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Biggest Elo Gainers of 2024
The year 2024 was one of the most exciting years in the late history of chess as it was a turning point for various aspects of the sport. A historic Indian Double at Budapest – Chess Olympiad, a surge of Freestyle Chess with Magnus Carlsen as its face, massive strides made by the wave of…
Carlsen, Gukesh, Nakamura to Headline Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour – First…
Freestyle Grand Slam Weissenhaus—The first leg of the 2025 Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour will take place from February 7 to 14, 2025, in Germany.
The Best Reactions to the “Jeans Gambit Declined”
A bizarre day in the chess world; more to come?
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Gukesh and Vantika receive the Highest Sporting Awards of India
On January 17, 2025, World Chess Champion Gukesh Dommaraju and top Indian women’s chess player, International Master Vantika Aggrawal were conferred with Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award and Arjuna Award, respectively. Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna (translated as Major Dhyan Chand Sports Jewel) and Arjuna Awards are the highest and the second highest sporting…
Lichess adds “the Kill box mate”
Lichess has added a new puzzle theme that they call “the Kill box mate”. It is described as “A rook is next to the enemy king and supported by a queen that also blocks the king’s escape squares. The rook and the queen catch the enemy king in a 3 by 3 “kill box”.” The…
Two World Champions at 18-Years-Old
There are persisting discussions about the new, young generation of players, born around 2003 or later, replacing the seasoned familiar names at the top rankings. We already have the likes of Erigaisi, Gukesh, Abdusattorov, and Firouzja in the Top 10 of the world rankings. Some might consider Firouzja, for instance, a familiar seasoned name like…
On January 17, 2025, World Chess Champion Gukesh Dommaraju and top Indian women’s chess player, International Master Vantika Aggrawal were conferred with Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award and Arjuna Award, respectively. Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna (translated as Major Dhyan Chand Sports Jewel) and Arjuna Awards are the highest and the second highest sporting…
Lichess has added a new puzzle theme that they call “the Kill box mate”. It is described as “A rook is next to the enemy king and supported by a queen that also blocks the king’s escape squares. The rook and the queen catch the enemy king in a 3 by 3 “kill box”.” The…
Weekly Chess960 for titled players.
There are persisting discussions about the new, young generation of players, born around 2003 or later, replacing the seasoned familiar names at the top rankings. We already have the likes of Erigaisi, Gukesh, Abdusattorov, and Firouzja in the Top 10 of the world rankings. Some might consider Firouzja, for instance, a familiar seasoned name like…
…does it take to change a lightbulb? (Just kidding.)
The dawn of new year 2025 has many connotations to sports lovers. The first tennis Grand Slam event, the Australian Open, takes off in Melbourne while the chess world looks to a much colder venue, Wijk aan Zee in the Netherlands, to welcome the new year. The first classical Super GM tournament of the year…
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Freestyle Chess
What is Freestyle Chess? It is basically chess where the pieces are shuffled before start. In this video Sune will show the armageddon game from the Freestyle Weissenhaus Play-in.
Chess Ninja News
Chess Ninja News with 3 major stories. The new world champion D. Gukesh! Update on Champions Chess Tour and the latest cheating accusations from Kramnik
The Amazing Knight I
The Amazing Knight in action! Learn the special features of this intriguing chess piece. Presented by Tim Jaksland
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It’s 4-4, Ding – Gukesh in see-saw draw
4th December, 2024 by R R Vasudevan from Singapore World Champion Ding Liren (China) had his chances, so did Challenger Gukesh Dommaraju (India) but neither could make it count, as the 8th game of the FIDE World Chess Championship 2024 presented by Google, ended in a draw leaving the scores tied 4-4 at the Equarius…
2024 World Blitz – A Format Shake-Up
FIDE to introduce a KO format for the 2024 World Blitz Championship.
Alireza cameos at the London Chess Classic
XTX Market London Chess Classic has concluded – Alireza Firouzja was victorious in the all-new Super Blitz section.
