The 5th of 14 clashes between Carlsen and NepomniachtchiRound 5 of the FIDE World Championship was played today between the reigning champion, GM Magnus Carlsen and his challenger, GM Ian Nepomniachtchi.
(title image – FIDE / Niki Riga)
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The 4th/14 clash between Carlsen and NepomniachtchiRound 4 of the FIDE World Championship was played today between the reigning champion, GM Magnus Carlsen and his challenger, GM Ian Nepomniachtchi. (title image – FIDE / Niki Riga)Lichess is providing …
“The difference between not the best arbiter and a good one,” IA Tomasz Delega writes, in the October issue of the ECU E-magazine, “is that the first one knows the rules and the second one understands also, what these rules are for.” He explains the si…
Look at this position. Black still has all his pieces on the board, while White has just a single pawn, on its original square. So what is the task? “White to play and win” says the composer, one of the most imaginative in history. Born in 1860, Ottó T…
The 3rd/14 clash between Carlsen and NepomniachtchiRound 3 of the FIDE World Championship was played today between the reigning champion, the Norwegian GM Magnus Carlsen and his challenger, the Russian GM Ian Nepomniachtchi. (title image – FIDE / Eric …
The 2nd/14 clash between Carlsen and Nepomniachtchi Round 2 of the FIDE World Championship was played today between the reigning champion, the Norwegian GM Magnus Carlsen and his challenger, the Russian GM Ian Nepomniachtchi. Lichess is providing a bro…
The first clash of 14 between Carlsen and NepomniachtchiRound 1 of the FIDE World Championship was played today between the reigning champion, the Norwegian GM Magnus Carlsen, and his challenger, the Russian GM Ian Nepomniachtchi. Nepomniachtchi is pla…
Insight, thoughts and predictions as the Chess World Championship officially opensWe’ve been waiting for this day for a very long time – the FIDE World Championship match between reigning champion since 2013, GM Magnus Carlsen, and his challenger, the …
On move 1, you can play 20 different moves – but which are the best and why? Understand this and win more games with the best chess openings.
On move 1, you can play 20 different moves – but which are the best and why? Understand this and win more games with the best chess openings.
After staging the highly successful man-vs-machine match Garry Kasparov vs X3D Fritz, the ever enterprising Armand Rousso launched a search engine, intended to challenge the supremacy of Google. The launch of “Accoona” in New York in 2004 had a glitter…
The November Lichess Bullet Titled Arena was won by GM Oleksandr Bortnyk, who had also won the November Lichess Blitz Titled Arena. Bullet maverick GM Andrew Tang, who closely trailed behind Bortnyk and had a taste of the #1 spot at several points in t…
The popularity of Chess, as a professional sport and as a medium to spend quality time, is reaching newer heights since the unfortunate outbreak of pandemic.
The Grand Swiss in Riga continued after the rest day, which saw players visit a national park just outside the capital. If you missed our rounds 1 to 6 recap, and want to read that first, you can read it here. As a reminder, the Grand Swiss in the Open…
Draws on the top 13 boards in the final round of the FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss meant Alireza Firouzja and Fabiano Caruana qualified to the next edition of the Candidates Tournament. Firouzja was the clear winner with a remarkable 8/11 score, while Car…
A few weeks ago, Karsten Müller treated ChessBase readers to another endgame riddle. Charles Sullivan had come across an interesting endgame with opposite-coloured bishops that occurred in Botvinnik vs Pachman, Chess Olympiad Leipzig 1960, and Charles …
