GMs Magnus Carlsen and Vincent Keymer won their matches with a game to spare in Division I of the Champions Chess Tour Chess.com Classic 2024. GMs Jan-Krzysztof Duda and Denis Lazavik also won to continue in the Winners Bracket. Notably, Carlsen, ...
GM Wei Yi posted a five-game winning streak as he scored 13 of a possible 18 points to top the table after the rapid section of the 2024 Superbet Rapid & Blitz Poland. World number one Magnus Carlsen is just a point behind before the weekend's...
GM Ian Nepomniachtchi said reigning world champion GM Ding Liren would be a "massive favorite" in the upcoming title match against GM Gukesh Dommaraju if he can recover his 2019 form, while GM Fabiano Caruana thinks one good result can make a huge...
GM Velimir Ivic had the performance of a lifetime on day two of the Champions Chess Tour Chess.com Classic 2024. After surviving elimination from Division I thanks to a mouse slip by his opponent, he defeated GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave in armageddo...
GM Magnus Carlsen came within a whisker of beating GM Gukesh Dommaraju and taking the sole lead in the 2024 Superbet Rapid & Blitz Poland, but in the end, he had to settle for joint first place with GM Wei Yi, who won all three games on day tw...
GM Fabiano Caruana finished first in the Play-in stage of the Champions Chess Tour Chess.com Classic 2024. It's a resounding comeback for the world number-two who had a disappointing final round in the 2024 FIDE Candidates Tournament but showed gr...
GM Kirill Shevchenko is the absolute underdog in the 2024 Superbet Rapid & Blitz Poland, but he scored a perfect 6/6 on day one of the 2024 Grand Chess Tour after pouncing on blunders by GMs Gukesh Dommaraju, Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu, and Vin...
We're happy to announce the release of IM Jeremy Silman's classic The Amateur's Mind on Chessable. Replace the most common amateur strategic misconceptions with the decision-making process of the masters and start dominating your opponents! C...
The International Chess Federation (FIDE) has made a call for bids for the 2024 World Championship match with budget figures that have stirred a debate in the chess community. A few weeks after the conclusion of the Candidates Tournament, ...
He was in fourth place, trailing three leaders by half a point, but GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov ended up winning the 2024 TePe Sigeman Chess Tournament as the player with the strongest nerves in a thrilling blitz tiebreak with GM Arjun Erigaisi and G...
GM Levon Aronian recently wrote, “the FIDE Circuit is kind of a joke,” with GM Anish Giri replying to describe it as “completely broken.” 2023 FIDE Circuit Winner GM Fabiano Caruana, described the system, which will determi...
With one round to go, GM Anton Korobov is back in the shared lead of the 2024 TePe Sigeman Chess Tournament thanks to a win against GM Nils Grandelius, while leaders GM Arjun Erigaisi and GM Peter Svidler drew their game. GM Vincent Keymer would h...
GM Peter Svidler defeated co-leader GM Anton Korobov in round five of the 2024 TePe Sigeman Chess Tournament and now shares the lead with GM Arjun Erigaisi, who drew his game with GM Vincent Keymer. GMs Ju Wenjun and Nodirbek Abdusattorov wer...
GMs Nodirbek Abdusattorov and Ju Wenjun both scored their first wins on Tuesday at the 2024 TePe Sigeman Chess Tournament. While Abdusattorov outplayed GM Nils Grandelius both on the board and the clock, the women's world champion defeated GM Vinc...
IM Ulviyya Fataliyeva won clear first at the European Women's Championship on Monday. Fataliyeva was unstoppable throughout the event, finishing undefeated a full point ahead of the field. IM Nataliya Buksa finished second with the to...
GM Arjun Erigaisi beat GM Marc'Andria Maurizzi in round three of the 2024 TePe Sigeman Chess Tournament to join the leaders after GM Anton Korobov was unable to grind down co-leader GM Vincent Keymer. Top seed GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov once again f...
GM Anton Korobov and GM Vincent Keymer are still on perfect scores after two rounds at the 2024 TePe Sigeman Chess Tournament, and the two leaders will play each other on Monday. While Keymer defeated GM Nils Grandelius, Korobov was too strong for...
GM Anton Korobov won a topsy-turvy game to score an upset victory against world number-four GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov in the opening round of the 2024 TePe Sigeman Chess Tournament. The 29th edition started today in Malmo, Sweden. In the sa...
Decades after the popular TV show The Master Game, the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) plans to broadcast a new chess show. In Chess Masters, to be aired in 2025, players of different ages and backgrounds will go head to head in a seri...
Seventeen-year-old GM Gukesh Dommaraju has become the youngest-ever world chess championship challenger after finishing half a point ahead of GMs Hikaru Nakamura, Ian Nepomniachtchi, and Fabiano Caruana. He’ll now play GM Ding Liren for the ...
After 14 rounds and over three weeks of play, 17-year-old GM Gukesh Dommaraju has won the 2024 FIDE Candidates Tournament and is the youngest player in history to win a Candidates Tournament. He will play GM Ding Liren for the world champions...
17-year-old GM Gukesh Dommaraju has taken the sole lead of the 2024 FIDE Candidates Tournament with one round to go after exacting revenge against GM Alireza Firouzja in round 13. GMs Ian Nepomniachtchi and Hikaru Nakamura made a draw to stay a ha...
We have three co-leaders at the 2024 FIDE Candidates Tournament with two rounds to go: GM Ian Nepomniachtchi, GM Hikaru Nakamura, and GM Gukesh Dommaraju. Nakamura scored the hat trick against GM Alireza Firouzja, and Gukesh defeated GM Nija...
CM Matfey Rogov prevailed in the Atomic Chess Championship of the Variants Community Series (VCS) on Thursday. In a sibling rivalry-fueled Final, he overcame his older brother, Timofey Rogov. Along the way, Matfey also defeated the top see...
Round 11 of the 2024 FIDE Candidates Tournament featured three decisive games out of a possible four. GM Ian Nepomniachtchi won the longest game of the round with Black against GM Vidit Gujrathi, again taking the sole lead. A half-point behin...
