Former World Champion Anatoly Karpov was found unresponsive early in the morning near the State Duma (Russsian Parliament) building, and was rushed to the hospital with his blood alcohol level being extremely high. He is now in the intensive care unit.
“Kramnik clearly has lost his mind; unfortunately!”
@gmhikaru
When even Hikaru Nakamura is accused of cheating online, you know the suspicions have gone too far!
👏 Congratulations to GM
@rpragchess
for winning the 2022 Reykjavik Open! 🇮🇳 GM
@ChessMishra
and IM
@TaniaSachdev
also made a great appearance with Mishra finishing second and Tania winning the best Women Prize 🎉
♟️Last year,
@DGukesh
became the youngest Indian player to cross 2700, and enter World Top 100
♟️He is now the youngest player to cross 2750
♟️He is World No.11, only 2 rating points behind Rapport (10th)
♟️He is 4 RP away from dethroning Anand as India's No.1 since 1986
👏🥂
More than 20,000 players, coaches and local chess enthusiasts watched the opening ceremony of the 44th Chess Olympiad live, an event full of music, color, and history.“There are no losers; only winners and future winners” India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi said.
📷
@FIDE_chess
Congratulations to the 16-year-old Indian chess prodigy
@DGukesh
on winning the
#WorldChessArmageddon
: Asia & Oceania, after a breathtaking final against the 18-year-old former World Rapid Champion Nodirbek Abdusattorov 🏆Both players move to the Grand Finale in September🏁👏
They are not only best friends but also the sole leaders of their groups with a full point! Congratulations
@viditchess
and
@anishgiri
🎉
⚡️ Read the Recap of Round 2 of the
#FIDEGrandPrix2022
here:
“He [Alireza Firouzja] is not a very experienced player. He is super gifted and super strong, but he hasn’t played in this event before, and it is a different event from the ones he’s played in." Fabiano Caruana
Read more:
📷Anna Shtourman
It is believed, although not verified, that Paul Morphy created this particular puzzle ♟️ when he was only 10-years old❗️In any case it still amazes us😍
Can you find the checkmate in two for White?
“It is cool to play chess. The elements and concepts of life are so perfectly illustrated on a chessboard. The ability to accurately assess your position is the key to chess, which I also think is the key to life.” Will Smith
Congratulations Pragg 🎉
@rpragchess
became the youngest player to beat Carlsen since he became World Champion in 2013 and the third Indian GM to win against the Norwegian GM.
➡️ Read more:
⚡️ Watch Day 3 here:
📷 Wolfgang Jekel
🎉 Congratulations to the
@chessqueen
for achieving her first
#ChessChampions
win against Hansen! "Never quit" is a winning mindset after all 🥇
➡️ Read more about Day 4:
⚡️ Watch the quarterfinals here:
📷
@chessqueen
on IG
Did you know that the Caruana-Maghsoodloo game on Round 6 was the first game of the
#ChessOlympiad2022
between two players rated above 2700? 😳
📷 Stev Bonhage // FIDE
Magnus’ reactions after realizing he is completely lost 💔
With this win, Praggnanandhaa marks his first-ever classical victory against World No.1 Magnus Carlsen! 🌟
#NorwayChess
"Magnus' straightforwardness is underestimated. When he says something, normally he means it [...] He is not very happy with the format and [...] he mentioned it many time so it should have happened at some point!"
🔗
Can you recognise this GM? Hints:
1⃣ She is the 12th Women's World Champion
2⃣ She is the 2021 Women's World Rapid Champion
3⃣ She will play at the World Chess Armageddon: Women's Week, May 8-14
🔗
“History has seen no lack of black Thursdays, but today is blacker than the others”
Nepo scored a decisive third-game point against Keymer at the
#ChessChampions
quarterfinals to advance to the semifinals. It feels though that the war has written deep in his soul.
"Magnus would beat both [Nepo & Ding] rather easily [...] Ding's A game is probably better than Ian's but if they're both not at their best I would say Ian has much better chances. His low is not that low!" Daniil Dubov to
@fionchetta
on the upcoming WCCM.
#WorldChessArmageddon
One of the best captures by
@LennartOotes
❤️️
@DGukesh
's laugh is just delightful and the whole room seems to enjoy the moment with
@anishgiri
✨
What do you think happened here?
186 countries, 343 teams and more than 2,000 players will take part in the 44th Chess Olympiad, in Chennai, India 🇮🇳 Are you excited?
📷
@LennartOotes
//
@FIDE_chess
//
@aicfchess
Ding Liren did it!! He is the new World Chess Champion🔥 The most thrilling Match of the last years was decided in the last game of the tie-break with the Chinese GM climbing at the top of the world! Let's celebrate this new era ✨
📷Anna Shtourman
Nepo was crushed 7.5-3.5 in his 2021 title challenge to Carlsen. This experience doesn’t encourage Carlsen to defend his title, who has until the 20th of July to make up his mind.
🔥
🎥
@magnuscarlsen
YT Channel
Indian chess prodigy
@DGukesh
turns 17 today and we wish him all the best🎊What amazes us even more than his talent and achievements is how he stays humble, calm, and respectful even in very unpleasant chess moments. In this interview Gukesh explains more on his emotional state🔽
IMs Gunay Mammadzada and Sara Khadem told David Vizgan that they would take each other out for a dinner in Berlin, as besides of co-athletes they are also great friends❤️️When it comes to chess, which pair of friends does it pop up in your head?
“I’m realizing that there are possibilities [of winning the tournament], but most of all, I’m taking a further step to playing a decent tournament. I’ve turned it around in a good way, and I’m happy with that.” Carlsen said after beating Maghsoodloo in R10 of the
@tatasteelchess
Whoever felt lost with Rapport's and Nakamura's endgames today, just keep in mind that they probably felt the same way😅In Round 2 of the
#FIDECandidates
Nakamura beat Radjabov while Rapport gifted Alireza, the birthday boy, half a point▶️
📷 Stev Bonhage
Anish Giri is just hilarious 😅
🗨 Tania:"You have qualified for the knockouts in many many events, but we haven't seen you in the finals. What do you think was a big challenge for you?"
🗨 Anish: "So far, the semi-final has been the thing stopping me from reaching the final😅"
Two days in the
#WorldChessArmageddon
: Women’s Week with Humpy, Mammadzada, Kashlinskaya, and Bibisara being victorious to get promoted to the winners’ bracket! Paehtz, Kosteniuk, Dzagnidze, and Khadem will fight tonight for two spots in the next round🔗
No loss can take away Gukesh's extraordinary performance at the
#ChessOlympiad2022
❤️️ Congratulations to the amazing 17-year-old GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov for his great win 👏
📷
@lennartootes
In a spectacular display of consistency, GM Alexandra Kosteniuk, the
@chessqueen
, has secured her ninth victory in the 26th Swiss
#QueensWednesday
tournament. This marks her 17th appearance in the top 5, making her the most successful player in the series so far 👏
David Navara is not only the nicest person in chess but also a killer on the board 🔥 In Round 5 of the
#ChessOlympiad2022
, David [Czech Republic] faced Dambasuren Batsuren [Mongolia] and came up with a beautiful mate in 3 for white. Can you spot it?
We really enjoyed Dina's interviews at the
#FIDEGrandPrix2022
. We found them refreshing, and very entertaining! Well done
@DinaBelenkaya
❤️️
⚡️ Can't wait for the exclusive content:
After Richard Rapport emerged victorious at the Europe & Africa World Chess Armageddon Series,
@thelittlehat
was genuinely happy for him, and we got lucky enough to capture her heartwarming reaction when Richard entered the Studio for his final interview ❤️️
One round before the semifinals and Rapport managed to take the clear lead of Group C after winning against Vidit in Round 5 of the
#FIDEGrandPrix2022
.
"I would say I was in good form for most of the tournament. Generally, I had a feeling that it was going well - the moves were coming to me easily and they were good. That's a nice combination to have!"
@vishy64theking
on
#NorwayChess
📷
@LennartOotes
✍️
@sagarchess1
for ChessBase
"Even if there is a draw,I think he [Carlsen] is so demoralised because he is losing to such an idiot like me! It must be embarrassing for the World Champion to lose to me. I feel bad for him!" Niemann on his win against Carlsen in R3 of the
#SinquefieldCup
2022
🎥
@STLChessClub
“There was a period of 6 months where Hans did not play any tournaments for money on chesscom. That’s all I’m going to say for now.”
@GMHikaru
said on Magnus' withdrawal from the
#SinquefieldCup
All the info:
#FIDEGrandPrix2022
🎉 Leg 1 winner: Hikaru Nakamura
🎉Leg 2 winner: Richard Rapport
🎉Leg 3 winner: Wesley So
🎆Grand Prix winner: Hikaru Nakamura
👏2022 Candidates qualifiers: Hikaru Nakamura & Richard Rapport
Anish Giri is the 2023
#TataSteelMasters
Champion 👏
Abdusattorov was the sole leader until R12 but lost against Van Foreest in the last round, while
@anishgiri
beat Rapport to win his first Tata Steel tournament with a half point lead🏆
📷
@LennartOotes
-
@tatasteelchess
It was another empty-chair game at the
#NepoDing
Match, with the Chinese GM admitting that he missed nearly everything in the game to lose in 29 moves and fall behind Firouzja on the rating board. We wish for an uplifted spirit from Ding in order to play in his full potential!
"I think at their best Nepo is a bit stronger [...] My guess is that if Nepo wins the [World Championship] match, he's gonna have an early lead. If it starts with 6-7 draws, especially if Nepo misses a chance, Ding will become the favorite"
@SamShankland
"My long-term goals has always been to become the best player in the world!"
@DGukesh
Are we looking at a future World Champion?
Watch his insightful interview here🔗
"Probably Daniil [Dubov] is the strongest player here in blitz. For me it's good because I like strong challenge and I was ready to lose today but strangely enough I managed to win!"
@KramnikVladimir
told
@fionchetta
after his exciting Armageddon win at the
#WorldChessArmageddon
"The black knight in the right hand side is still sleeping; is still in its bed, it needs to put its pyjamas on, maybe brush its teeth, get its pants on, put its jeans on, and get out of bed!"😅
@ginger_gm
spread his wisdom at the
#WorldChessArmageddon
last week!
4 draws and 2 missing opportunities by Nakamura and Liren to defeat Nepomniachtchi and Radjabov respectively in Round 5 of the
#FIDECandidates
📷 Stev Bonhage
“Obviously, beating Magnus is always special but I was not really very proud of that game” Gukesh said after becoming the youngest player ever to beat Magnus Carlsen as World Champion.
Photo:
@LennartOotes
⚡️ BREAKING NEWS
The World Chess Championship 2023 will be played between the 2022 Challenger Ian Nepomniachtchi and the Candidates runner-up Ding Liren, as the reigning World Champion Magnus Carlsen decided not to defend his title!
🔥
📷
@IM_Rosen
"No regrets, no advices" said the former World Champion Vladimir Kramnik in his
@theworldchess
interview in Berlin, who turns 48 today🎂🎉 Join us to wish him the happiest birthday🎁
Today is the 50-year anniversary from one of the most exciting – maybe the most exciting – World Chess Championship matches of all time. The American Bobby Fischer challenged the Soviet Boris Spassky for the title in 1972, right in the cold-war era.
🔥
😅 "Just clarifying!! I'm not the brand ambassador of FIDE. I'm the brand ambassador of FIDE Online Arena"
@viditchess
If you haven't checked Vidit's stream on FOA yet, we have it on Youtube! Enjoy 😉
Tonight at the World Chess Armageddon we have the
@chessqueen
against IM Alina Kashlinskaya and GM
@humpy_koneru
against GM
@lisiko85
🔥 Who is going to move to the semifinals?
Watch it at 19:00 CET:
The more Nepo was realising he was losing, the more he was talking to himself, holding his head, showing expressions of disappointment, and despair💔
#NepoDing
#game12
📷 Stev Bonhage
Indian GM
@viditchess
thinks that Nepomniachtchi will win the upcoming World Chess Championship Match against Ding Liren as he has prior experience and is more active than Ding in classical time control❗️
Watch his whole interview with
@fionchetta
here:
Can you recognise this GM? Hints:
1⃣She is the first female German GM
2⃣She served as an advisor on the World team in the 1999 Kasparov versus The World chess match
3⃣She will play at the World Chess Armageddon: Women's Week, May 8-14
📷 Harald Fietz, Chess Classic Mainz 2002
Women’s World Champion Ju Wenjun is the only female participant of the Sharjah Masters, and hasn't played more than 23 rated classical games since 2021! So far, Ju (2550) has defeated both Murali Karthikeyan (2627) and Vidit Gujrathi (2731) to co-lead with Pragg (2688)🔥
Congratulations to Wesley So for winning the
#ArmageddonChampionship
Series: Americas and securing a spot in the Grand Finale in September, along with Sam Shankland, the tournament’s runner-up👏
🗨"I'm very pleased! I'm very happy"
So's whole interview🔗
It was only the April of last year when
@DGukesh
broke into the top 100, and 15 days since he became the youngest player in history to cross the 2750 rating mark and climb to World’s No.11. Yesterday, he surpassed Anand in live rating to become India’s No.1 and World’s No.9👏
Chess, small talks & laughs, interviews, photoshoots, snacks, and autographs are the keywords for our yesterday's opening ceremony at the World Chess Studio in Berlin, right before the action begins🔥
Don't miss the battles tonight at 20:00 CET 🔗
Congratulations to the first
#WorldChessArmageddon
Champion,
@GM_JKDuda
🇵🇱, who triumphed in Berlin and secured a prestigious title along with a whopping €88,000💰
Look at this exit from the Armageddon Studio🙌
IM Bibisara Assaubayeva won the Women's Armageddon and secured her spot at the Grand Finale in September among Humpy Koneru, Wesley So, Sam Shankland, Nodirbek Abdusattorov, Gukesh D, and more super GMs! 🗨 "I understand they are stronger but in blitz we all have our chances!"
Former World Rapid Champion
@NodirbekGM
faces former World Champion Vladimir Kramnik tonight at 20:00 CET.
🗨"It's very interesting to play against the best Junior players, one after the other, and I'm really looking forward to this match!" Kramnik told
@fionchetta
From Carlsen’s favorite to “nobody’s perfect”, Alireza Firouzja had a tough tournament 💔 Is this going to break him or make him?
📷
@photochess
//
#FIDECandidates
"The Formula 1 of chess; the most dramatic format ever; the very best players from around the world playing against each other; face to face competition; last player standing wins; chess like you've never seen before"
THIS IS ARMAGEDDON 🔥
Best moments🔗
Shoutout to the youngest ever World Cup finalist, 18-year-old GM Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu, who is about to give the fight of his life against World's No.1 Magnus Carlsen, after knocking out Caruana and Nakamura 💥🥳️
#FIDEWorldCup
📷 Stev Bonhage
The
#ChessOlympiad2022
is over 💔 Congratulations to all the winners 👏
Open:
🥇 Uzbekistan
🥈 Armenia
🥉 India 2
Women:
🥇 Ukraine
🥈 Georgia
🥉 India
#ChennaiChess2022
Rapport broke free from his draws and beat Vidit in an exciting game! Let's see what tomorrow brings for Group C 🎆
⚡️ Read the Recap of Round 3 of the
#FIDEGrandPrix2022
here:
How must it feel for a 19-year-old GM to be the favorite of the reigning World Champion and win a game against Kasparov, the 13th World Champion?
#Chess9LX
📷
@LennartOotes
In the exhilarating showdown of the Women’s World Cup, it seemed like destiny had a score to settle for GM Aleksandra Goryachkina, who failed to win the event in 2021 against Kosteniuk but emerged victorious this year against IM Nurgyul Salimova👏
📷 Stev Bonhage
🗨 "It's impossible not to talk about India 2 now" says Anand to
@sagarchess1
and
@ChessbaseIndia
. "Everyone is kind of talking about them but I hope we can leave them alone to keep playing at this level. You want to talk about them but not too much!" he adds.
#ChessOlympiad2022
😣 Alireza’s reaction says it all…
In Round 5 of
#NorwayChess
, Magnus Carlsen capitalized on a last-minute blunder by Alireza Firouzja, just as he did in Round 4 against Fabiano Caruana, to win the game.