NOR · FIDE standard rating, October 2026
Hikaru Nakamura shared his opinion on Magnus Carlsen’s skill in Bullet. Nakamura believes that Carlsen is not quite as good at Bullet without increment. Hikaru notes that Magnus plays as well as everyone else in Bullet with increment. “Number one Hikaru, nu…
Magnus Carlsen posted photos and a video from a training camp in Spain on his Instagram. Nodirbek Abdusattorov, Peter Heine Nielsen, and David Howell took part in the camp. Carlsen, Abdusattorov, and Howell played games against each other during the trainin…
Magnus Carlsen, the world chess champion, prepared for his debut in the Total Chess World Championship Tour Pilot by attending a training camp in Spain. Carlsen was joined at the camp by Nodirbek Abdusattorov, David Howell, and his longtime coach, Peter Hei…
GM Magnus Carlsen and GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov have teamed up for a training camp in Spain ahead of the Total Chess World Championship Tour Pilot. Joining them are GM David Howell and Carlsen's longtime coach, GM Peter Heine Nielsen. Carlsen and ...
Istanbul, Türkiye, will host the 2026 FIDE World Rapid & Blitz Championships from December 26-30, FIDE announced on Thursday. GMs Magnus Carlsen, Aleksandra Goryachkina, and Bibisara Assaubayeva are the defending champions heading into th...
Denis Lazavik shared his opinion on Hikaru Nakamura and Magnus Carlsen. Lazavik believes that Nakamura and Carlsen were never close in terms of playing strength. Denis notes that Magnus is better than Hikaru in everything except tactical vision. Lazavik spo…
Magnus Carlsen participated in the PGX Podcast with Prakhar Gupta. Carlsen was asked to rank chess players from three generations. Magnus ranked the players of the older generation first: “I think, Kasparov, then Fischer. Probably then Karpov, Vishy, and th…
The second edition of the Chess Club Showdown took place on Chess.com on October 28. The 9z Globant club won the event by defeating Team Liquid Chess Club 79-21 in the Final Match. Faustino Oro played 19 Blitz games during the event. Oro won 16 games, drew…