GM Peter Svidler showed up to compete in the 28th edition of the Tepe Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament, after not competing more than a year and a half. The tournament took place in Malmo, Sweden, from May 4th to 10th. Eight professional grandmasters played 7 rounds. Here are the Read more…
From the 28th of April to the 1st of May, I took part in a Pieniny Chess Tournament. The tournament was played in a beautiful National Park in Pieniny in Slovakia. Mountains and nature surrounded us while playing our games. Another plus was the variety of free-time activities organized by Read more…
The capital city of Romania, Bucharest, gives the start of the Grand Chess Tour 2023 between the 06th-13th of May. The Grand Chess Tour comprises five elite chess tournaments: an initial round of classic chess, followed by three rounds of rapid and blitz, and culminates with classic chess at the Read more…
Ding Liren is officially the first player from China to be crowned as the World Chess Champion. After nerve-wracking final tiebreaks, Ding dethroned Magnus Carlsen. Let’s have a closer look and recap the last fascinating rounds and the tiebreaker. Game 7 – Nepomniachtchi takes the lead In Game 7, we Read more…
As the entire world is tensely watching the World Championship Match between Nepo and Ding, there was another very interesting and strong tournament played in Astana in Kazakhstan. From the 17th to the 20th of April, there was a women’s match between the Kazakhstan selection and the World selection. Each team had Read more…
The Chess Mitropa Cup is an idea of the Austrian International Arbiter Gertrude Wagner. She wanted to create a tournament for teams in the center of Europe. This tournament has a lot of history, as the first Mitropa Cup was in 1953 in Vienna with only six teams. A different Read more…
What a match in Astana! The FIDE World Championship is heating after Nepomniachtchi got a lead in Game 5, but Ding strokes back in Game 6. Let’s discuss these fascinating last 2 rounds. Game 5 Following his defeat in Game 4 and the rest day, Nepomniachtchi scored an exceptional win Read more…
The World Chess Championships 2023 between Ding Liren and Ian Nepomniachtchi is currently the hottest topic in the chess world. Let’s see how Ding and Nepomniachtchi did after the first game that ended as a draw. Game 2 – Ding‘s surprise that favored Nepomniachtchi Ding as white shocked Nepomniachtchi right Read more…
Because of Carlsen’s absence, Ian Nepomniachtchi is facing No.3 Liren Ding, the highest-rated Chinese player in history. The 2023 FIDE World Championship Match is being played in Astana, Kazakhstan from April 9 and can go on until April 30. They will play 14 games and the first who reaches 7,5 Read more…
The capital city of Iceland is a popular place among chess players. Reykjavik gave home to one of the strongest open tournaments of the year, the Reykjavik Open, this time from the 29th of March to the 4th of April. The nine-round Swiss system had a time control of 90 Read more…