series. The 12th World Champion is a passionate stamp collector and immediately understood the idea. In an interview Karpov talks about NFTs, the story behind his brilliant win against Viktor Kortschnoi in the Candidates Final 1974, the World Championship match Carlsen vs. Nepomniachtchi, and Carlsen's statements about defending the title.

Zlatoust , Chelyabinskaya-oblast- , Russia , Iran , Soviet , Iranian , Ian-nepomniachtchi , Anatoly-karpov , Viktor-kortschnoi , Magnus-carlsen , Efim-geller , Genna-sosonko

Jan Timman celebrates 70th birthday

From the 1970s to the 1990s Jan Timman, born in Amsterdam on 14 December 1951, was one of the world's best players. He qualified several times for the candidates and in 1993 he became FIDE Vice World Champion. Timman is also a renowned study composer and a prolific and excellent writer. Today, the Dutch Grandmaster celebrates his 70th birthday.

Wijk , Limburg , Netherlands , Jerusalem , Israel-general- , Israel , Rio-de-janeiro , Estado-do-rio , Brazil , Copenhagen , Køavn- , Denmark

Karpov vs Kortschnoi in the movies: "The World Champion"

Karpov vs Kortschnoi in the movies: "The World Champion"
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Germany , Philippines , Leningrad , Sankt-peterburg , Russia , Baguio-city , Baguio , Russian , Soviet , German , Tigran-petrosian , Vladimir-vdovichenkov

CBM 198: From Kasparov to Carlsen

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My friend, Max was excited. “See, isn’t that Garry?”
Then he was perplexed. “But this was how he looked 40 years before. What is he doing here now on the cover of ChessBase Magazine?”
“They are running a special on his ascent to the world championship through the Interzonal and the Candidates’ in which he beat Beliavsky, Korchnoi and Smyslov in succession”, I explained.
Moscow Interzonal 1982. Young Garry Kasparov contemplates his next move against Efim Geller. His anxious opponent and Misha Tal wonder what he would play. The game ended in a draw. | Photo: Boris Dolmatovsky, ChessPro
Max was bemused. “Not Smyslov! He would have retired long since after those matches with Botvinnik.”

Norway , Moscow , Moskva , Russia , United-states , Poland , France , Polish , Frenchman , French , Russian , American

Vlastimil Hort publishes "My Chess Stories"

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Chess culture!
Chess is a game with a long history. Its origins go back to 6th century India and it has fascinated people all over the world for centuries. Chess also unites people, even in politically difficult circumstances.
A large variety of different people love and play the game. They all have stories to share. Vlastimil Hort tells these stories.
Vlastimil Hort was born in 1944, during WW II, in Kladno, which at that time was in Czechoslovakia and is now part of the Czech Republic. Hort started his tournament career at the age of 16, and for more than half a century he has been a keen observer of his fellow players.

Germany , Moscow , Moskva , Russia , Slovak-republic , Kladno , Stredoceský , Czech-republic , India , Keres , Komi , Belgrade