Chess News and Event Coverage (2024)

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Kosteniuk Topples Dzagdnize, Joins Leaders Hat-Trick Hero Naroditsky Secures 19th Title Harika Forgoes Castling In Victory Over 'Chess Queen' Kosteniuk Jeanne Sinquefield Offers Historic $100,000 Awards To New Female Grandmasters In U.S. Yakubboev Wins UzChess Cup On Tiebreaks Ahead Of Abdusattorov Wins For Former World Champions Tan, Kosteniuk, Mariya Muzychuk Nogerbek Becomes World Junior Champion In Close Race, Divya Dominates Girls Firouzja Beats Nakamura Twice To Win Bullet Chess Championship Nakamura Storms Into Bullet Chess Grand Final Nakamura Posts Big Score After Near Miss See The Future: Watch The ChessKid Youth Championships, Starting June 29 Niemann Secures Funds For $1 Million Buy-In Tournament Nakamura Unstoppable vs. Nihal, Naroditsky Overcomes Sevian's Comeback Chess.com Announcing Chess960 Community Championship With $7,500 In Prizes Arjun Erigaisi Needs No Invitation, Rises To World Number-4 Sevian Stuns Firouzja; Nakamura, Nihal, Naroditsky Advance Martinez Beats Kramnik In Clash Of Claims Sport’s Craziest Crossover: Disc Golf Gets On Board For 2024 Bullet Chess Championship 7 Things We Learned — Norway Chess 2024 Naroditsky Eclipses Field Featuring Carlsen, Praggnanandhaa, Giri 15-Year-Old Chessable Author Huy Wins Vietnam Chess Championship Carlsen, Ju Wenjun Win Norway Chess Titles Conditional Ban For Russian Federation; Dvorkovich Reprimanded By Ethics Commission Ding Lands Blow Against Nakamura As Carlsen Increases His Lead Player Caught Cheating Over-The-Board At Chicago Open 2024 FAQs

Kosteniuk Topples Dzagdnize, Joins Leaders

FM JackRodgers

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GM Alexandra Kosteniuk has joined the leaders on 2/3 at the Cairns Cup 2024 following a fine victory over Georgia's GM Nana Dzagnidze in round three while the tournament's other leaders; GMs Harika Dronavalli, Mariya Muzychuk, and Tan Zhongyi drew...

Hat-Trick Hero Naroditsky Secures 19th Title

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In a near-carbon copy of June's earlier editions, GM Daniel Naroditsky scored a dominant 235 points to secure his third straight Bullet Brawl title in the $1,000 event. With 66 wins, four draws, and just 13 losses to his name, Naroditsky finished ...

Harika Forgoes Castling In Victory Over 'Chess Queen' Kosteniuk

FM JackRodgers

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Four players—GMs Nana Dzagnidze, Harika Dronavalli, Mariya Muzychuk, and Tan Zhongyi—sit atop the standings on 1.5/2 at the Cairns Cup 2024 after Dzagnidze and Harika won their respective games against IM Anna Zatonskih and GM Alexandr...

Jeanne Sinquefield Offers Historic $100,000 Awards To New Female Grandmasters In U.S.

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In a groundbreaking initiative to support women's chess, Saint Louis Chess Club has announced $100,000 awards to U.S. female players achieving the grandmaster title by July 4, 2029. Jeanne Cairns Sinquefield, co-founder of the Saint Louis ...

Yakubboev Wins UzChess Cup On Tiebreaks Ahead Of Abdusattorov

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Bottom-seed GM Nodirbek Yakubboev edged out top-seed GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov on tiebreaks to claim the $25,000 first prize at the UzChess Cup Masters, part of a bigger chess festival in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. The two Uzbek GMs scored 5.5/9, half a...

Wins For Former World Champions Tan, Kosteniuk, Mariya Muzychuk

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Former women's world chess champions GMs Tan Zhongyi, Mariya Muzychuk, and Alexandra Kosteniuk opened with victories in the first round of the Cairns Cup 2024 which began at the Saint Louis Chess Club on Thursday. Muzychuk's game featured a twin e...

Nogerbek Becomes World Junior Champion In Close Race, Divya Dominates Girls

20-year-old IM Kazybek Nogerbek was only the ninth seed but edged out 13 grandmasters to win the 2024 FIDE World Junior Chess Championship. The Girl's section was dominated by 18-year-old top-seed IM Divya Deshmukh from India, who won with an unde...

Firouzja Beats Nakamura Twice To Win Bullet Chess Championship

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GM Alireza Firouzja has pulled off a stunning triumph to claim his second Bullet Chess Championship after winning four matches on the final day. He won grueling encounters with GMs Sam Sevian and Daniel Naroditsky and was on the verge of pulling o...

Nakamura Storms Into Bullet Chess Grand Final

Colin_McGourty

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GM Hikaru Nakamura is through to the Grand Final of the 2024 Bullet Chess Championship after beating GM Daniel Naroditsky 16.5-11.5. Naroditsky still has one life remaining and will play the winner of the match between GMs Alireza Firouzja and&nbs...

Nakamura Posts Big Score After Near Miss

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GMs Alexey Sarana and Hikaru Nakamura are your Titled Tuesday victors for June 11, 2024. Sarana won by the thinnest of margins in the early tournament, needing the second tiebreak before his 10 points were finally determined to have earned first p...

See The Future: Watch The ChessKid Youth Championships, Starting June 29

Leon_Watson

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A major new blitz tournament showcasing the record-breaking next generation of young chess talents in two age categories will launch this month. The ChessKid Youth Championship kicks off on June 29 with a $15,000 prize fund and promises to be a ...

Niemann Secures Funds For $1 Million Buy-In Tournament

PeterDoggers

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GM Hans Niemann said on X that he has secured the necessary funds to play in the $1 million buy-in tournament alongside GMs Nodirbek Abdusattorov, Fabiano Caruana, and Ian Nepomniachtchi. Organizer Wadim Rosenstein confirmed to Chess.com that fund...

Nakamura Unstoppable vs. Nihal, Naroditsky Overcomes Sevian's Comeback

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GMs Hikaru Nakamuraand Daniel Naroditsky have knocked everyone else out of the Winners Bracket of the Bullet Chess Championship 2024 (BCC). Nakamura led by a vast margin throughout his match vs. GM Nihal Sarin. Naroditsky fought off ...

Chess.com Announcing Chess960 Community Championship With $7,500 In Prizes

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Scramble the back rank of your sets because the 2024 Chess.com Community Championships is launching the Chess960 Championships in just a few weeks! The enticing prize fund of $7,500 includes $2,000 for first place, $1,400 for second, $800 for t...

Arjun Erigaisi Needs No Invitation, Rises To World Number-4

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"We don't need no... invitation," to loosely borrow the lyrics from Pink Floyd, could be the hook to GM Arjun Erigaisi's theme song in the year 2024. Despite playing in almost no closed super-tournaments, which are invitation-only, he has been dom...

Sevian Stuns Firouzja; Nakamura, Nihal, Naroditsky Advance

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GMs Hikaru Nakamura, Sam Sevian, Nihal Sarin, and Daniel Naroditsky advanced to the Winners Semifinals of the Bullet Chess Championship 2024 (BCC) on Monday. In his debut to the BCC, Sevian defeated the 2021 champion, GM Alireza Firouzja, ...

Martinez Beats Kramnik In Clash Of Claims

Colin_McGourty

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GM Jose Martinez has won what IM Levy Rozman described as "one of the craziest chess events in history," the Clash of Claims in Madrid. He beat former World Champion Vladimir Kramnik 14.5-11.5, with two games to spare, losing 6.5-7.5 over the boar...

Sport’s Craziest Crossover: Disc Golf Gets On Board For 2024 Bullet Chess Championship

Leon_Watson

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One of the most unlikely and fun crossovers in sport is back: disc golf and chess are getting together to put on another blockbuster event for fans. The 2024 Chess.com Invitational was the Disc Golf Pro Tour’s season-opening event back in ...

7 Things We Learned — Norway Chess 2024

Colin_McGourty

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GM Magnus Carlsen briefly stared into the abyss of losing his world number-one spot, but he turned things around to win his sixth Norway Chess title. GM Hikaru Nakamura returned to the 2800 club, while Women's World Champion Ju Wenjun cruised to v...

Naroditsky Eclipses Field Featuring Carlsen, Praggnanandhaa, Giri

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GM Daniel Naroditsky has added another Bullet Brawl trophy to his ever-growing cabinet after winning his second straight event ahead of GMs Andrew Tang, Oleksandr Bortnyk, and 171 other titled players. Playing 76 games in two hours, Naroditsky acc...

15-Year-Old Chessable Author Huy Wins Vietnam Chess Championship

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FM Banh Gia Huy has booked his spot at the 2024 FIDE Chess Olympiad for team Vietnam after winning the country's national championship in March. Huy has since crossed the 2400 FIDE rating threshold, leaving him one norm shy of the coveted IM title...

Carlsen, Ju Wenjun Win Norway Chess Titles

Colin_McGourty

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World number-one Magnus Carlsen has won his sixth Norway Chesstitle after beating GM Fabiano Caruana in armageddon while GM Hikaru Nakamura was held to an incredibly tense classical draw by GM Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu. The young Indian won ...

Conditional Ban For Russian Federation; Dvorkovich Reprimanded By Ethics Commission

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The FIDE Ethics and Disciplinary Commission has punished the Chess Federation of Russia with a two-year conditional ban and reprimanded FIDE President Arkady Dvorkovich, in both cases for violations related to Russia's invasion of and continued ag...

Ding Lands Blow Against Nakamura As Carlsen Increases His Lead

Colin_McGourty

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World Champion Ding Liren finally has something to celebrate after beating GM Hikaru Nakamura in armageddon. That is good news for world number-one Magnus Carlsen, who extended his Norway Chess 2024 lead to 1.5 points before the final round after ...

Player Caught Cheating Over-The-Board At Chicago Open 2024

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A player was caught red-handed at the Chicago Open 2024, using a phone to win chess games over the board. Unlike other offline cheating cases, the player didn't use a device outside the playing hall; instead, he used his phone in his lap, right at...

Chess News and Event Coverage (2024)

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ChessTV - Chess Broadcast and Streaming Shows - Chess.com.

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Create a free ChessBase Account to get additional functions on all ChessBase web sites. For professional use subscribe to a Premium Account. Create a free ChessBase Account to get additional functions on all ChessBase web sites.

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Conclusion: Should I Buy Chessbase 17? ChessBase 17 is a great program if you are extremely serious about your chess improvement but by no means a must-have for everyone. If you are a professional or aspiring professional player, the investment is certainly worth it.

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Stockfish has been one of the best chess engines in the world for several years; it has won all main events of the Top Chess Engine Championship (TCEC) and the Chess.com Computer Chess Championship (CCC) since 2020 and, as of June 2024, is the strongest CPU chess engine in the world with an estimated Elo rating of 3634 ...

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If you love chess, you'll love Chess.com - a site built BY and FOR chess enthusiasts of all levels. A basic membership is completely free. You can play all the correspondence-style and real-time chess you want (including blitz and bullet games), participate in the forums, even post in your own blog.

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Chess.com. With over 100 million members, chess.com is the internet's biggest online chess community. You can play both live chess at various time controls, or correspondence-style games with days per move. Basic membership is free, but premium users gain access to extra training features, videos, and statistics.

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ChessBase India markets their products in India and surrounding countries. ChessBase India is run by International Master(IM) Sagar Shah and his wife Amruta Mokal.

Who is number 1 on chess com? ›

GM Magnus Carlsen 2830 | #1.

Can a human beat Stockfish? ›

2. What is Stockfish level in chess? Stockfish is the most potent chess engine available in the public domain today, and it is enormously hard to play well against it. So, only the grandmasters of the highest level can go up against Stockfish and have a chance at a win.

What chess software do Grandmasters use? ›

Chess Grandmasters. In 1993, Stefan Meyer-Kahlen created Shredder, which is widely considered to be one of the best chess engines of all time. It has won 19 titles against other chess engines and is used by both newcomers and grandmasters alike.

Has any chess player beat a computer? ›

The Ponomariov vs Fritz game on 21 November 2005 is the last known win by a human against a top-performing computer under normal chess tournament conditions.

Can you play chess on your TV? ›

Play Chess on your TV! Play against the TV or a friend. Beginner and Expert modes!

How to watch a chess TV show? ›

Click on ChessTV to see what is live on Chess.com. You can watch and chat with the streamer, and with other members who are watching! ChessTV is all within the chess.com site, so you can chat with your chess.com account without having to sign in anywhere else.

What is the name of the chess series on Netflix? ›

In a 1950s orphanage, a young girl reveals an astonishing talent for chess and begins an unlikely journey to stardom while grappling with addiction. Watch all you want. Won 11 Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Limited Series, plus Golden Globes for Best Limited Series and Best Actress.

What TV show is based on chess? ›

Overview. The Queen's Gambit follows the life of an orphan chess prodigy, Elizabeth Harmon, during her quest to become an elite chess player while struggling with emotional problems, drugs and alcohol dependency. The title of the series refers to a chess opening of the same name.

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