Carlsen plays through pain to launch stunning comeback
Magnus Carlsen fought off severe back pain and his big rival Hikaru Nakamura to set up a winner-takes-all Tour Final match for $140,000 tomorrow. The World Champion grimaced throughout yet still roared back to level the match 3-3 against Nakamura and take the epic best-of-seven final to the seventh day. Carlsen’s injury was sustained just 30 minutes before play […]
Magnus Carlsen Tour Finals: Nakamura stuns Carlsen
Magnus Carlsen faced his kryptonite today as Hikaru Nakamura launched an astonishing comeback win to go just one set away from glory in the Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour. Nakamura and Norway’s World Champion fought tooth and nail in an incredibly tight encounter that was decided in a nail-biting final tiebreak game. The regulation four rapid chess games on day 5 of the final finished all-square […]
FIDE responds to queries regarding the Chess ID Game Viewer
August 19, 2020 As per Art 5.2 and 9.3 of the Chess ID Game Viewer Call for Offers Procedure, FIDE publishes responses to queries received. Sources of the queries are not mentioned; queries were edited for clarity and identifying details were stripped. Q: Do you need the software itself to be hosted on your own […]
A pictorial tribute to the Chess Olympiads
August 19 is observed as World Photography Day, aiming to inspire photographers across the planet to share photos. Approximately one year ago, FIDE created a photographic archive on Flickr, with the aim to share photos with the media, but also to start preserving important moments from our official competitions. Now, we have incorporated to this archive two […]