He is exactly 11 years, three months and four days old today. To break the record of Russian Sergey Karjakin, who became a Grandmaster at the age of 12 years and seven months, he still has nearly 16 months left. Ask Pragga, and he replies confidently: “I think I can do it before I turn 12.”

Vassily Ivanchuk placed 1st on Wednesday in the World Rapid Championship that was held in Doha, Qatar. He ended up with the best tiebrack (avg rating of opponents) after he drew the game with Alexander Grischuk & Magnus Carlsen.

The 1st ZugZwang Quad tournament took place on Sunday - Dec 18th, 2016. We'd like to extend a big congratulations to all the winners of the quads, along with all the participants and parents for your support. Thank you for making this event successful.

Every child needs to learn critical life lessons and build confidence in life. One of the most essential and effective ways to achieve this is by introducing a child to friendly competition. We say friendly because the competitive nature in a child has to be nurtured and a safe place to compete is essential. That's precisely what we aim to provide a child with our tournaments & competitions.

The world champion didn't convert every chance he had during the classical time-controlled games, but pulled one off in the rapid play-off! After the 6-6 tie in regulation play, Carlsen produced a victory in Game 3 of the Rapid play-off - successfully defending his title!