Dutch no. 1 Anish Giri was in fine form when he played Banter Blitz yesterday, both with his blitz chess – he won all 16 games against chess24 users – and with his banter, where topics ranged from humour in chess to the likely future World Chess Champion and whether the title still matters. It’s “a golden era of Banter Blitz”, as Anish said, and today, to mark chess24’s 7th Birthday, we’ve got Hand and Brain shows with Radjabov & Giri and Nepomniachtchi & Dubov, as well as a special show with chess24’s own Jan Gustafsson and Laurent Fressinet.
The climax of the Airthings Masters is fast approaching - but we're already thinking about the next Champions Chess Tour event. At chess24 we are offering Premium members the chance to vote for your favourite addition to the line-up...
Klara Shagenovna Kasparova (1937-2020) passed away yesterday at the age of 83. Klara, who was a successful engineer before she devoted herself full-time to her son’s career, accompanied Garry Kasparov to almost all his major ches...
Carlsen-Aronian and Grischuk-Nakamura are among the pairings for Round 1 as the Airthings Masters kicks off at 15:00 CET (09:00 ET) on Saturday 26th December. The $200,000 first Major of the Champions Chess Tour will again featur...
Chess and poker are recognized as intellectual sports and the metaphor of "seated boxing" can be used to refer to each of them. It is said of both games that they take a few minutes to learn, but a lifetime to master. Somehow, a few...
World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen will be out for revenge against Champions Chess Tour leader Wesley So when the first Major of the tour kicks off on December 26th. The 12-player tournament runs until January 3rd and has a $200...
The traditional Tata Steel Chess tournament has been given the green light and will go ahead for the 83rd time between January 16th and 31st 2021. The organisers in the Dutch town of Wijk aan Zee were forced to look for players clos...
Ahead of his Banter Blitz appearance, FIDE Master Kamil Plichta presents a brand new course for chess24 on how to set about destroying the Dutch Defense (1.d4 f5). The Dutch is an aggressive opening which sees Black trying to seize ...
There are just two weeks to go until the first Champions Chess Tour "Major" of the season gets underway - and we are giving you a chance to vote another name into the line-up.
Iran has been given a stay of execution allowing it to continue competing in international chess events after FIDE dramatically watered down a proposed threat of a ban over its Israel sports boycott. chess24 reports on the 91st FIDE...
Anish Giri is the one player so far confirmed for the Tata Steel Masters, with the 2021 chess year set to get off to its traditional start in Wijk aan Zee from 15-31 January. The 83rd edition of the event is being held during a p...
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