Anna Ushenina wins first leg of WSCC Grand Prix
Anna Ushenina, the classical World Champion in 2012, defeated Valentina Gunina in the final, leaving the score 7-4 in her favor. The Ukrainian outplayed her rival and was a deserved winner: a better opening preparation gave her the upper hand in most of the games, and she was also more accurate. Taking an early lead in the […]
Chessable Masters: Giri makes it to semis as Nakamura hangs on
Anish Giri gave himself a big birthday present by ensuring a semi-final spot in the $150,000 Chessable Masters. The Dutch star rolled over three-time World Blitz Champion Alexander Grischuk with two wins to take today’s second set 3-1 and the tie 2-0. Giri, who turned 26, then hit back at World Champion Magnus Carlsen who has been goading him […]
Sander Severino wins first IPCA Online Championship
The first world online championship of IPCA (the International physically disabled chess association affiliated to FIDE) was held on June 16-17 in collaboration with the Israeli Chess Federation. The Swiss tournament was open to players with at least 50 percent disability and attracted 124 participants from 25 countries. The rapid chess (nine-round tournament took place […]
Chess after COVID-19 online discussion to be held on June 29
FIDE President Arkady Dvorkovich and the 14th World Champion Vladimir Kramnik will take part in an online discussion Chess after COVID-19, organized by Roscongress Foundation and FIDE. The event starts on June 29 at 11:00 Moscow time (8:00 GMT). “We will talk about the last tendencies in chess, FIDE’s initiatives aimed at promoting and developing online-chess and explosive growth […]
Carlsen, Nepomniachtchi storm into semis of Chessable Masters
Magnus Carlsen and Ian Nepomniachtchi breezed into the last four of the $150,000 Chessable Masters with dominating displays today. Carlsen, the reigning World Champion, needed just three games to dispatch his 2018 title challenger Fabiano Caruana and reach the semis. The Norwegian won the second and third games after a first game draw to take the set 2.5-0.5 and the match 2-0 without […]