2/2/2023 – The two Dutch top players Anish Giri and Jorden van Foreest once again cut a very good figure in the Tata Steel Chess Masters. Anish Giri even managed to beat Magnus Carlsen and win the tournament for the first time. On Tuesday evening, the two chess grandmasters were guests on the popular Dutch talk show "Khalid & Sophie" and explained how chess and chess training works.

2/1/2023 – At the beginning of February FIDE published the new world ranking list. Magnus Carlsen, who continues to be clear number one, lost a few rating points in Wijk, but increased the Elo gap to Ding Liren, who lost even more rating points in Wijk and is now the world's number three while Ian Nepomniachtchi is number two. Hou Yifan is number one on the women's list and Alireza Firouzja remains the world's best junior though his rivals come closer. Best female junior is Bibisara Assaubayeva.

1/31/2023 – In the middle of the Chilean summer, at the end of December, the 8th International Chess Festival was held in Arica. Over 100 players from 11 countries participated. The Argentine GM Sandro Mareco won the Open in the "City of Eternal Spring" on tiebreak, GM Cristobal Henriquez from Chile finished second. Read more about town and tournament... | Photos: Organiser

1/30/2023 – With Sara Khadem Iran has lost another top chess player. The 2018 rapid and blitz vice world champion has moved to Spain with her family, but plans to continue playing under the Iranian flag. The well-known Spanish journalist Leontxo Garcia met with her and published a portrait of the young Iranian woman in the Spanish newspaper "El Pais". | Photo: El Pais

1/22/2023 – The photo shows the tournament hall of the Hoogovens tournament 60 years ago, at that time still in Beverwijk. 18 players took part in the A-tournament and Jan Hein Donner won. One of the participants at that time was Tan Hiong Liong. He was one of the first IMs of Asia - a bright star that soon burnt out for tragic reasons. A journey through time... | Photos: Dutch National Archive (if not otherwise stated)

1/14/2023 – According to the calendar put forth by the International Chess Federation (FIDE), the World Championship match between Ian Nepomniachtchi and Ding Liren is set to begin on April 7. However, FIDE has yet to announce a host or a location for the event. The pandemic, Russia’s attack on Ukraine, and the withdrawal of reigning champion Magnus Carlsen have caused many complications for the organization.| Photo: FIDE

1/11/2023 – On Saturday the first round of the Masters and Challengers will be played in the traditional Tata Steel Tournament in Wijk aan Zee. The 85th Wijk aan Zee tournament promises to be exciting: In the Masters young talents such as Gukesh, Erigaisi, Abdusattorov, Keymer and Praggnanandhaa meet experienced top players such as Carlsen, Ding, Caruana, Aronian and So, and the Challengers also offers an interesting line-up. | Photos: Website of Wijk aan Zee

1/10/2023 – The Novoborsky SK, led by David Navara (photo), has dominated the Czech Extraliga for more than ten years. The team also leads in the season 2022/2023. Last weekend rounds five and six of the current season were played and with two wins Novy Bor managed to increase their score to 18:0 team points. | Photo: Chess Society Prague

1/6/2023 – With a score of 8.0/9 (+8, -1, =0) the 16-year-old Indian M Pranesh finished clear first at the 50th Rilton Cup in Sweden, a success that made him India's 79th Grandmaster. Kaan Kucusari and Nikita Meshkovs shared second and third place with 7.0/9. The well-known Swedish streamer Anna Cramling played in the B-tournament and entertained her 250,000 YouTube followers with daily streams. | Photos: Lars OA Hedlund

1/5/2023 – Over the turn of the year, the Indian Chess Federation organised its 59th National Championship, an open event that attracted almost 200 players. After a very exciting tournament the 23-year old Karthik Venkataraman won with 10.0/13. | Photos: All Indian Chess Federation

1/3/2023 – Of all traditional chess tournaments that still take place, the Chess Congress in Hastings has the longest tradition. This year, it sees its 96th edition. To celebrate the event, James Bacon, the mayor of Hastings, opened the tournament in his official attire. After the first six rounds Sarunas Sulskis from Lithuania leads with 6.0/6.

1/2/2023 – The Rilton Cup in Stockholm celebrates its 50th anniversary. The tournament is now one of the top international tournaments through which players can qualify for the 2024 Candidates Tournament. After five rounds, 18-year-old Indian Grandmaster Raja Rithvik is sole leader with 4.5/5. | Photo: Dana Reizniece starts the round (Photos: Rilton Cup)

12/23/2022 – With nine chess playing members, the Peglau family from Dippoldiswalde, a small town in Germany, is probably the world's largest chess family. But it definitely is one of the strongest. As the successes of the Peglaus at the recently finished European Blitz and Rapid Championships show. | Photos: Henrik Teske

12/14/2022 – The result of the eagerly awaited rematch of the 2018 World Championship match between Magnus Carlsen and Fabiano Caruana in the quarterfinals of the chess.com Speedchess Championship was one-sided. Caruana didn't take his chances, Carlsen took them all and demonstrated world championship level chess in 5+1 blitz, in 3+1 blitz and in bullet. He even managed to satisfy his harshest critic. | Graphics: Chess.com

12/13/2022 – Manuel Göttsching is a pioneer of techno music, and in 1984 he released his groundbreaking classic "E2-E4". The title of the album alludes to chess and the cover of the album also shows a chessboard - Göttsching liked to play. On 4 December the German musician died in Berlin at the age of 70. | Photo: Yoho

12/13/2022 – The two winners of the Julius Baer Challenger Tour 2021 and 2022, the young Indian grandmasters Praggnanandhaa and Pranav Venkatesh, currently play a three-day rapid and blitz match in Tel Aviv. After two best-of-three rapid matches follow two best-of-four blitz matches. Praggnanandhaa won both rapid matches and has very good chances to win the event.

12/12/2022 – At the end of the year, the FIDE World Rapid & Blitz Championships will be played in Almaty (Kazakhstan). The first day of play is 26 December. Top seeds in the rapid open are Magnus Carlsen, Hikaru Nakamura, Jan-Krzysztof Duda, Maxime-Vachier Lagrave, Ian Nepomniachtchi and Alexander Grischuk.

12/9/2022 – The third game of the Women’s Candidates semifinal in Khiva between Aleksandra Goryachkina and Tan Zhongyi also ended in a draw. Playing white, Goryachkina could not get anything against Tan’s Bogoljubov Defence. A balanced position was quickly reached and the game ended in a draw on move 45. | Photo: Timur Sattarov / FIDE