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Magnus Carlsen and Hou Yifan are the leaders of the FIDE rating list

FIDE has published a rating of chess players on November 1, 2022. Men, top ten: 1. M. Carlsen (Norway) 2859, 2. Ding Liren (China) 2811, 3. I. Nepomniachtchi (Russia) 2793, 4. A. Firouzja (France) 2785, 5. H. Nakamura 2768, 6. F. Caruana (both – USA) 2766, 7. A. Giri (Netherlands) 2764, 8. W.So (USA) 2760,…

Magnus Carlsen officially refused to defend the title of world chess champion

The current world chess champion Magnus Carlsen has confirmed in writing his refusal to participate in the match for the world crown against Ian Nepomniachtchi. “Grandmaster Ding Liren received this weekend the official invitation to take part in the FIDE World Championship match 2023, after the current World Champion Magnus Carlsen formally confirmed, in writing,…

Hikaru Nakamura became the Fischer World Chess Champion

The Fischer World Chess Championship, held from October 25 to October 30 with a prize fund of 400,000$ (1st place — 150,000$), ended in Reykjavik (Iceland). In the final, Hikaru Nakamura beat Ian Nepomniachtchi. The match of the 4th games ended in a draw, but White in Armageddon success was on the side of the…

Contenders’ Tournament — Group A. Results of the fourth game day

Monaco hosted the fourth round of the 1/4 tournament of contenders for the world championship in Group A. Humpy Koneru 0 – 1 Anna MuzychukLei Tingjie 0.5 – 0.5 Mariya Muzychuk Score in matches after 4 games:Koneru Hampi — Muzychuk Anna 2-2Lei Tingjje — Muzychuk Maria 2.5 – 1.5 Dates: from October 24 — November…

Contenders’ Tournament — Group A. Standing of the third game day

Monaco hosted the third round of the 1/4 tournament of contenders for the world championship in Group A. Humpy Koneru 0.5 – 0.5 Anna MuzychukLei Tingjie 0.5 – 0.5 Mariya Muzychuk Koneru Humpy – Muzychuk Anna 2-1Lei Tingjie – Muzychuk Maria 2-1 Dates: from October 24 – November 6Prize fund : €70,000 Official page

Fischer World Chess Championship. Third game day

4th matchSo 1 : 1 GretarssonAbdusattorov 2 : 0 NepomniachtchiNakamura 1,5 : 0,5 BluebaumCarlsen 1,5 : 0,5 Fedoseev 5th matchNepomniachtchi 2 : 0 GretarssonSo 1.5 : 0,5 AbdusattorovFedoseev 1 : 1 BluebaumCarlsen 1 : 1 Nakamura The final standings of the participants in the groups (for a victory in a match of two games –…

Wesley So doesn’t know the rules of chess

A curious incident happened yesterday at the Fischer World Chess Championship in Reykjavik. In one of the games against Ian Nepomniachtchi, the American grandmaster Wesley So, the king was under the check. He decided to castling anyway, although according to the rules of chess, castling is impossible in such a situation. The judges explained this…

The World Team Championship will be held in Jerusalem

The World Team Chess Championship will be held in Jerusalem (Israel) from November 19 to 26. 12 teams will compete in the tournament. The national teams will be represented by such strong players as R. Wojtaszek, V. Ivanchuk, A. Giri, J. Van Foreest, M. Vachier-Lagrave, G. Vidit, N. Sarin, H. Niemann, A. Shirov, T. Radjabov,…

Malta hosts the World Amateur Chess Championship

On October 20, the 2022 World Amateur Championship began in Malta. The competition is held in three rating groups: up to 1700, up to 2000 and up to 2300. A total of 197 chess players from 51 countries take part in the tournament. Technical results