PostsCommentschess-news in #hive-157286 • 6 hours agoDing Liren surprisingly won the first game in the Chess World Championship!Reigning Chess World Champion Ding Liren scored his first victory and took an early lead (often the games 1 in WC matches end in draws). In this position Gukesh had to play Be1…chess-news in #hive-157286 • 4 days agoOn Monday the Chess World Championship will start! Who will win?The 2024 Chess World Championship will take place in Singapore from November 25 to December 13! Current World Champion Ding Liren from China and challenger Gukesh Dommaraju…chess-news in #hive-157286 • 20 days ago The youngest FIDE-rated chess player in history is only 3 years old!Anish Sarkar from Kolkata, India is just 3 years and 8 months old! He is the youngest player who has a FIDE rating (it is 1555)! This surpasses the record of Tejas Tiwari who…chess-news in #hive-157286 • last monthFischer Random Action coming up in the USAHi fans of Chess960, in St. Louis, this Monday 28th Oct., after just having completed the US championship (won by Fabiano Caruana) a socalled "Chess 9LX" round robin rapid…chess-news in #hive-157286 • last monthGM Christopher Yoo kicked out from U.S. Championship!Dear chess fans, in a surprising decision the Saint Louis Chess Club has expelled the youngster GM Christopher Yoo (17y) from the 2024 U.S. Championship! In a press release…chess-news in #hive-157286 • 2 months agoToday the Global Chess League Season 2 starts in London!The Global Chess League is an over-the-board rapid chess team tournament held in London which features 6 teams and the "strongest line-up of chess players in UK history". Each…chess-news in #hive-157286 • 2 months ago FIDE voted against lifting sanctions on Russia and BelarusAt the FIDE General Assembly in Budapest,Yolander Persaud was elected FIDE "Ethics and Disciplinary Commission Chairman". The CVs of the three candidates were given out to the…chess-news in #hive-196387 • 2 months agoBrain surgery sparing chess skills by giving patient chess tasks during surgery!A team of surgeons recently succeeded in removing a 45-year-old patient’s highly invasive brain tumor, a glioblastoma, while also sparing areas linked to his chess-playing…chess-news in #hive-157286 • 2 months agoStunning resource in the critical match between Austria and Poland In round 6 of the 45th chess olympiad in Budapest the underdog from Austria at board one (Black) seemed to be in a hopeless position against the Polish no.1, GM Duda. 3 pieces…chess-news in #hive-157286 • 2 months agoVasyl Ivanchuk beat Wesley So!In round 4 of the Chess Olympiad Vasyl Ivanchuk was able to beat Wesley So (who blundered in in a winning position) and "so" helped to topple the top seeded US team! In this…chess-news in #hive-121744 • 2 months agoThe Carlsen-Niemann drama will be featured on Netflix!Netflix users, watch out! The Carlsen vs. Niemann cheating scandal is confirmed to appear on Netflix in 2025! [source](
