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2009 – Eighteen-year-old Magnus Carlsen (Norway) wins the super-grandmaster (Category 21) Nanjing Pearl Spring Tournament, scoring an undefeated 8–2 in the double round robin event. Carlsen's performance rating for the tournament is 3002, one of the highest in history, and his rating goes over 2800, making him the fifth player (and by far ...
The earliest precursor of modern chess is a game called chaturanga, which flourished in India by the 6th century, and is the earliest known game to have two essential features found in all later chess variations—different pieces having different powers (which was not the case with checkers and Go), and victory depending on the fate of one ...
Pages in category "Chess by year" ... out of 68 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9. 1900 in chess; ... 2022 in chess; 2023 in chess;
Emanuel Lasker (left) facing incumbent champion Wilhelm Steinitz (right) in Philadelphia during the 1894 World Chess Championship The World Chess Championship has taken various forms over time, including both match and tournament play. While the concept of a world champion of chess had already existed for decades, with several events considered by some to have established the world's foremost ...
Prague Chess Festival: Prague: Round robin: 7–18 Jun: 10 (6) Pentala Harikrishna: Le Quang Liem: Thai Dai Van Nguyen Sam Shankland David Navara: 2022 Candidates Tournament: Madrid: Double round robin 16 Jun – 8 Jul 20 8 (8) Ian Nepomniachtchi: Ding Liren: Teimour Radjabov: Biel Chess Festival: Biel: Round robin: 11–23 Jul: 8 (2) Le Quang ...
Chess is an abstract strategy board game for two players, involving no hidden information and no elements of chance.It is played on a square game board called a chessboard containing 64 squares arranged in an 8×8 grid.
Born in India in 2015, Ashwath has already made a name for himself after winning a number of youth tournaments around the world – notably becoming the World Under-8 Rapid champion in 2022, per ...
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