Magnus Carlsen goes into 2020 as not only the World Champion
in classical, rapid and blitz chess but also the no. 1 rated player in each of those
disciplines after winning his 5th World Blitz Championship in a playoff against
Hikaru Nakamura. 16-year-old…

What an exciting final day we had at the World Blitz 2019. A controversy between the World Champion and one of the brightest young talents of the game, a blitz playoff to determine the winner, a retired player making a comeback, and winning the bronze and…

The year 2019 was so rich for chess tournaments and exciting games that I decided to make my own list of the top 10 memorable games. It was not easy to choose from hundreds of great games, so chances are that your list would be completely different from mine.…

Another complete year of exciting chess has ended—2019 has had the most power-packed schedule in recent years with elite tournaments, official events and strong opens. Overall, it was a fun year that gave us plenty of awesome games. The strong chess players…

Alireza Firouzja (FID, 2649) has been in fantastic form in World Rapid and Blitz 2019. In the 19th round of World Blitz 2019, he had an insurmountable task o...