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).

FIDE Grand Prix Moscow – round 1

The first leg of this candidates cycle FIDE Grand Prix kicked off on Friday. Today (Sunday) the first tiebreaks begin, but out of 8 mini-matches just 2 return for the tiebreak day. Here’s a short recap of what has happened so far and my initial impressions. Round 1 – game 1 One big question going

Chess update: Carlsen wins, IMSA and FiDe Grand Prix series

Time for another chess update. The chess calendar is jam packed with events so here’s a recap of the latest Carlsen-tournament and two upcoming events this week. Grand Chess Tour – Côte d’Ivoire rapid & blitz The first leg of this year’s Grand Chess Tour finished on Sunday. This year the tour started in Côte

Chess news: Carlsen, Kramnik & Artemiev

As both Tata Steel Chess 2019 and Gibraltar Chess Festival 2019 has finished it’s time for another little update on what has been happening in the world of chess. Tata Steel Chess: Carlsen get’s win no. 7 Heading into the final rounds Carlsen was already in the lead and was a big favourite to extend

Dubov and Carlsen win in St. petersburg

Today yet another good chess year came to an end with the final day of the World Blitz Championship. Going into the final day a certain Magnus Carlsen was the big favourite, but it was indeed a close fought battle with a talented Duda from Poland chasing Carlsen all the way to the final round,

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,

Upcoming events in chess: U.S. Championship & Shamkir Chess

The top chess players continue having a busy schedule. Caruana  pulled  off an impressive win at Grenke Chess beating Carlsen and the rest of the field by a full point after 9 rounds. An extremely strong result after the grueling candidate tournament – can he keep that form up to November and  Carlsen is 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

Chess News: Carlsen finally wins

The Isle of Man Open ended on Sunday. The top seed and reigning World Champion Magnus Carlsen won the first classical chess tournament since Bilbao Masters last summer. Over 400 days without a victory is highly unusual for the Norwegian, but in Isle of Man he showed why he still is the clear #1. The