Magnus Carlsen: ‘I just want to win one more tournament!’
World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen hasn’t won a tournament since Altibox Norway Chess in mid-October, and even then a last-round loss to Levon Aronian took some of the gloss off the win. In the aftermath of losing the final of the Opera Euro Rapid to Wesley So, Magnus talked to Ilya Levitov about his motivation, how he feels the World Championship should be decided and much more. Magnus explained that when he was young he was “spooked” when he played Russians, since he thought they knew everything!
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Chigorin's Checkmates
Mikhail Chigorin (1850-1908) is one of the founding fathers of Russian chess. He lost two matches for the World Chess Championship title against the first official champion Wilhelm Steinitz, in 1889 and 1892. A highly creative pl...
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Grenke Bank win World Corporate Chess Championship
Alina Kashlinskaya and Inna Agrest grabbed the wins as Grenke Bank, led by Georg Meier, overcame Ian Nepomniachtchi’s SBER on Sunday to win the 1st FIDE Online World Corporate Chess Championship. 288 teams had been whittled down ...
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ChessBase’s Fat Fritz 2 condemned as ‘rip-off’ Stockfish clone
Stockfish and Leela Chess Zero developers have joined together with Lichess to condemn what they see as false advertising by ChessBase of the recently released Fat Fritz 2 chess software. The promotional material suggests the che...
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Nepo & Korobov in World Corporate Championship Final 8
Ian Nepomniachtchi scored 6/6 and his team SBER dropped just 1.5 points out of 24 as the favourites to win the 1st Online FIDE World Corporate Chess Championship cruised into the knockout stages. It was tougher for the other 2700...
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For Premium only: Tell us who you want in the next Tour event?
The next big event in the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour is nearly upon us. Now we need to know who you want in it. Check out the 13 names in the running and vote in our poll today.
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Carlsen, Giri & Nepo play FIDE World Corporate Championship
World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen tops the line-up for the 1st Online FIDE World Corporate Chess Championship, in which he’ll play for his team Kindred. Ian Nepomniachtchi (SBER), Anish Giri (Optiver), Vladislav Artemiev (Aerof...
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FIDE Candidates to resume after 389 days
FIDE has today announced that the Candidates Tournament in Yekaterinburg, Russia, will resume with the 8th round taking place on April 19th, 389 days after the event was stopped midway. The chess world should finally get to know who...
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Opera Euro Rapid Final 1: So hits back against Carlsen
Wesley So pumped his fist after beating Magnus Carlsen on demand in the final game of the first day of the Opera Euro Rapid final to tie the match going into the Valentine’s Day decider. Magnus had earlier taken the lead by winni...
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Aker BioMarine partners with Meltwater Champions Chess Tour
Aker BioMarine, a leading global biotech innovator, has signed a four-year agreement with the Play Magnus Group for LYSOVETA™ by Aker BioMarine to serve as the Official Learning Partner for the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour. The...
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Will The Queen's Gambit Be Accepted?
Today we reach the finale of our quintet of articles on the theme of chess and love as we wait to discover: Will The Queen's Gambit be Accepted?
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