Ding Liren wins the 2023 FIDE World Championship 🏆
Congratulations to Ding on becoming the new FIDE World Champion, and cementing his place in chess history after a thrilling match! 👏
What a World Cup for Pragg! 👏🇮🇳
An incredible story and a brilliant talent,
@rpragchess
took down two of world's top three, and secured his place in the 2024 Candidates Tournament! 🥈
♔ Shoutout to
#PogChamps3
superstar
@Rubiu5
for raising over $7,500 for
@FAltarriba
who develops programs and projects dedicated to the protection of animals and nature. 👏
Support their efforts here!
MAGNUS CARLSEN IS FINALLY THE WORLD CUP CHAMPION 🏆
Congratulations to
@MagnusCarlsen
for winning his first-ever World Cup after an incredible month of knockouts.
The Norwegian has now won every major individual classical tournament, and completes chess! 🐐
We take all cheating accusations seriously.
In the case of the recent accusations against Hikaru Nakamura by Vladimir Kramnik, we have generated nearly 2,000 individual reports on Hikaru’s games in our Fair Play system and have found no incidents of cheating.
Congratulations to
@MagnusCarlsen
on winning his 5th World Championship match and further cementing his legacy as arguably the greatest player in chess history!
WAKE UP INDIA! 🇮🇳
Vidit Gujrathi takes down Hikaru Nakamura - as BLACK - in the first decisive game of the
#FIDECandidates
👏
This is Hikaru's first defeat in 47 classical games, dating all the way back to the last Candidates tournament!
Congratulations to
@GMHikaru
for winning the 2022
#FischerRandom
World Championship! 🏆
He played brilliantly throughout the week and won the final Armageddon tiebreak against Nepo to secure the title! 👏
We've just released an update to two move classifications in Game Review!
Moving forward, a "blunder" must lose material or allow a forced checkmate.
Previously, a good move that missed an opportunity would be considered a blunder or a mistake. Now such moves will be a "miss."
Today, we had ~160% of the traffic and more than double the number of new players we saw at the height of quarantine.
The game we all love is alive, well, and flourishing.
Hikaru is the 2022 SCC Champion! ⚡
Congratulations
@GMHikaru
on winning his fifth
#SpeedChess
Championship after a LEGENDARY match against Magnus Carlsen! 👏
Wowww! Congratulations
@GMHikaru
on winning
#NorwayChess
2023 🏆
In a dramatic decider against tournament leader Fabiano Caruana, Hikaru earned all three points to win the prestigious event! 👏
♔ It was a blast watching
@TubboLive
in
#PogChamps3
and he raised $7,500 for
@StonepillowChi
who supports and empowers homeless and vulnerable people to achieve sustainable independence and wellbeing. 👏
Support Stone Pillow here:
Congratulations to
@anishgiri
for winning the prestigious
#TataSteelChess
Masters tournament! 👏
The Dutch hero won an incredible game vs. Rapport, and improves on five previous runner-up finishes by becoming the 2023 champ! 🏆
👑
@GothamChess
wins our Creator of the Year award for the second year in a row!
Levy continued to entertain millions through chess, featured in videos and articles across the internet, and joined our commentary team for the CGC! 🌎