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Fourth Friday, Fourth Freestyle Victor

Fourth Friday, Fourth Freestyle Victor

NathanielGreen
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GM Sam Sevian won Freestyle Friday on February 14, scoring 9.5 points for an outright victory and becoming the first U.S. player to win a Freestyle Friday. There were 380 players in today's event, which began only hours after the conclusion of the...

Undefeated Keymer Wins Weissenhaus Knockout

Undefeated Keymer Wins Weissenhaus Knockout

NM AnthonyLevin
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GM Vincent Keymer won the 2025 Weissenhaus Freestyle Chess Grand Slam, and with it $200,000, after making a draw in his second classical game against GM Fabiano Caruana. Keymer neutralized the latter's tremendous effort with a pawn sacrifice in th...

Announcing The Anichess Creator Challenge

Announcing The Anichess Creator Challenge

CHESScom
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The Anichess Creator Challenge is a side event taking place alongside the Anichess x Chess.com Tournament, pitting content creators against each other on the Anichess platform. The event will be played asynchronously from February 13 at 11 ...

Carlsen Takes Tuesday Fresh Off Freestyle

Carlsen Takes Tuesday Fresh Off Freestyle

NathanielGreen
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GMs Magnus Carlsen and Parham Maghsoodloo were your Titled Tuesday winners on February 11. Carlsen won outright on 10.5 points and Maghsoodloo also won outright, with 10 points. It was the first win of 2025 for both of them, although each also won...

Keymer Beats Carlsen In Semifinal Game 1

Keymer Beats Carlsen In Semifinal Game 1

NM AnthonyLevin
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GM Vincent Keymer defeated world number-one GM Magnus Carlsen in game one of the 2025 Weissenhaus Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Semifinals. GM Fabiano Caruana vs. GM Javokhir Sindarov ended in a draw, though the Uzbek GM missed a big chance at the en...

Saint Louis Wins Clash Of Leaders To Reach 3/3

Saint Louis Wins Clash Of Leaders To Reach 3/3

Colin_McGourty
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GM Robby Kevlishvili top scored with 4/4 and GM Aryan Chopra made 3.5/4 as Saint Louis University moved to a perfect 3/3 with victory in week three of the Collegiate Chess League Spring 2025 (CCL). They beat their fierce rivals from Chennai, SRM I...

Freestyle Friday Comes Down To Final Round

Freestyle Friday Comes Down To Final Round

NathanielGreen
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Freestyle Friday on February 7 was no less entertaining with another Freestyle Chess event happening at the same time. By the end of the seventh round, none of the 437 players had a perfect score, leaving the identity of the final victor in suspen...