World Rapid Team Championship in Düsseldorf
Does the name Rainer Becker mean anything to Fabiano Caruana? Has Levon Aronian ever heard of Manfred Schneider? If not,... Read More
Rising chess star Patryk Cieślak
Three gold medals of the European Under-12 Championships in classical chess, four medals of the Polish and European Junior... Read More
The strongest Bughouse tournament in the history of chess
Levon Aronian is not yet ready to call himself World Bughouse Champion. Although he won what is believed to be the highest-profile... Read More
Levon Aronian’s tiebreak triumph
Levon Aronian has won the WR Chess Masters. After Aronian, Gukesh and Ian Nepomniachtchi were tied with 5.5/9 each at the... Read More
Three candidates for tournament victory (Round 8)
Showdown with Joker: After eight rounds of the WR Chess Masters, the field is set for an exciting final round, in which... Read More
Gukesh catches up with Aronian, Nepo breaks the streak (Round 7)
Gukesh has caught up with Levon Aronian. After a Black win over Andrey Esipenko in the seventh round of the WR Chess Masters,... Read More
Endgame battles (Round 6)
First against second: It could have been the game that makes the outcome of the tournament completely uncertain again. Wesley... Read More
Who's going to stop Aronian?
Levon Aronian's fifth-round win doesn't mean a preliminary decision in the WR Chess Masters, but the 40-year-old... Read More
Bughouse and ping pong fever
To play at the top of the world in chess, you have to be fit – physically. Therefore, it doesn't take a table tennis... Read More
Being part of a good team makes everyone stronger
Almost half-time at the WR Chess Masters. After an eventful first few days, host and organizer Wadim Rosenstein joined Yasser... Read More
The WR Chess Juniors
71 boys and 54 girls, born 2009 and younger, from 74 countries and 4 continents (Asia, Africa, America, Europe) have participated... Read More
Burned bridges and kicked down doors (Round 4)
It smelled like a draw shortly after move 30, when a symmetrical rook ending had developed between Nodirbek Abdusattorov... Read More
Ukrainian Sunday at the WR Chess Masters
Will Yaroslav Bilenko of the German club Schachfeunde Gerresheim ever play a game against his chess idol Ian Nepomniachtchi?... Read More
Levon Aronian, the dragon slayer (Round 3)
With a strategic masterpiece Levon Aronian has taken the lead in the WR Chess Masters. Aronian gave Nodirbek Abdusattorov's... Read More
Gukesh’s mating final, Abdusattorov’s double piece sacrifice (round 2 report)
Gukesh and Nodirbek Abdusattorov have joined the leaders with wins in the second round of the WR Chess Masters. Together... Read More
Fighting first round, three first leaders
WR Chess Masters 2023, Round 1 | Photo: Lennart OotesThree wins, two draws, one of them fought out over... Read More
Chess capital Düsseldorf
Mayor Stephan Keller looks as if he has tricked host Wadim Rosenstein. Vincent Keymer, Keller's partner... Read More
"Hand and Brain" with the Lord Mayor
Before the super grandmasters take to the boards at the Hyatt Regency on Thursday, Düsseldorf's first citizen will try... Read More
Thsepiso Lopang: All in one in chess
There could hardly have been a better year for her election as President of the African Chess Confederation (ACC) than the... Read More
Anish Giri's classical 2023
For him, 2023 will be a year of classical chess, said Anish Giri after his triumph in the super tournament "Tata Steel... Read More
First assessment of a young career
"Congratulations on a great tournament!" When Vincent Keymer finished second in the Rapid World Championship at... Read More
Grandmaster with many interests
Elisabeth Pähtz, the German number one for almost 20 years, will add to the WR Chess Masters program in many ways. As host... Read More
The WR Chess Masters
The "WR Chess Masters" in Düsseldorf is the first privately organized super tournament on German soil after almost... Read More