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Armageddon chess is a variant of blitz chess that has often been used as a tiebreaker in recent years, such as in the Chess World Cup [207] and in the Norway Chess tournament (where it was used for individual draws). [208] In Armageddon chess, drawn games are counted as wins for Black (i.e. Black has draw odds), so
The list of top 10 active players as of December 2023. [1] [2] The top 100 players of the world include 9 Indian players, amongst them Viswananthan Anand at Rank 10. [3]The top 100 women players of the world include 10 Indian players, amongst them Koneru Humpy at Rank 3.
Since 2020, he has been the grandmaster-in-residence of the Charlotte Chess Center (CCC), [25] where he trains the area's top junior players and is the 2023 CCC Club Champion. [ 26 ] [ 27 ] [ 28 ] Naroditsky is active on YouTube and Twitch, where he has over 425,000 subscribers and 320,000 followers, respectively.
Christopher Hikaru Nakamura [2] (born December 9, 1987) is an American chess grandmaster, streamer, YouTuber, five-time U.S. Chess Champion, and the reigning World Fischer Random Chess Champion. A chess prodigy , he earned his grandmaster title at the age of 15, the youngest American at the time to do so.
Ding Liren (Chinese: 丁立人; born 24 October 1992) is a Chinese chess grandmaster and the reigning World Chess Champion. He is the highest-rated Chinese chess player in history and also a three-time Chinese Chess Champion. He was the winner of the 2019 Grand Chess Tour, beating Maxime Vachier-Lagrave in the finals and winning the 2019 ...
Houdini (chess) Since the release of version 1.5 on 15 December 2010, it has taken the top spot in every rating list that includes it. Hydra (chess) is a very strong machine which uses custom parallel hardware.
Mikhail Nekhemyevich Tal [a] (9 November 1936 – 28 June 1992) [1] was a Soviet and Latvian chess player and the eighth World Chess Champion.He is considered a creative genius and is widely regarded as one of the most influential players in chess history.
