Magnus Carlsen has won the Grenke Freestyle Chess event with a round to spare!
He scored a fabulous 8/8 to clinch the tournament.
Congratulations ???? pic.twitter.com/3Pp3iHopZ8
— Chess.com – India (@chesscom_in) April 21, 2025
Magnus moves to 8/8 with a win over Rauf Mamedov. He wins the event with a round to spare. Rating performance 3368.
Next game he goes for 9/9 ???? pic.twitter.com/NDfcnTnXoD— agadmator (@agadmator) April 21, 2025
A signed copy of the Hastings Int. Tournament programme 1922 for #ChessTuesday DYK: Sir R. W. B. Clarke devised the competition grading system 1st used by the British Chess Fed in 1958! From @ecfchess Library@LibraryDMU @chesstutor @garylanechess #chesshistory #chessliterature pic.twitter.com/UUARe6UCO0
— DMUArchives&RareBooks (@DMUSpecialColls) October 8, 2024
This is the first digital chess clock designed by #BobbyFischer, which premiered in a rematch between the two chess legends #BorisSpassky and Fischer on the island of Sveti Stefan in 1992. A few months later, we also used one in my 10-game match against Spassky in Budapest. That… pic.twitter.com/tLNEHZygsI
— Judit Polgar (@GMJuditPolgar) February 20, 2025
