Jan-Krzysztof Duda vs. Daniil Dubov and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave vs. Alexander Grischuk, the first two games of the FIDE Grand Prix in Hamburg semifinals, both ended in draws. The return games will be played on Tuesday....
The PRO Chess League Qualifiers are right around the corner, and the event will determine which team earns the final spot in the upcoming season. All eight teams are set to square off on Nov. 16, 2019, at 9 a.m. Pacific. After an intensi...
On Sunday Levon Aronian defeated Sergey Karjakin in a playoff to win the Superbet Rapid & Blitz Grand Chess Tour in Bucharest. With his victory, the Armenian grandmaster secured a spot in the London playoffs next month. Anton Korobov's ...
Jan-Krzysztof Duda, Daniil Dubov, Alexander Grischuk and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave advanced to the semifinals of the FIDE Grand Prix in Hamburg. The first three names decided matters in the classical games whereas Dubov eliminated Peter Svi...
On the first day of blitz, Vietnamese GM Le Quang Liem went through the field like a raging bull and scored an amazing 7/9. Anton Korobov didn't disappoint either and is still the leader at Superbet Rapid & Blitz Grand Chess Tour&nbs...
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave made a big step toward reaching the semifinals of the FIDE Grand Prix in Hamburg. On Friday, the French GM defeated Veselin Topalov with the black pieces, while the other three games ended in draws. History is repeati...
Anton Korobov still leads the Superbet Rapid & Blitz Grand Chess Tour after three days of rapid. The Ukrainian grandmaster, who at the end of the day gave his personal explanation of AlphaZero's playing style, is two points ahead of Levon...
FIDE World Cup winner Teimour Radjabov got close to eliminating Daniil Dubov, but eventually the opposite happened and Dubov advanced. Alexander Grischuk, David Navara and Yu Yangyi also won their tiebreaks to reach the second round...
Anton Korobov is the surprise leader at the Superbet Rapid & Blitz Grand Chess Tour. The Ukrainian GM beat two world champions in one day: Vishy Anand and Wesley So. Anish Giri is just one point behind Korobov going into the last day of rapi...
Pentala Harikrishna, Hikaru Nakamura, Ian Nepomniachtchi and Wei Yi were all eliminated in the first round of the FIDE Grand Prix in Hamburg. These players lost their first game and then failed to win on demand. Nepomniachtchi later had a clash on...
Thanks to two wins and one draw, Anish Giri is the sole leader after the first day of the Superbet Rapid & Blitz Grand Chess Tour. The Dutch GM beat both Wesley So and Sergey Karjakin. The Superbet Rapid & Blitz Grand Chess Tour ga...
Besides some very quick draws, the first day of the FIDE Grand Prix in Hamburg saw four winners. Jan-Krzysztof Duda, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Peter Svidler and Veselin Topalov won and now only need a draw on Wednesday to advance to the next ro...
A high number of top grandmasters will be sitting behind the chess board this week as both the FIDE Grand Prix (in Hamburg) and the Grand Chess Tour (in Bucharest) resume. Grand Prix After Moscow (won by Ian Nepomniachtchi) and Riga (won by Sha...
In both the open and women's sections of the 2019 European Team Chess Championship, Russia was crowned champion after maintaining their lead throughout the final phase of the tournament. Ukraine (silver) and England (bronze) ended one match poin...
Wesley So has won the first FIDE-sanctioned Fischer Random World Chess Championship, sweeping aside Magnus Carlsen in the final. So needed just two fast-rapid games to dispatch Carlsen and become the first official Fischer Random chess world champ...
Wesley So is on the brink of winning the World Fischer Random Championship after blanking Magnus Carlsen on the second day of slow-rapid games. So leads Carlsen by the commanding score of 10.5-1.5 in the best-of-24-point match. So needs just two...
Wesley So is the surprise leader after an exciting first day of the World Fischer Random Chess Championship final vs. Magnus Carlsen. The American takes a three-point lead thanks to a win in game two of the slow-rapid games. The title match...
The 2019 European Team Chess Championship has reached its final third, with Russia leading in both the open and women's section. While strong Russian teams are the norm in any team tournament, the championship has seen a wide range of upsets. Af...
With her 5.0/9 score at the 2019 SPICE Cup, which included two draws and a win against grandmasters, Carissa Yip has unofficially become the youngest female international master in U.S. history (pending certification from FIDE). Her third and fi...
The two finalist spots were decided before the blitz segment of the World Fischer Random Chess Championship on Wednesday. After emerging victorious from their semifinal matches, Wesley So and Magnus Carlsen will play ...
The deadlock in the World Fischer Random Chess Championship was broken today in both semifinals. The top seed and favorite Magnus Carlsen earned a second win with Black over Fabiano Caruana to take the lead in the match. Wesley So b...
Unknown Ukrainian GM Evgeny Shtembuliak has won the World Junior Championship. WIM Polina Shuvalova of Russia has won gold in the girls section, her second world championship this month as she won the World Under 18 Girls Championship in Mumb...
Both semifinal matches ended in deadlock after day one—tied 3-3 after a pair of slow-rapid duels. In terms of entertainment, Fischer Random at the very highest level delivered. Ian Nepomniachtchi and Wesley So traded punches in two violent b...
After a long process of online qualifications, the action goes live and over-the-board in the first official FIDE World Fischer Random Chess Championship. The four semifinalists have gathered in Norway and will face off at the Henie Onstad Art Cen...
The biennial European Team Championships 2019 is underway at the Sheraton Hotel in Batumi, Georgia. At the time of writing, three rounds have been played. This fall seems to be one of the busiest chess schedules ever with the World Cup...