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Nakamura Wins November Trifecta, Scores 74.5/79

Nakamura Wins November Trifecta, Scores 74.5/79

FM JackRodgers
| 15 hrs ago

GM Hikaru Nakamura scored 73 wins and conceded just three draws and three losses in one of his most dominant Bullet Brawl performances yet, finishing with a 42-point buffer over the second-placed GM Daniel Naroditsky to claim the $400 first prize....

So Breaks Draw Streak At 2023 Sinquefield Cup

So Breaks Draw Streak At 2023 Sinquefield Cup

NM NM_Vanessa
| 1 day ago

GM Wesley So scored the first victory at the 2023 Sinquefield Cup on Friday. When GM Richard Rapport sacrificed for dynamic ideas in the King's Indian Defense, So navigated his way to safety while increasing his material edge. GMs Maxime Vachier...

Missed Wins For Nepomniachtchi, Caruana

Missed Wins For Nepomniachtchi, Caruana

NM NM_Vanessa
| 1 day ago

GMs Ian Nepomniachtchi and Fabiano Caruana came the closest to scoring the first victories of the Sinquefield Cup 2023 on Wednesday. In his usual confident, fast-paced playing style, Nepomniachtchi pressed with an extra pawn for over five hours vs...

Hou Yifan Wins Second WSCC Title

Hou Yifan Wins Second WSCC Title

NM AnthonyLevin
| 1 day ago

GM Hou Yifan is the first player to win two WSCC titles. After defeating GM Harika Dronavalli in the Julius Baer Women's Speed Chess Championship 2023 Final 15-11, the Chinese grandmaster is a two-time champion. "Ever since her first victory, sh...

Carlsen Nearly Perfect, Nearly Sweeps

Carlsen Nearly Perfect, Nearly Sweeps

NathanielGreen
| 6 days ago

GM Magnus Carlsen won the early Titled Tuesday tournament on November 21 with a 10.5/11 score and then led the late event with one round to go, but GM Liem Le would end up catching him and winning on tiebreaks. It was Le's third Titled Tuesday win...

Harika Advances To Final Vs. Hou Yifan

Harika Advances To Final Vs. Hou Yifan

NM AnthonyLevin
| 7 days ago

GM Harika Dronavalli will face GM Hou Yifan in the Julius Baer Women's Speed Chess Championship 2023 Final. On Tuesday, she defeated GM Kateryna Lagno in the Semifinals by a score of 12-10. It was a fairly even match in the first two segments, t...

ChessKid Stars Defeat Harvard

ChessKid Stars Defeat Harvard

NM NM_Vanessa
| 11 days ago

ChessKid Stars, IM-elect Alice Lee and FM Tani Adewumi, defeated the Harvard Chess Club, represented by co-presidents WGM Jennifer Yu and FM Chris Shen, in the first-ever Harvard vs. ChessKid match. Starting off with a three-game winning streak,...