Today, the Esports World Cup Foundation ("EWCF"), and Chess.com announced a multi-year partnership that will bring competitive online chess to the 2025 Esports World Cup (EWC), the world's largest ...

Whether chess is or isn't an esport, or even an actual sport at all, it's now going to be one of the main events at 2025's Esports World Cup. And I think chess is going to work big-time.

To be played in the rapid format, chess will be contested between 16 teams represented by one player each. The turnout from the chess community has been enthusiastic, with four of the world’s top five ...

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Ralf Reichert, CEO of the Esports World Cup Foundation (EWCF) which organizes the EWC, says merging the tournament with the chess world is a huge opportunity for both parties.

Chess is getting ready to make its foray into Esports with teams recruiting top players ahead of this summer's Esports World Cup, hoping to attract new audiences as the game continues to grow in ...

/PRNewswire/ -- Today, the Esports World Cup Foundation ("EWCF"), and Chess.com announced a multi-year partnership that will bring competitive online chess to ...

The Esports World Cup Foundation (EWCF) and Chess.com have announced a multi-year partnership to this end, with the latter being by far the biggest online chess portal (almost 200 million members ...