Top 5 from 2019: Chess Stories

As we start 2020, it’s time to look back at some of the highlights of 2019. First up is the top 5 chess stories of the year (according to me); 5. Grand Chess Tour comes to Africa Grand Chess Tour expanded with several new stops this year, and maybe the biggest new development was the

Chess update: Grand Chess Tour & FIDE Grand PriX

A couple of things have happened since the last chess update, with a winner emerging from both Superbet Rapid & Blitz in Romania and a winner of the Hamburg FIDE Grand Prix. Let’s take a look at the upcoming events and how these results have affected the overall standings (concerning Grand Chess Tour and the

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

Carlsen wins again – next stop Abidjan

Fresh of his stunning performance in Shamkir, scoring 7.0/9 Carlsen continues his hot streak by cruising to a equally impressive victory in Grenke Chess Classic, scoring 7.5/9 and winning the tournament with 1.5 points down to Caruana. Carlsen began the tournament facing the young German talent Vincent Keymer, and after a not particularly convincing win

Preview: Your Next Move GCT & Paris GCT

As the dust settled on Altibox Norway Chess almost all of the players are heading for Belgium to play in the first leg of this year’s edition of Grand Chess Tour. Let’s first do a quick recap of  Altibox Norway Chess as it ended in dramatic fashion with Caruana bounced back after his loss in

Chess Calendar 2018

With the 80th edition of the Tata Steel Chess well underway I thought it would be fitting to take a look at some of the highlights coming up this year. Chess24.com already did a very comprehensive round through of the most interesting tournaments so I’ll just pick a few tournaments that will be on my

Preview London Chess Classic (Grand Chess Tour)

London Chess Classic is becoming a modern Christmas tradition as the 9th edition kicks off on Friday December 1. As was the case last year, this year it again act as the final leg of the Grand Chess Tour. Grand Chess Tour standings With just 1 tournament remaining most of the field is already out

Sinquefield Cup – at the halfway point

The first five rounds are done and dusted and the players are moving on to the final four rounds of the Sinquefield Cup, the first of only two classical tournaments in this year’s Grand Chess Tour. Let’s take a quick look at the previous rounds, what’s up in the final match-ups, how the players  are

Preview Sinquefield Cup (Grand Chess Tour)

After two blitz & rapid tournaments in Europe, the Grand Chess Tour heads to Saint Louis for the first of two classical chess tournaments on the tour. After winning the two tournaments Magnus Carlsen is of course the clear favourite in the overall standings, but his last classical chess performance was the shaky Altibox Norway

Carlsen wins in Paris (Grand Chess Tour)

The first tournament of this season’s Grand Chess Tour (GCT) has just ended in a dramatic finish with Magnus Carlsen pulling of a win after rapid play offs against home favourite Maxime Vachier-Lagrave. As the next leg starts already on Wednesday 28th June when the players move north to Belgium and the city of Leuven