18 year old Dommaraju Gukesh becomes the 18th World Champion and the by defeating Ding Liren on the 14th game. He also became the youngest ever to win the title at Resorts World Sentosa, Singapore.
Ding playing with white pieces started with 1.Nf3 and played very cautiously. He managed to exchange pie
The 13th game of the World Chess Championship 2024 ended in a hard fought draw after Gukesh missed a chance to gain upper hand.
For the 3rd time in the match, it was a French defense with Gukesh opened with 1.e4. The game was equal till move 29 and on move 30 Ding made a mistake, moving his queen to f7. Instead o
The 12th game of the World Chess Championship 2024 saw Ding Liren scoring a crucial victory and levelled the score.
Again it was a Reti opening with Ding opened with white pieces. Gukesh playing with black did not make any serious mistakes but some inaccuracies helped Ding to increase his advantage. Ding managed
After 7 consecutive draws the 11th game of the World Chess Championship 2024 ended in favour of Gukesh
It was a Reti opening and Ding spent almost 40 minutes and after the game said It was a difficult game. Ding was in time pressure and on the 28th move played Qc8 which was a blunder. Gukesh on his 29th mov
The 10th game of the World Chess Championship 2024 ended in a draw after both players repeated their moves.
The game was even from the opening white Ding had the white pieces started with 1.d4. Gukesh surprised Ding on the 5th move with Bd6. “I thought it might be a slight advantage”, Ding said after t
With precise play from both sides, the ninth game of the World Chess Championship 2024 ended in a draw after 54 moves.
Gukesh playing with white pieces started the game with d4 and the game entered into a Catalan opening. The game followed Giri – Niemann and on the 10th move Gukesh played Bc3 with the idea
Game 8 was the most interesting game of the World Championship as both the players had some chances to win but ended in a draw.
The game started with English Opening with Ding Liren opened with c4 on his first move. Gukesh quickly played his opening moves as he was prepared well. Later he said “I want to con
R R Vasudevan, live from Singapore
Hanging on to his dear life, World Champion Ding Liren (China) survived a precarious position to draw the seventh game against Challenger Gukesh Dommaraju (India) at the FIDE World Chess Championship 2024, presented by Google, at the Equarius Hotel Sentosa, Singapore here to
IA, FI R R Vasudevan
World Championship Challenger Gukesh Dommaraju (India), with black pieces, survived a dicey position holding World Champion Ding Liren (China) to a draw in the sixth game of the FIDE World Chess Championship 2024, presented by Google, at the Equarius Hotel Sentosa, Singapore here today. T
IA, FI R R Vasudevan
World Champion Ding Liren (China) let the Challenger Gukesh Dommaraju (India) off the hook in the fifth game of the FIDE World Chess Championship 2024, presented by Google, at the Equarius Hotel Sentosa, Singapore here today. The game ended in a draw by threefold repetition and the
Dommaraju Gukesh creates history in the world of chess. Becomes the world championship challenger at the age of 17.
Gukesh won the candidates tournament which is the final path to challenge the world champion at the age of 17. The youngest ever to win a candidates tournament, Gukesh will now challenge Ding L
This year the Qatar Masters Open was held from 11th October 2023 to 20th October 2023. 158 players took part in the masters open with GM Magnus Carlsen with a rating of 2839 was the top seed. He was followed by GM Hikaru Nakamura and GM Anish Giri.
Magnus Carlsen had suffered a shocking defeat at the
Lei, Tingjie takes lead over reigning champion Ju Wenjun at the end of the 5th game of the World Womens Chess Championship 2023 being held at Shangai and Chongqing, China.
Lei playing with white pieces opted for the Italian defence instead of Ruy Lopez which she played in the previous two games. Lei took slight advantag
Ding Liren of China clinched the World Chess Championship 2023 held at Astana, Kazakhstan. He defeated Ian Nepominacthtchi of Russia and took the title.
In a 14 game match, the score was leveled at 7-7 and 4 tie break games of 25 minutes with 10 seconds increment were played on 30th of April 2023. With 3 games ended in d
The 42nd National Team Championship was held from 10th February to 16th February 2023 along with 20th National Team Championship for women at Dr.Mahalingam College of Engineering and Technology, Pollachi, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu.
30 teams took part in the open section while 14 teams took part in the women’s s
International Master G B Harshavardhan maintained his sole lead with 6.5 points at the end of the 8th and penultimate round of the Asian Juniors Chess Championship held at Tagatay City, Philippines.
In the eighth round he defeated Eric Labog Jr of Philippines with Harshavardhan playing with black pie
India beat France in the Quarter Finals of the World Team Championship and moved on the Semi Finals and will face Uzbekistan in the World Team Championship being held at Jerusalem, Israel.
In game 1 Vidit Santosh Gujrathi and S L Narayanan scored fine victories over Maxime Vachier Lagrave and Laurent Fressinet respectively wi
India were placed third in group B at the end of the 2nd Round of the World Team Chess Championship being held at Jerusalem, Israel.
Azerbaijan is leading the Group B after winning the first round against Uzbekistan by 2.5 – 1.5. Shakriyar Mamedyarov and Rauf Mamedov scored their wins against Nodirbe
Monika Socko of Poland won the European Women’s Championship 2022 for the 8th time . She scored 8.5 points out of 11 without losing a single game. Seeded 7th Monika defeated compatriot WGM Jolanta Zawadzka and took half point lead in Round 5.
In Round 8 Monika defeated joint leader IM Mammadzad
All the four games ended in a draw in the 3rd round of the Candidates tournament 2022. The winner of the tournament will challenge the World Champion Magnus Carlsen for the world title.
The time control for this double round robin tournament is 120 minutes for the first 40 moves followed by 60 minutes for the next 20 m
GM Daniel Dardha, GM Vitaliy Bernadskiy and GM Basso Pier Luigi were leading with 5 points at the end of the 7th round of the 13th Dolomiti International Chess Festival Group A tournament held at Italy.
Basso Pier Luigi and Bernadskiy drew their game in 7 moves and Daniel Dardha played an unusual move h4 on the third move aga
Three players GM Vitaliy Bernadskiy, GM Moroni Luca Jr and GM Basso Pier Luigi shot into lead with 4.5 points at the end of the sixth round of the 13th Dolomiti International Ches
IM GB Harshavardhan is leading the 13th
Dolomiti International Chess Festival Group A tournament being held in
Italy.
FIDE announces that it has reached an agreement with World Chess on a new format of its future cooperation.
According to the Addendum to the Agreement:
— FIDE is recognized as the holder of the rights to all tournaments of the World Championship Cycle, including the Candidates Tournament and the World Championship Match, exce
Mr Arkady Dvorkovich is elected new President of FIDE at the General Assembly in Batumi, Georgia.
Members of the Presidential Ticket of Arkady Dvorkovich are elected into office:
Bachar Kouatly – Deputy President
Sewa Enyonam Fumey – General Secretary
Mahir Mammedov – Vice President
Julio Granda Zuniga
FIDE has noticed that a private company from Germany, named "Amateur Chess Organisation (ACO)" is advertising events with the misleading name “World Senior Chess Championships†supposed to be held in Crete, Greece in October 2018. These events do not have any official recognition from FIDE. Furthermore, the above mentioned private compa
Interview with the FIDE Administrative Manager Polina Tsedenova
By Anastasiya Karlovich
The 1st of July 2017 marks 20th year with FIDE for the FIDE Administrative Manager Polina Tsedenova. Her colleagues would like to congratulate her on the anniversary and send her warm wishes.
Polina, you have been working in FIDE f
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