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…
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The World Rapid Chess Championship has ended in Almaty (Kazakhstan). 176 players participated in competitions with a prize fund of $ 350,000. The victory was won by the Norwegian grandmaster, world champion Magnus Carlsen. Hikaru Nakamura is in second place. Haik Martirosyan is on the third. Technical results:1. M. Carlsen (Norway) – 16 of 21;2-3….
Russian grandmaster Ian Nepomniachtchi was forced to change clothes during the World Rapid and Blitz Championship, which is taking place in Alma-Ata (Kazakhstan). The Russian came to the competition in a T-shirt with a quote from Lionel Messi: “What are you looking at, idiot? Come on, get out of here, asshole.” He said these words during a flash…
The Speed Chess Championship continues on the platform Chess.com , online tournament playoff stageAfter the 3rd match, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave beat Ian Nepomniachtchi with a score of 19.5-11.5The next Speed Chess Championship match, in which Levon Aronian and Dmitry Andreikin will compete, will be held tomorrow at 21:00 Moscow timeDates: from November 21 to December 16System:…
The Speed Chess Championship continues on the platform Chess.com , online tournament playoff stageAfter the 2nd match, Ding Liren beat Alexander Grischuk with a score of 14:12.The next match of the Speed Chess Championship, in which they will fight Ian Nepomniachtchi — Maxime Vachier-Lagrave will be held today at 21:00 Moscow time Dates: from November 21 to…
The leading Russian grandmaster Ian Nepomniachtchi was born on July 14, 1990, in Bryansk. He was barely 5 years old when he first showed interest in Chess. His achievements were soon to come. For three years in a row, from 2000 to 2002, the future contender for the chess crown became the European Champion in…
Sooner or later, chess fans start to wonder who the best player is. Some of them are just curious. Others need an example to strive for. We live in an amazing era. Now we have a Champion who can be called the best – Magnus Carlsen. And not only of our time! There had been…
Chess.com presented the list of participants of the upcoming Speed Chess Championship. The tournament will be attended by:Magnus Carlsen, Hikaru Nakamura, Fabiano Caruana, Wesley So, Dmitry Andreikin, Arjun Erigaisi, Ding Liren, Ian Nepomniachtchi , Nihal Sarin, Anish Giri, Levon Aronian, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Nodirbek Abdusattorov, Dommaraju Gukesh.The names of two more participants will be announced after the…
Henrik Carlsen, who is the father and manager of the current world champion Magnus Carlsen, explained why his son refused the title match against Ian Nepomniachtchi. “As for the format, the opening preparation takes so much time and limits the game of classical chess at the highest level so much that Magnus could not help…
The current world chess champion Magnus Carlsen said that in the future he could take part in a match for the title of the strongest chess player on the planet. “I don’t want to speculate on whether this is possible or not, but I definitely don’t rule out such a possibility in the future. Especially…