[ad_1] GM Magnus Carlsen won the early Titled Tuesday event on August 1 and then finished second late. It was GM Alexander Grischuk who won the late event. Both of them are playing in the second round of the 2023 FIDE World Cup on Wednesday, but decided to get in some blitz warmup while first-round […]
Read More[ad_1] It was a day of mercilessness and confusion at PogChamps 5. Most of the matches were 2-0 sweeps. I did a thing did tricky things to defeat Fuslie. CDawgVA daydrank as he beat Franks-is-heres. xQc gained winning positions by move eight in both his games vs. Squeex. In the only match that went into […]
Read More[ad_1] Top seeds GMs Magnus Carlsen, Hikaru Nakamura, and Ju Wenjun commence battle in the 2023 FIDE World Cup in Wednesday’s round two, but first, there were 33 places to be decided in tiebreaks. It took six hours, with 18-year-old local star GM Aydin Suleymanli only defeating GM Xu Yinglun after their first nine games […]
Read More[ad_1] Registration is now open for the Fall 2023 season of the Collegiate Chess League! This event returns with the CCL’s tried-and-tested 4 vs. 4 team format and a $25,000 prize fund. If you’re a university student who loves chess and wants to represent your school (and have a chance to win prizes), register your team […]
Read More[ad_1] Every month, there is a renaissance of sorts on Chess.com, when we release our new bots. Is chess an art? It will be when you play this month’s artist bots! So grab a refreshment (a slice of pizza, perhaps?), take a seat on your art stool, and paint your next masterpiece on the chessboard […]
Read More[ad_1] Kỳ thủ số một Việt Nam Lê Quang Liêm lần đầu vào Top 15 thế giới cờ tiêu chuẩn, theo bảng thứ tự FIDE tháng 8/2023. Lê Quang Liêm với HC vàng tại Biel Grandmaster, Thụy Sĩ ngày 27/7/2023. Ảnh: BCF Với thêm 12 Elo từ chức vô địch Biel Grandmaster, Quang Liêm (Elo […]
Read More[ad_1] Another avalanche of unexpected plot twists marked the fourth day of PogChamps 5. Squeex defeated Jinnitty in his debut, later losing a close match with Tyler1. Like a superhero from any given movie, Sapnap defeated his overpowered opponent Wirtual with sheer willpower. Finally, Jarvis dispatched Sykkuno in what was probably the quickest match in […]
Read More[ad_1] Peruvian IM Gianmarco Leiva survived a 136-move thriller to knock GM Anton Demchenko out of the 2023 FIDE World Cup, but that was a rare success for an underdog. The favorites hit back, including GM Velimir Ivic, who smoothly outplayed 14-year-old IM Ediz Gurel to force tiebreaks. There are 33 round-one tiebreaks in total, […]
Read More[ad_1] AzerbaijanKỳ thủ Võ Thị Kim Phụng có cơ hội lớn vào vòng hai World Cup cờ vua sau khi cầm quân đen thắng Michalina Rudzinska ở ván đầu. Kim Phụng (Elo cờ tiêu chuẩn 2.351) bị Rudzinska (2.257) tấn công thành ở trung cuộc, nhưng đại diện Việt Nam phòng thủ chắc rồi phản […]
Read More[ad_1] 14-year-old IM Ediz Gurel found a brilliant sacrifice to take down GM Velimir Ivic as the 2023 FIDE World Cup kicked off in Baku. Top seeds such as GMs Magnus Carlsen, Fabiano Caruana, Hikaru Nakamura, and Ju Wenjun start their campaigns from Wednesday’s round two, but by then the tournament will already be over […]
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