Chess Returns to Esports World Cup in Paris With $1.5M Prize Fund
Chess will once again be a part of the world’s biggest esports festival, with GM Magnus Carlsen returning to defend his title. The Esports World Cup Chess Finals will take place from August 11 to 15 with a new home in Paris, France, and feature a …Woodward Wins Revenge Grand Final
GM Andy Woodward fought back valiantly to defeat GM Andrew Tang in the Grand Final Reset to deny him the title for the third year in a row in the Chess.com Hyperbullet Championship 2026, which concluded on Friday, June 19. After losing to Tang in …Cómo es el semillero de campeones de ajedrez donde se formó Faustino Oro y chicos de 8 años juegan a la par de adultos
En Almagro, una institución histórica combina torneos nocturnos, enseñanza para nuevas generaciones y una escena cada vez más concurrida; el blitz aparece como la modalidad que renovó el entusiasmo po …How Two Magnus Carlsen Games Helped Inspire Norway’s New Chess Thriller
A Magnus Carlsen game from 2010 and his famous queen sacrifice from the 2016 World Championship match helped shape the central chess battle in The Nation’s Gambit, a new Norwegian political thriller, in which every captured piece costs a human lif…