Hikaru Nakamura visits Toronto
American Grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura kicked off a three-day visit to Toronto with a visit to Pub Chess Toronto at the Madison Avenue Pub on Friday afternoon. Nakamura is a five-time US Chess Champion and...
Category: The World of Chess
Magnus Carlsen Bows Out of World Championship
Today is World Chess Day, and today Magnus Carlsen at once stunned the chess world and confirmed earlier suspicions by announcing today that he would not defend his title of World Chess Champion in...
Try, Try Again: Nepo Wins The 2022 Candidates Tournament
Ian Nepomniachtchi has done it again, winning the Candidates Tournament for a second time in a row. The double round robin tournament featured eight of the top players in the world, all vying for...
The 2022 Reykjavik Open
The 2022 Reykjavik Open got underway on April 6, with 245 competitors from thirty-nine countries, including twenty-two Grandmasters. Four players are from Canada, including one of Chess Institute of Canada’s very own instructors, National...
Nakamura and Rapport Win Grand Prix, Qualify For Candidates
It’s been a very busy time in the chess world. As you know, the Charity Cup tournament in the online Champions Chess Tour recently ended, with Magnus Carlsen ultimately winning over runner-up Jan-Krzysztof Duda....
A Dramatic Conclusion to the Charity Cup!
The chess world came together in support of Ukrainian relief in the second regular tournament of the 2022 Champions Chess Tour, the so-called Charity Cup. By the end of the tournament, over $150,000 was...
Champions Chess Tour Continues With Charity Cup
The second event of the 2022 Meltwater Champions Chess Tour, called the Charity Cup kicked off today, once again featuring Canadian GM Eric Hansen as one of the sixteen participants. As previously discussed, the...
Richárd Rapport Wins Second Leg of FIDE Grand Prix
Today Hungary’s Richárd Rapport defeated Dmitri Andreikin in the finals of the second leg of the FIDE Grand Prix in Belgrade, Serbia. Victory was within Andreikin’s grasp until a late reversal of fortune that...
Black Prominence in Contemporary Chess
Leaders in the Black chess community worldwide, from Theophilus Thompson to Phiona Mutesi, have paved the way for true development and recognition in the chess world. As a result, this culminated in producing the...
Black Representation in Chess Films
The appearance of important and prominent Black characters (or historical figures) in chess filmography is quite extensive. In the famous 1993 film Searching for Bobby Fischer, we see a fictional character, a chess player...
