The knockout phase of the ChessKid Cup is taking place on May 22-26. Three Divisions (with 8, 16 and 32 players respectively) are being played concurrently. Each knockout tournament includes winners’ and losers’ brackets. Alireza Firouzja, Hikaru Nakamura and Fabiano Caruana are the top seeds in Division I. | Follow the games live with expert […]
Monthly Archives: May 2023
In round 6 of the Women’s Grand Prix in Nicosia Dinara Wagner from Germany won against Oliwia Kiolbasa from Poland and now shares the lead with Kateryna Lagno, Harika Dronavalli and Tan Zhongyi. Alexandra Kosteniuk scored the second win of the day and her first win in the tournament. She defeated Nana Dzagnidze. | Fotos: […]
A new edition of the Cairns Cup, the equivalent of the Sinquefield Cup but for top women players, will be played from 3 June. Humpy Koneru and Alexandra Kosteniuk top the women’s seedings. The tournament is named after Dr Jeanne Cairns, Rex Sinquefield’s wife.
Magnus Carlsen played his first three over-the-board (rapid) games after giving up the world champion title on Sunday. In his first outing as a ‘former world champion’, Carlsen replied to Radoslaw Wojtaszek’s 1.d4 with 1…b5, going for the questionable Polish Defence — in Warsaw! Carlsen lost that game and drew the next two to end […]
Our Summer Camp has completed five days, with many hundreds of new players being trained. The camp is being held at the Phoenix Marketcity Mall in Mumbai and is open to all. There are no charges and people can learn chess in a fun and engaging way, at their own pace. Trainers and volunteers help […]
The second event of the 2023 Grand Chess Tour is the Superbet Rapid & Blitz Poland, taking place on May 21-25 at the Museum of the History of Polish Jews in Warsaw. Joining five ‘full players’ from the Tour, five wildcards, including world number one Magnus Carlsen, made their way to the Polish capital. | […]
Three players are sharing the lead after five rounds at the Women’s Grand Prix in Nicosia. Joining Kateryna Lagno and Tan Zhongyi, who became the early leaders after winning in the first two rounds, is Harika Dronavalli, who beat an out-of-form Oliwia Kiolbasa in Saturday’s fifth round. Three players make up the chasing pack a […]
Four rounds into the strong Sharjah Masters, eight players are sharing the lead with 3 points each. Among them are Ju Wenjun and Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu, the only two players who kicked off the tournament with back-to-back wins. Aryan Chopra is also among the co-leaders — the 21-year-old, ranked 35th in Sharjah, beat his higher-rated compatriot […]
Chess composition dates back to the first Arabic manuscripts on chess. Throughout history, the theory of composition has kept defining and collecting the patterns of chess beauty. Over the last decades, the FIDE World Cup in Composing has been one of the most important events to inspire new masterpieces, and this year’s edition is no […]
Shortly after the Superbet Chess Classic, the Superbet Rapid & Blitz will return with its second edition. The tournament is set to take place on May 21-25 at the Museum of the History of Polish Jews in Warsaw, Poland. Joining five ‘full players’ from the Grand Chess Tour, five wildcards, including world number one Magnus […]