Aronian stuns Carlsen to face Artemiev in the final
A stunning end to the Goldmoney Asian Rapid semis saw Levon Aronian don his lucky Boston Celtics basketball jersey before slam-dunking Magnus Carlsen in overtime. The Armenian star, 38, pulled off an incredible comeback on the buzzer to beat the champ twice in tiebreaks and book a place in the $100,000 event’s final. Aronian, a big Celtics fan, […]
WSCC 2021: Hou Yifan reaches the final
Hou Yifan defeated Lei Tingjie 11.5:9.5 in the Chinese semifinal derby and advanced to the final of the FIDE Chess.com Women’s Speed Chess Championship in which she will face Harika Dronavalli. The top-rated female player convincingly won the first 5+1 segment, but Lei Tingjie fought back in the 3+1 portion of the match to narrow the gap to just one […]
FIDE Binance Business Schools Super Cup announced
The International Chess Federation and Binance, TigerTrade and CryptoUniverse are excited to hold the first FIDE Binance Business Schools Super Cup, an online team competition that will take place from July 9-11, 2021. The Cup is an excellent chance for participating teams to get new business opportunities through chess and network with the world’s top business […]