FIDE and the Mexican Chess Federation, in collaboration with National Sports Commission, Mexican Olympic Committee and Culture Ministry, invite all FIDE Member Federations and eligible players to participate in the FIDE World Junior Chess Championships Under 20 in Mexico City, Mexico The dates of the tournament are from September 20 to October 2, 2023. Photo: Ari Helminen Each National Federatio..

After drawing his last game Fabiano Caruana won the 2023 Superbet Chess Classic with a score of 5.5/9, taking home a 1st place prize of $100,000. The current No. 2 American led for most of the event and secured the title after his nearest rivals all drew their final-round games, leaving him half a point ahead of the field. Tied for second place were Alireza Firouzja, Wesley So, Anish Giri, and R..

FIDE Events Commission is happy to announce that the first-ever World Schools Team Championship (WSTC) becomes a part of the FIDE Chess Calendar starting from the year 2023. Currently, more than 25 million kids worldwide are involved in scholastic chess, and FIDE's goal is to double that number. Increasing the number of scholastic events and creating a coherent system of annual tournaments will ..

FIDE and the Italian Chess Federation, together with UniChess, invite all national chess federations to participate in the World Youth Chess Championships 2023, which will take place in Montesilvano, Italy. The dates are November 12 (arrivals) to November 25 2023 (departures). Every National Federation can register one official player in each category (under 14, 16, 18 years old, open and girls)..

Fabiano Caruana retained his half-point lead after Round 5 of the 2023 Superbet Chess Classic, as Alireza Firouzja inflicted the first loss to World Champion Ding Liren while Maxime Vachier-Lagrave scored a victory over Ian Nepommniachtchi. Going into the rest day, Caruana remains in first with 3.5/5, while Firouzja, So, and Rapport are tied for second with 3.0/5. DUDA - CARUANA | 1/2-1/2, 31 mo..

The tie at the top was broken today as Fabiano Caruana won a critical game against Ian Nepomniachtchi to emerge as the sole leader with 3.0/4. Meanwhile, Rapport drew with So, while Firouzja picked up his first win of the event, defeating Deac with Black. DING - DUDA | 1/2-1/2, 38 moves Once again, the new World Champion did not achieve much with White, as he tried a rare idea in the Catalan. Du..