New Features And A New World Champion – Chess.com
April may have been the cruelest month as far as T.S. Eliot was concerned, but in the chess world it's shaping up to be pretty great. Find out what happened in March and get some sneak previews and insights into April's highlights! Hint: we're going to have a new world champion very soon.
Here's what this monthly update covers:
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The main season of the PCL has finished, but it's time to start getting excited about the finals. The Champions Chess Tour continues, and Titled Tuesday has never been more competitive. There's also a little thing called the 2023 FIDE World Championship happening right now, the most important over-the-board chess event of the year in which two of the world's top players battle it out to determine the next chess world champion.
Here are some of the Community Teams highlights, including lots of ways you can be part of the Chess.com community no matter where you are in the world.
Enjoy a rundown of some of the top chess content from the last month, including GM Anish Giri's spectacular (and entirely fictional) rise and fall as CEO of Chess.
The Champions Chess Tour and Pro Chess League events went swimmingly from a Fair Play perspective, and the team is confident that these two tournaments are an absolute gold standard for fair chess events.
Fair Play stats for March:
The Chess.com Support Team is still experiencing a huge amount of requests and questions, but these superstars are actively working to resolve your issues as quickly and effectively as possible.
Here are the stats for March:
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