Sam Sevian won the 2023 Champions Showdown after a brilliant final day, where he defeated both Garry Kasparov and Fabiano Caruana to finish with 7/9 points and take home the $37,500 first place prize. Sam Shankland, Wesley So and Levon Aronian shared second place with 6/9 points each. | Photo: Lennart Ootes
Monthly Archives: September 2023
Both semifinals at the World Women’s Team Championship in Bydgoszcz were decided in blitz tiebreakers. After trading wins in the two rapid sets, Kazakhstan and Georgia obtained clear wins in the 3-minute games that decided the matches. France and the United States will fight for bronze on Monday, starting one hour earlier than usual, at […]
Levon Aronian and Sam Sevian managed to overtake the lead after an exciting day 2 in the 2023 Champions Showdown: Chess 9LX, going into Sunday’s final rounds with 4½/6. A full point behind the leaders are Fabiano Caruana, Wesley So, and Sam Shankland, each with 3½/6, while former World Champion Garry Kasparov stumbled after leading […]
The quarterfinals of the World Women’s Team Championship took place on Saturday. Georgia got the better of China; the United States eliminated Ukraine; France knocked out Poland; and Kazakhstan beat Germany. In the semifinals, Georgia will face the United States, and France will face Kazakhstan. | Photo: Michal Walusza
The Tata Steel Chess India Blitz tournament came to an end after rounds 10 to 18 were played on Saturday. Russian grandmaster Alexander Grischuk was the outright winner with a 12/18 score. Grischuk finished ahead of Nodirbek Abdusattorov and Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu, who both collected 11/18 points. Arjun Erigaisi and rapid-tournament winner Maxime Vachier-Lagrave were the […]
The former Ken Whyld Association has since been renamed the Chess History and Literature Society. Its members meet regularly for exchange, most recently in Belfort, a magical place for bibliophiles and chess historians. The city library administers the 27,000 volumes chess library of the famous collector Dr Jean Mennerat (1917-2007). | Photo: From left to […]
Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu had a strong showing on day 1 of the Tata Steel India Blitz tournament. The youngster grabbed five wins in a row at the start of the event, but then suffered a few setbacks, which did not prevent him from ending the day as the sole leader. Vidit Gujrathi and Alexander Grischuk are […]
In 2004, Vladimir Kramnik and Peter Leko played a match for the World Championship. After a nail-biting series of games, the match ended in a 7-7 draw, with Kramnik retaining his title by winning the 14th game on demand. But Svitlana shows us one of the two wins by Leko (who, incidentally, is celebrating his […]
Today, the nine best players of the USA and Garry Kasparov are starting to show their skills in Fischer Random Chess (Chess 960 or “Chess 9LX”) at the Saint Louis Chess Centre. The action starts at 14.00 ET (20.00 CEST, 18.00 GMT). Follow the games live, with commentary.
Judit Polgar is a legend. At the age of 15 years and four months, she became a grandmaster, breaking the 34 year old record of Bobby Fischer as the youngest grandmaster of all time. Polgar went on to become the best female player in the history of chess and was the first woman to achieve […]