International Events
![Giri foreground; Caruana background](/sites/default/files/styles/350x200_scale_and_smart_crop/public/media/images/candidates-2021-april-24-lof01923-lennart-ootes-anish-giri.jpg.webp?itok=vdl1rNLH)
Who said classical chess was dead?
With four decisive results in four games, the 12th round of the FIDE Candidates Tournament was as… Read More »
![GM Anish Giri](/sites/default/files/styles/350x200_scale_and_smart_crop/public/media/images/candidates-2021-april-23-lof00918-lennart-ootes-anish-giri.jpg.webp?itok=QFj98Bi6)
GM Fabiano Caruana didn’t lose ground after his Round 11 draw with leader GM Ian Nepomniachtchi, but today’s result may have shut the door on his… Read More »
![Ian Nepomniachtchi](/sites/default/files/styles/350x200_scale_and_smart_crop/public/media/images/candidates-2021-april-21-lof00040-lennart-ootes-vladimir-fedoseev.jpg.webp?itok=v14sl8_t)
GM Ian Nepomniachtchi took a big step towards winning the 2020-2021 FIDE Candidates Tournament with the only victory of Round 10, defeating GM Kirill… Read More »
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The Confederation of Chess for Americas (CCA) is organizing an American Continent Tournament to qualify 8 players for this year’s World Cup to be… Read More »
![GM Anish Giri in Round 9 of the FIDE Candidates Tournament](/sites/default/files/styles/350x200_scale_and_smart_crop/public/media/images/candidates-giri.jpg.webp?itok=2hQ4OLD2)
The Dutch super-GM scored the only full point of the day and rejoins a pack of players chasing leader GM Ian Nepomniatchtchi in Yekaterinburg, Russia… Read More »
![Fabiano Caruana in the eighth round of the FIDE Candidates Tournament](/sites/default/files/styles/350x200_scale_and_smart_crop/public/media/images/caruanacandidates.jpg.webp?itok=rZObkcJq)
World No. 2 Fabiano Caruana turned 13 months of preparation into one of the best games of the year, taking down co-leader Maxime Vachier Lagrave in… Read More »
![Ben Johnson, host of the Perpetual Chess Podcast](/sites/default/files/styles/350x200_scale_and_smart_crop/public/media/images/benjohnsoncropped.jpg.webp?itok=H1Xy9i-F)
The Perpetual Chess Podcast host handicaps the Candidates Tournament and gives the players' odds as the next challenger to World Champion Magnus… Read More »
![Challengers Chess Tour - Kramnik vs. Polgar](/sites/default/files/styles/350x200_scale_and_smart_crop/public/media/images/challengers-kramnikvspolgar.png.webp?itok=O-MzaVVF)
The American junior stars were solid in the Polgar Challenge, the first event of the $100,000 series showcasing the world's next generation of talent… Read More »
![World University Online Chess Championships](/sites/default/files/styles/350x200_scale_and_smart_crop/public/media/images/wuocc.jpg.webp?itok=EHTqEob8)
The two Missouri schools each earned a gold and silver medal in the collegiate Blitz and Rapid Championships. UT-RGV won bronze in both events.Read… Read More »
![Wesley So Magnus Carlsen Invitational](/sites/default/files/styles/350x200_scale_and_smart_crop/public/media/images/wesleysomagnuscarlseninvitational.png.webp?itok=3wSWl-aa)
The US Chess Champion stumbled in the semifinals against eventual winner Giri, then dropped the third-place match to the World Champion.Read More »