The 2023 World Championship is scheduled to take place in Astana, Kazakhstan from April 7 to May 1. A new world champion will be crowned, Yang Nepomniachtchi and Ding Liren will fight for the throne and the €2,000,000 prize pool. a source
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Online platform Chess.com announced the holding on the last Saturday of each month of a tournament in the arena format for the game of bullet, with a time control of 1+0 per game. Chess players with international titles can take part in the competitions. The prize fund of each tournament is $ 2500 (1st place…
A universal rating has appeared (taking into account the performances of chess players in classical chess, rapid chess and blitz) for January 2023. Top 10 of the world:1. M. Carlsen (Norway) – 2849;2. H. Nakamura (USA) – 2802;3. Ding Liren (China) – 2798;4. A. Firouzja (France) – 2795;5. I. Nepomniachtchi (Russia) – 2789;6. F. Caruana…
American chess player Hans Niemann accused reigning world champion Norwegian Magnus Carlsen of paying his compatriot Arjan Tari to shout insults at the American. In his lawsuit, Niemann alleges that Carlsen and his teammates in bars and on the street chanted the phrase “Jukse Hans”, which means “cheating Hans” in Norwegian, during the European Team…
The match for the chess crown between Ian Nepomniachtchi and Ding Liren will be held from April 7 to April 30, 2023, but the venue of the games is still unknown. “I don’t know anything about the venue of the championship match yet. Are they talking about Latin America? I don’t know,” – said Nepomniachtchi.
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International grandmaster and coach of Ian Nepomniachtchi Vladimir Potkin said that the match for the chess crown between his ward and Ding Liren could take place in Mexico. “Initially, there was an idea that the match would be held in Mexico. Although it is possible that another Latin American country is also meant. It’s good that…
Yesterday it became known that the match for the title of the 17th World Chess champion will take place from April 7 to April 30, 2023. The head of FIDE stated that there are no obstacles to the match between Ian Nepomniachtchi and Ding Liren. – Perhaps, due to the specifics of the venue of…
The International Chess Federation has designated the dates of the main event of 2023 in the calendar of events. The match for the title of the 17th world champion between Ian Nepomniachtchi and Ding Liren will be held from April 7 to April 30, the exact venue of the event has not yet been officially…
Leading Chess Platform Chess.com named the chess players who earned the most prizes in 2022. Top 5:1. Magnus Carlsen (Norway) – $558,596 (7 tournaments);2. Wesley So (USA) – $541,632 (14 tournaments);3. Hikaru Nakamura (USA) – $515,795 (10 tournaments);4. Ian Nepomniachtchi (Russia) – $429,512 (13 tournaments);5. Alireza Firouzja (France) – $358,542 (7 tournaments). It should be…