Chess24 : US
18h07 03  février
So vs. Carlsen as Opera Euro Rapid starts Saturday
World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen takes on US Champion Wesley So when the Opera Euro Rapid kicks off at 17:00 CET on Saturday. The 3rd event on the 1.5 million Meltwater Champions Chess Tour features 16 players, who will be reduced to just 8 after a cut-throat 3-day preliminary stage. Tour...
19h57 02  février
Tata Steel Chess apologise to Firouzja after controversy
An incident involving 17-year-old Alireza Firouzja partly overshadowed the historic triumph of 21-year-old Jorden van Foreest in the Tata Steel Chess Masters, provoking angry reactions in comments on chess24 and social media. Last night the organisers felt compelled to make a public apology after...
10h26 01  février
Jorden van Foreest wins the Tata Steel Masters
Jorden van Foreest is the 1st Dutch winner of Wijk aan Zee since Jan Timman 36 years ago in 1985. It could have been another Dutchman, Anish Giri, but Jorden won their playoff in Armageddon mayhem on the same day he crossed 2700 for the first time. 18-year-old Russian Andrey Esipenko also crossed...
09h27 01  février
Special moment’ for Carlsen as New In Chess joins the Play Magnus Group family
New In Chess, the highly-respected publication born in the low countries, is coming on board with the Play Magnus Group. The magazine, which is aimed at club level players and above, is the flagship brand produced by the Interchess BV publishing group, which has been acquired by PMG.
02h34 31  janvier
Tata Steel 12: Firouzja’s miracle save delays Giri
Anish Giri was close to securing the 1st Dutch victory in Wijk aan Zee in 36 years when he reached an overwhelming ending against 17-year-old Alireza Firouzja. If he’d won he’d need only a draw in the final round to be certain of the title, but Alireza pulled off a great escape and joins Fabiano...
10h31 30  janvier
Tata Steel 11: Carlsen can’t stop Giri
Anish Giri remains the sole leader of the Tata Steel Masters with two rounds to go after a relatively comfortable draw with the black pieces against Magnus Carlsen left the World Champion all but out of contention to win an 8th title in Wijk aan Zee. The game of the day saw Alireza Firouzja and...
10h30 29  janvier
Enter our weekly chess24 clips competition
We’ve got a packed program of events each week here at chess24, from 6-hour broadcasts from over-the-board tournaments and the mayhem of grandmasters playing Hand & Brain, to an 8-time Russian Champion coaching a 10-year-old prodigy and the regular chance to play some of the world’s top players in...
08h46 28  janvier
Carlsen to play 5th World Championship in Dubai this November
Magnus Carlsen’s 4th defence of the World Chess Championship title he won from Vishy Anand in 2013 will be played in the Dubai Exhibition Centre from November 24 to December 16 this year. The 14-game match, with a 2 million euros prize fund, is set to be held as part of Expo 2020 Dubai, a 6-month...
08h00 28  janvier
Tata Steel 10: Giri leads before Carlsen showdown
Anish Giri took the sole lead in the 2021 Tata Steel Masters with 3 rounds to go after ending a long grind against Radek Wojtaszek with a killer tactic. On Friday the Dutch no. 1 plays Black against Magnus Carlsen, who blundered a pawn but lived to tell the tale against world no. 2 Fabiano Caruana....
09h00 27  janvier
Magnus Carlsen tops 16-player Opera Euro Rapid line-up
Magnus Carlsen, Hikaru Nakamura, Teimour Radjabov and Wesley So are among the 16 participants for the 100,000 Opera Euro Rapid, the 3rd stage of the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour. The 9-day online event runs from February 6th to 14th and will once again be broadcast live on Eurosport, Norwegian...
01h10 27  janvier
Tata Steel 9: Carlsen, Caruana & Giri all win
Fabiano Caruana and Anish Giri caught Alireza Firouzja in the Tata Steel Masters lead after beating Radek Wojtaszek and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave respectively in Round 9. While Fabi won in unconventional but convincing style, Anish admitted he was just hanging on in the middlegame, but a 3rd Najdorf...
07h30 26  janvier
Judit Polgar joins Play Magnus as Educational Ambassador
Judit Polgar, the strongest female chess player of all time, has joined the Play Magnus Group to advance the shared mission of making chess a powerful tool in education. Judit will continue to commentate on top events on chess24 while also producing educational content on Chessable.
16h07 25  janvier
Nakamura casts doubt on whether GCT will take place
The world’s no. 1 ranked blitz player Hikaru Nakamura opens up about his Grand Chess Tour absence, casts doubt on whether the five events will take place at all in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, and states his belief that the future of top level chess will be online.
23h51 24  janvier
Tata Steel 8: Esipenko crushes Carlsen Firouzja top
I think it’s one of the best days in my life, said Russian Grandmaster Andrey Esipenko after playing a near flawless game to defeat World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen. In one of the biggest shocks in Wijk aan Zee since 16-year-old Anish Giri beat Magnus in 22 moves in 2011, the 18-year-old met...
09h47 24  janvier
Tata Steel 7: Fabi, Alireza, Anish & Jorden lead
Fabiano Caruana, Alireza Firouzja, Anish Giri and Jorden van Foreest all won to lead the 2021 Tata Steel Chess Masters in Wijk aan Zee after an explosive 7th round that also saw 18-year-old Andrey Esipenko beat Radek Wojtaszek with the black pieces. The only game where the balance was never upset...