World Senior Championship 2023 prize fund breaks record
FIDE happy to announce that the prize fund of World Senior Chess Championship 2023 will hit the absolute record. The participants in categories age 50+ and 65+, Open and Women and Open 75+ (special prizes) will share the total amount of 42,500 Euros. 1-14 places in both Open sections, 1-5 places in Women sections will be […]
WWC Match 2023: Lei Tingjie takes initiative once again but Ju holds her to a draw
In the second game of the Match, World Champion Ju Wenjun played with the white pieces. Despite this advantage, Lei Tingjie once again seized the initiative and put pressure on Ju. However, the Women’s World Champion managed to hold and secure a draw It wasn’t just the colours that changed today—following yesterday’s game, Lei Tingjie […]
GCT SuperUnited Rapid and Blitz Croatia: Day 1 Recap
Five-time World Champion Viswanathan Anand shined on the first day of the SuperUnited Rapid and Blitz, the third leg of the 2023 Grand Chess Tour hosted by Zagreb, Croatia. After three rounds of play, currently tied for second place are World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen, Jan-Krzystof Duda, and Richard Rapport, each just a point behind […]
FIDE WRTC 2023: Showdown in Düsseldorf
From August 25-28, 2023, German Düsseldorf will host a unique competition, the inaugural edition of the World Rapid Team Championship, organized by FIDE in partnership with WR Group Holding GmbH. The 12-round Swiss tournament with rapid time control will see the squads from all over the world fight for the €250,000 prize fund, with the […]