Viswanathan Anand

Chess.com calculated the number of prize money earned by chess players in 2022

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…

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,…

Viswanathan Anand

This brilliant chess player is currently the world’s leading grandmaster. Thanks to his success, the game’s popularity skyrocketed in India, his home country. Viswanathan Anand was born in Mayiladuthurai, India, on December 11, 1969. However, his family soon moved to Madras (now Chennai, India’s chess capital). Vishy (as his fans call him) owes a great…