TheChess World Cup 2023 was a 206-player single-elimination chess tournament that took place in Baku, Azerbaijan from 30 July to 24 August 2023. It was...
chess has also been played attheAfricanGames. As a child, Phiona Mutesi enrolled in a chess club in Katwe, Uganda in 2005. Her success in chess garnered...
Chess has been contested attheAfricanGames since the 2003 Games in Abuja, except for the 2015 Games in Brazzaville. Thechess events have included individual...
Nepomniachtchi in the2023 World Chess Championship. Magnus Carlsen, the previous world champion, had declined to defend his title. The first event recognized...
Chess is a board game for two players. It is sometimes called international chess or Western chess to distinguish it from related games such as xiangqi...
Zimbabwe competed atthe2023AfricanGames held from 8 to 23 March 2024 in Accra, Ghana. Zimbabwe competed in 9 sports. Team roster The squad was announced...
is a South Africanchess player who holds the title of Woman International Master, which she earned in 2013 atthe age of 13, becoming the youngest South...
Madagascar competed atthe2023AfricanGames held from 8 to 23 March 2024 in Accra, Ghana. Madagascar competed in 12 sports. "Jeux africains 2023: une délégation...
Niemann admitted to cheating in online chessgames when younger, but denied cheating in in-person games. Chess.com banned Niemann from its site, and published...
common, however, persisting in Italy until the late 19th century. Castling does not exist in Asian games of thechess family, such as shogi, xiangqi, and janggi...
Mozambique competed atthe2023AfricanGames held from 8 to 23 March 2024 in Accra, Ghana. Mozambique competed in 8 sports. "Moçambique leva 32 atletas...
century to the 1880s. Chessgames of this period emphasized quick, tactical maneuvers rather than long-term strategic planning. The Romantic era of play...
rated games. Lichess is ad-free and all the features are available for free, as the site is funded by donations from patrons. Features include chess puzzles...
solving chess-like games (i.e. combinatorial games of perfect information) such as Capablanca chess and infinite chess. In a weaker sense, solving chess may...
a South Africanchess Grandmaster. He is the first and currently the only Grandmaster South Africa has ever produced. He took up chessatthe age of 13...
the 9th edition of theChess World Cup. The winner of this tournament was the Polish grandmaster Jan-Krzysztof Duda, who won without losing any games...
South Africa competed atthe2023AfricanGames held from 8 to 23 March 2024 in Accra, Ghana. In total, 226 athletes represented South Africa in 17 sports...
Correspondence chess is chess played by various forms of long-distance correspondence, traditionally through the postal system. Today it is usually played...
The 44th Chess Olympiad was an international team chess event organised by the International Chess Federation (FIDE) in Chennai, India, from 28 July to...