The city of Astana, Kazakhstan will play host to the FIDE World Championship Match 2023, taking place from April 7th to May 1st

The reigning World Champion Magnus Carlsen won’t defend his title against Ian Nepomniachtchi. The Russian GM will face the Chinese GM Ding Liren at the 2023 World Chess Championship match

And yes, it’s true! What the chess world was expecting, but hoping it didn’t happen, struck us on the International Chess Day

This Day (11th of July) in 1972 it was the first game of the “Match of the Century” between the defending World Champion Boris Spassky

Almost a week after the 2022 Candidates Tournament, the World Champion Magnus Carlsen hasn’t decided if he’ll defend his title against the second-time Challenger Ian Nepomniachtchi