The UR (universal rating, taking into account performances in all competitions – classic, rapid and blitz) for October 2022 has been published. World Ten: Carlsen (Norway) 2846, Nakamura (USA) 2805, Firouzja (France) 2801, Ding Liren (China) 2800, Nepomniachtchi (Russia) 2789, So 2784, Caruana (both US) 2780, Vachier-Lagrave (France) 2775, Duda (Poland) 2766, Aronian (USA) 2764….
Ian Nepomniachtchi
Participants play a match of four games with a control of 15+2, in case of a draw, the opponents play Armageddon. The prize fund is 1.000.000$. Match results: Teimour Radjabov – Ian Nepomniachtchi 2,5 – 0,5 Nihal Sarin – Ding Liren 2,5 – 0,5
The 14th world chess champion Vladimir Kramnik considers Russian grandmaster Ian Nepomniachtchi the favorite in the match for the world title against the Chinese Ding Liren. Ian is some favorite. As a percentage, I would rate it as 55 to 45. Not a very big difference. The Chinese is a very serious opponent. Both have…
The final list of players of the Fischer Chess World Championship has become known. The tournament will be held from October 25 to 30, 2022 in Reykjavik. The participants will be: Wesley So – 2019 World Fischer Random Chess Champion, Magnus Carlsen – 2019 World Fischer Random Chess Championship runner-up, Vladimir Fedoseev – Winner of…
In a conversation with a TASS correspondent, Teimour Radjabov spoke about his expectations from the match for the world chess crown. Nepomniachtchi and Ding Liren will have a match of equal opponents, they have long been in the top ten of the world ranking. Ian is one of the top three in the world, he…
The next round of 1/16 round matches have been played in the Chess.com Global Championship. Participants play a match of four games with a control of 15+2, in case of a draw, the opponents play Armageddon. The prize fund is 1.000.000$. Match results: Anish Giri – Raunak Sadhwani 3-0 Pavel Ponkratov – Nodirbek Abdusattarov 3-2…
Every kind of sport, obviously, has its own unique and unmatched achievements. Chess is no exception. For example, there are fixed results of tournaments, various ratings, victories, losses, and so on. In this review, we will talk about the game length records in chess. The most lengthy tournament game In 1989, Ivan Nikolić played with…