Nepomniachtchi wins Candidates Tournament with a round to spare
Ian Nepomniachtchi sealed his victory in the Candidates tournament by securing a draw with the white pieces against Maxime Vachier-Lagrave. The Russian Grandmaster wins the event with a round to spare and will challenge the Norwegian Magnus Carlsen at the end of the year in Dubai, with a prize fund of two million euros at stake. This draw left […]
Magnus Carlsen storms into lead
Carlsen extends unbeaten streak to 10 Nakamura moves ominously up the leaderboard Top 8 tomorrow progress, bottom 8 go out Magnus Carlsen cranked up the gears to move smoothly into the lead in the New In Chess Classic on Sunday. The World Champion said felt “comfortable” as he stretched his unbeaten run in the $100,000 online event […]
Statement on the Fair Play decisions at the FIDE World University Championship
FIDE acknowledges that the decision of the Fair Play Panel of the FIDE World University Online Championship was made with due care and in accordance with the tournament regulations, and deems no further action to be necessary. FIDE will not ask the Ethics and Disciplinary Commission to consider the extension of the recent sanctions imposed […]
Gazprom becomes FIDE’s General Partner for the period 2021-2023
The International Chess Federation and PJSC Gazprom have announced expanding cooperation and signed a three-year agreement under which Gazprom becomes FIDE’s General Partner for the period of 2021-2023. The sponsorship agreement covers most of FIDE’s main competitions until 2023: the World Cup and Women’s World Cup in 2021 and 2023, the Olympiad in Moscow in 2022, the […]
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Nepomniachtchi keeps sole lead after “bloody” Round 12
Ian Nepomniachtchi outplayed Wang Hao and is heading to the final rest day as a sole leader, while Fabiano Caruana and Anish Giri were deciding who would become his main rival. The American grandmaster took a hard line in the middlegame, but lost the thread and let his opponent grab the initiative. Anish Giri found the precise way to convert his advantage into […]
Deac and Ciolacu win Romanian 2021 Championship
The Romanian Chess Championship saw the triumph of teenagers: Bogdan-Daniel Deac (aged 19) and Alessia-Mihaela Ciolacu (aged 17) won the national titles for the first time in their careers. Both Open and Women’s championships were 9-round Swiss tournaments held in Iasi, Romania from April 19-25. In the Open tournament it came down to the wire as Bogdan-Daniel Deac and Costica-Ciprian […]