Wesley So becomes the first Fischer Chess World Champion, and other chess news

The final of the inaugural world championship in Fischer Random Chess concluded on Saturday, crowning Wesley So as the first official world champion in this chess discipline with a crushing victory of Magnus Carlsen. As usual Carlsen entered the final being the favourite, but was basically outplayed by the strong American and only raking up

World Fischer Random Chess Championship: Carlsen vs So

After three days of semifinals and a rest day, today (Thursday) we move on to the main event of this year’s first official Fischer Random Chess Championship. Three days of games to decide who will become the first Fischer champion (and who ends up grabbing the bronze). The format stays the same, but we got

World Fischer Random Chess Championship starts Sunday 27.

Last year Magnus Carlsen and Hikaru Nakamura played an unofficial fischer random chess world championship match in Norway. It was broadcasted on the state broadcaster NRK and was a surprising success. With the new leadership of FIDE and teaming up with Chess.com this year FIDE started an official world championship cycle to crown another chess

FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss 10-21 October

Today the FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss begins on Isle of Man. This event has usually been a well attended Open chess tournament but this year things have changed. FIDE have teamed up with Chess.com and together with the Isle of Man hosts created a Grand Swiss tournament for the top rated players (and some wildcards).

Norway Chess 2019 (and a small chess update)

On Monday June 3 the Altibox Norway Chess starts with the blitz tournament so I though I do a small preview of who’s playing and what’s in store the coming weeks, but first a small update on other chess news Grand Prix series Moscow tournament finishes with Nepomniachtchi winning The first of 4 Grand Prix

FIDE WORLD CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH 2018 – Carlsen remains the champion

As many suspected (feared?) halfway through the games between Carlsen and Caruana, the match went to tiebreak after 6-6 in the classical games. The tiebreak was held on Wednesday  (November 28.) and it was a crushing victory for the reigning champion, seemingly cruising in to a devastating 3-0 score after 3 rapid games (25 min

FIDE WORLD CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH 2018 – The Halfway point

On Sunday we’ve past the halfway point as game #7 begins in the ongoing world chess championship match between reigning champion Magnus Carlsen and the challenger Fabiano Caruana. After 6 games it’s still tied with 3-3 after 6 draws, a result that is a bit surprising after “everyone” predicted a match with a lot more

FIDE WORLD CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH 2018

It’s finally time for the highlight of the chess calendar, the World Chess Championship match between reigning champion Magnus Carlsen and Fabiano Caruana. There are many interesting talking points concerning this match, two of which being the first match for many years between two players representing two Western countries and the first match between the

A chess update

Haven’t done a chess post since July, and as the World Championship match is fast approaching I thought I’d do a short update on what has been happening in recent weeks and what’s coming up just around the corner. Chess Olympics In the Open section USA was the favourite as the top ranked team (no

Preview: Altibox Norway Chess 2018

After a rather quiet May for many of the top chess players things kick off for real today  Monday May 28 in Norway Chess (after the blitz on Sunday determined which of the 5 players got 5 games with white). In its 6th edition the tournament continues to be a highlight in the chess calendar,