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The secret to winning the FIDE Candidates Tournament? Have a birthday on May 29th!

Congratulations to Tan Zhongyi on winning the Women's FIDE Candidates and qualifying for a World Championship match against Ju Wenjun! www.chess.com/events/2024-fide-womens-candidates-chess-tournament/14/Muzychuk_Anna-Tan_Zhongyi

Champions Chess Tour : Introducing the BetterHelp Masters! • May 8 - 15 • Magnus Carlsen, Alireza Firouzja, and Vincent Keymer confirmed • $300 ... Show more   www.chess.com/news/view/champions-chess-tour-returns-with-the-2024-betterhelp-masters

Magnus Carlsen is back in action this May!

Tan Zhongyi and Lei Tingjie lead the Women's Candidates by a full point with 4 rounds to go! Can they extend their lead, or will Lagno or Goryachkina catch ... Show more   www.chess.com/events/2024-fide-womens-candidates-chess-tournament/11/Tan_Zhongyi-Lagno_Kateryna

Can co-leaders Nepomniachtchi and Gukesh retain the lead at the Candidates halfway point? They have Black (vs. Nakamura and Firouzja) in Round 7! www.chess.com/events/2024-fide-candidates-chess-tournament/games

Tan Zhongyi played an attacking gem in the Women's #FIDECandidates ! Indian grandmasters Vidit Gujrathi and Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu enjoyed recovery victories in the ... Show more   www.chess.com/news/view/2024-fide-candidates-tournament-round-6

Nepomniachtchi takes the sole lead in the Candidates after beating Vidit! www.chess.com/events/2024-fide-candidates-chess-tournament/04/Nepomniachtchi_Ian-Vidit_Santosh_Gujrathi

Round 4 of the Candidates, the last before a rest day, sees Nakamura, Nepomniachtchi and Caruana with White against the Indian stars! www.chess.com/events/2024-fide-candidates-chess-tournament/games

Praggnanandhaa bounces back to beat Vidit for the only win in Round 3 of the FIDE Candidates! www.chess.com/events/2024-fide-candidates-chess-tournament/03/Vidit_Santosh_Gujrathi-Praggnanandhaa_R

Indian GM Arjun Erigaisi is up to World no. 5 on the live rating list after his latest win in the Menorca Open! www.chess.com/events/2024-menorca-open/08/Erigaisi_Arjun-Aryan_Chopra

Tan Zhongyi beats Vaishali to make it a perfect 2/2 after two rounds of the Women's FIDE Candidates! www.chess.com/events/2024-fide-womens-candidates-chess-tournament/02/Tan_Zhongyi-Vaishali_Rameshbabu

Nepomniachtchi and Firouzja have played 9 classical games, but made just 2 draws! Will we see more decisive action today in Round 2 of the Candidates? www.chess.com/events/2024-fide-candidates-chess-tournament/games

Draw? A 47th classical game unbeaten for Hikaru Nakamura, with Caruana perhaps missing a chance! www.chess.com/events/2024-fide-candidates-chess-tournament/01/Caruana_Fabiano-Nakamura_Hikaru

The FIDE Candidates starts today in Toronto, Canada, but how did the players get there, what's the format, and what's at stake? Check out our Quick Guide! 👇

Just one day to go until the FIDE Candidates begins in The Great Hall in Toronto! www.chess.com/events/info/2024-fide-candidates-chess-tournaments

Congratulations to Magnus Carlsen on winning the GRENKE Chess Classic title for a 3rd time! Final report: www.chess.com/news/view/2024-grenke-chess-classic-final

Congratulations to 12-year-old Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus on becoming the world's youngest grandmaster, and the 4th youngest of all time! www.chess.com/events/2024-grenke-chess-open/09/Erdogmus_Yagiz_Kaan-Nothnagel_Marian_Can

Congratulations to Hans Niemann on winning clear the GRENKE Chess Open, €20,000, and likely a spot in next year's Classic! www.chess.com/events/2024-grenke-chess-open/09/Ivic_Velimir-Niemann_Hans_Moke

Ilja Schneider proposes to Olga Ivanova before Day 5 of the GRENKE Chess Classic begins!

Can you spot Rapport's only winning move? Black to play & win! Replay the GRENKE Chess Classic game: www.chess.com/events/2024-grenke-chess-classic-round-robin/08/Keymer_Vincent-Rapport_Richard

Congratulations to 15-year-old Ediz Gurel on winning the Prague Challengers and qualifying for next year's Masters... on top of becoming a GM yesterday! chess.com/events/2024-prague-chess-festival-challengers/09/Korobov_Anton-Gurel_Ediz

Maghsoodloo thought for 30 minutes here, but didn't find an amazing combination! Can you see it? White to play & win! Replay the Prague Masters game: www.chess.com/events/2024-prague-chess-festival-masters/09/Maghsoodloo_Parham-Gukesh_D

After a tough few days, Gukesh gets back on track with a win in Prague! www.chess.com/events/2024-prague-chess-festival-masters/08/Gukesh_D-Keymer_Vincent

Ouch!! For a 2nd day in a row Vidit's queen gets trapped, with Maghsoodloo winning to remain just half a point off the lead in Prague: www.chess.com/events/2024-prague-chess-festival-masters/07/Maghsoodloo_Parham-Vidit_Santosh_Gujrathi

Abdusattorov bounces straight back from his loss to beat Keymer, keep the sole lead in Prague... and climb back to World no. 5! www.chess.com/events/2024-prague-chess-festival-masters/07/Keymer_Vincent-Abdusattorov_Nodirbek

Praggnanandhaa beats Abdusattorov, who drops back from 5th to 8th on the live rating list! www.chess.com/events/2024-prague-chess-festival-masters/06/Abdusattorov_Nodirbek-Praggnanandhaa_R

Gukesh suffers a 2nd loss in a row as Bartel picks up his 1st win! www.chess.com/events/2024-prague-chess-festival-masters/06/Gukesh_D-Bartel_Mateusz

Anish Giri has dropped from World no. 4 to World no. 13 after losing 3 games in a row in Shenzhen! www.chess.com/events/2024-shenzhen-longgang-chess-masters/04/Bu_Xiangzhi-Giri_Anish

Arjun Erigaisi wins again in Shenzhen to regain the Indian no. 1 spot and enter the World Top 10! www.chess.com/events/2024-shenzhen-longgang-chess-masters/04/Erigaisi_Arjun-Ma_Qun

Can you spot the move Arjun Erigaisi used to take down Anish Giri? Black to play & win! Replay the Shenzhen Masters game: www.chess.com/events/2024-shenzhen-longgang-chess-masters/03/Giri_Anish-Erigaisi_Arjun

Praggnanandhaa whips up a sudden checkmating attack to beat fellow Candidate Vidit! www.chess.com/events/2024-prague-chess-festival-masters/05/Praggnanandhaa_R-Vidit_Santosh_Gujrathi