The 2024 South West Chess Festival is coming up soon on 14-15th September at the Community Centre, 33 Tunbridge Street, Margaret River, Western Australia. The 2024 South West Chess Festival…
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Magnus Carlsen convincingly defeated Alireza Firouzja in the Speed Chess Championship Final, claiming his second consecutive and fourth overall SCC title. The first 5 min + 1 sec segment Carlsen…
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The Speed Chess Championship Finals are taking place from 6-8th September in Paris, France. The action starts with the match between five-time SCC champion Hikaru Nakamura and the Grand Chess…
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Hikaru Nakamura convincingly defeated Hans Niemann in the Speed Chess Championship Consolation Match. After a tight 5+1 segment, where Nakamura held a 5-4 lead, he completely dominated the 3+1 segment,…
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After announcing the initial schedule for the World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships, set from Dec 26-31, FIDE faced strong backlash for forcing players to stay an additional day in…
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Magnus Carlsen confidently defeated Hans Niemann in the Speed Chess Championship Semifinal, setting up a match against Alireza Firouzja for the title on Sunday. Despite the much hype ahead of…
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The new major release of Stockfish is announced today by the Stockfish team. In tests against Stockfish 16, this release brings an Elo gain of up to 46 points and…
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Alireza Firouzja qualified for the Speed Chess Championship Final after eliminating the event’s five-time champion Hikaru Nakamura in the Semifinal that was played tonight. Firouzja took an early lead 5.5-3.5…
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Levy Rozman (GothamChess) interviewed Hans Niemann ahead of his Speed Chess Championship match against Magnus Carlsen.
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The Singapore International Chess Open 2024 is set to take place from 29th November to 5th December in conjunction with the World Chess Championship Match. The tournament will be held…