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Magnus Carlsen Wins The 2021 World Chess Championship
Magnus Carlsen of Norway successfully defended his world chess championship title on Friday, extending an unbroken reign atop the game that began in 2013. He defeated his challenger, Ian Nepomniachtchi of Russia, in the most lopsided championship in recent memory, over a series of 11 games in Dubai that began two weeks ago. Following the…
The Top 10 Benefits of Learning and Playing Chess
I don’t recall exactly when and how I picked up the game of chess. But I know it was between the completion of high school and before I went to university. I recall frequently visiting a family friend almost every week. And one of the favorite things I did was to play chess with the…
Join Our Monthly Online CFC Rated Tournaments
You’re invited to join our monthly online CFC Rated Rapid tournaments. These online CFC Rapid rated tournaments are played on chess.com in two sections. Pairings are done using CFC Active Ratings. To be eligible for cash prizes, you must sign on to zoom during your games. When: Typically on Saturdays Where: Online on chess.com/live Format:…
Caruana Finishes Tata Steel Chess In Style
Having already won the Tata Steel Chess masters, Fabiano Caruana emphasized his dominance as the only winner in the final round. He finished on 10/13 or plus seven, only equaled by Magnus Carlsen (2013) and Garry Kasparov (1999) in recent times. Read more…
Wesley So Wins Fischer Random World Championship
Wesley So has won the first FIDE-sanctioned Fischer Random World Chess Championship, sweeping aside Magnus Carlsen in the final. So needed just two fast-rapid games to dispatch Carlsen and become the first official Fischer Random chess world champion. Read more here…
Evgeny Shtembuliak and Polina Shuvalova are World Junior Champions 2019
The World Junior Championships officially came to an end on October 26th 2019 when players from over 50 countries left for home. Two new World Champions were crowned: Evgeny Shtembuliak in the Open section and Polina Shuvalova in the Girls’ section. The silver and the bronze medal in the Open section went to the Armenians,…
World Junior Chess Championship Is Underway In India! Our Canadian Junior Representative, William Li Has 2 Points After 6 Rounds
The World Junior Chess Championship is underway in New Delhi, India. Going into the rest day we are now past the half way mark at the World Junior Championships 2019. In the open section we have two leaders: Evgeny Shtembuliak of Ukraine and Aram Hakobyan of Armenia. They are on 5.0/6 and are followed by…
Radjabov Wins FIDE Chess World Cup
Teimour Radjabov won the $110,000 first prize at the FIDE World Cup after beating Ding Liren (who earned $80,000) in the 5+3 games of today’s final tiebreak. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave came in third ($60,000) as he beat Yu Yangyi ($50,000) in both rapid games. The FIDE World Cup has been won by Levon Aronian (2005), Gata Kamsky (2007), Boris Gelfand (2009), Peter Svidler (2011), Vladimir Kramnik (2013), Sergey Karjakin (2015) and again Aronian (2017). Today a new…
FIDE Chess World Cup: Xiong Knocks Out Duda; Radjabov Eliminates Mamedyarov
After eliminating Anish Giri, 18-year-old Jeffery Xiong scored another upset at the FIDE World Cup as he knocked out 18th-seed Jan-Krzysztof Duda in an epic tiebreak on Sunday. In the all-Azerbaijani match Teimour Radjabov eliminated Shakhriyar Mamedyarov. The other players who advanced were Ding Liren, Alexander Grischuk and Levon Aronian, who beat Kirill Alekseenko, Leinier Dominguez and Le Quang Liem respectively. So far, it has been an exciting Chess World cup with so many…