Tata Steel Rapid & Blitz: Carlsen rules supreme
At the end of another exciting day of chess, Magnus Carlsen was crowned as the winner of the 2019 Tata Steel Chess India Rapid and Blitz. Despite starting the day under the weather, he scored 5.5 points in the final 9 blitz games, netting an impressive 27 total points. The World Champion surpassed his 26.5 point record from […]
“Together with the Candidates” wins 2018 FIDE Book of the Year
We are delighted to announce the winner of the 2018 FIDE Book of the Year, also known as the Averbakh/Boleslavsky Award in respect of these two giants of chess literature. GM Artur Jussupow presided over the three-man independent jury, which also included GM Nigel Short and the World’s oldest living grandmaster, Yuri Averbakh. They originally selected three titles for shortlisting: “The quality of the […]