5/3/2023 – The 28th edition of the TePe Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament will take place on May 4-10 at the Elite Plaza Hotel in central Malmö. An exciting 8-player lineup mixing veterans and rising stars will compete in a single round-robin event. The likes of Peter Svidler and Boris Gelfand will battle it out against 2700+ rated youngsters Dammaraju Gukesh, Arjun Erigaisi and Vincent Keymer. Former tournament champions Jorden van Foreest and Nils Grandelius, plus 14-year-old Abhimanyu Mishra, complete the field. | Pictured: Peter Svidler and Boris Gelfand at the 2013 Candidates Tournament. | Photo: Ray Morris-Hill

5/3/2023 – The most exciting world championship match in recent history has come to an end and has produced the first Chinese World Chess Champion in Ding Liren. Ding is the 17th World Chess Champion and the new figurehead of world chess. We are sure to hear many more background stories about the course of the match soon. A few themes are already emerging. | Photo: Stev Bonhage (FIDE)

5/3/2023 – World Chess continues its Armageddon Championship Series with the Women's Week, featuring eight of the world's top female chess players in a high-stakes tournament to be held in Berlin from May 8 to May 14, 2023. This seven-day event promises to be a thrilling showcase of skill, strategy, and nail-biting drama.

5/3/2023 – After his surprise win of the 2023 World Championship in Astana, Chinese GM Ding Liren spoke to 15 different Chinese media outlets, and "did not sleep a minute all night." He also spoke to the British newspaper The Guardian and the Spanish El País. As did Ian Nepomniachtchi. Here are some revealing excerpts from those stories.

5/3/2023 – During the World Championship match against Ian Nepomniachtchi the new World Champion Ding Liren had a number of helpers in Astana. But as Ding revealed in an interview with Leontxo Garcia in the Spanish newspaper "El País", in critical moments of the match Ding also received help by thoughts and words of Louise Glück, American poet and winner of the 2020 Nobel Prize of Literature, and by the "Concept of Resistance" by the French philosopher and author Albert Camus, winner of the 1957 Nobel Prize of Literature. | Photo: Stev Bonhage

5/3/2023 – One of Robert Ris long-time students is Eline Roebers, who advanced from a chess beginner to an International Master. Ris has a clear message - if you are new to chess, and want to get better - learning how to calculate is key! This is why his calculation Fritztrainers are so popular. Two new ones were published very recently - time to ask the Dutch IM about the "making of" these courses. Robert shared interesting insights and also showed a number of nice examples!

4/30/2023 – By winning game 4 of the rapid tiebreakers — after three draws — Ding Liren became the 17th undisputed world chess champion! Ian Nepomniachtchi seemed to have things under control in the deciding game, and even a bit of an advantage at times, but he overestimated his chances and allowed Ding to get a dangerous passer. Ding kept his nerves and converted his advantage brilliantly. | Replay the games with computer-assisted analysis. Full report to follow shortly.

4/30/2023 – The second edition of the Chessable Sunway Formentera Open took place on 18-28 April 2023 in Spain. Vladimir Fedoseev was one of four players who finished on a 7/10 score, leading the standings. The Russian GM won the rapid playoff to claim the tournament’s title. Karthik Venkataraman and Leon Luke Mendonca finished in second and third place, respectively. | Photo: Sunway Chess

4/29/2023 – Ding Liren boldly tried to create winning chances with white in game 14 of the World Championship match, the last classical encounter of the confrontation. The strategy backfired, as the Chinese GM misplayed the position and needed accurate defence to hold a draw in a game that ended up lasting over six and a half hours. Rapid playoffs on Sunday will decide the winner. | Photo: FIDE / David Llada

4/29/2023 – The Satty Zhuldyz rapid and blitz tournament took place in Astana as a side event of the World Championship match. A number of international chess stars participated. Karsten Müller followed the games, looking for endgame highlights. Find here five instructive positions, with on-point analysis by our in-house endgame expert. | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

4/29/2023 – By playing the powerful 22.Rxe4! dxe4 23.Nxe4 in the diagram position, White gained a decisive attack, with magnificent checkmate patterns on the horizon. You can really let off steam here - enjoy!

4/29/2023 – Svitlana is finally back, and brought us one of her games of the Canadian Women's Closed, which she won! In the example, she played against the Giuoco Piano with Black, and presents us plenty of opening ideas, plans, and strategies, on how to win against this opening with the Black pieces. You need to watch to the end because the last tactic which decided the game is brilliant!