Thanks to a strong finish, scoring five points over her last six games, GM Kateryna Lagno of Russia won the first leg of the FIDE Women's Grand Prix in Astana, Kazakhstan. She finished half a point ahead of her compatriot GM Aleksandra Goryachkina...
GM Teimour Radjabov knocked out GM Arjun Erigaisi on Wednesday, securing the last spot into the round of 16 at the Chess.com Global Championship. This was an especially electrifying matchup of experienced contender vs. up-and-comer. In this corn...
ChessKid is excited to announce its new Chess Clubs in Libraries initiative! This program sends out free club starter kits in North America. Each starter kit includes: 5 chess boards & pieces (sets) A "How the Pieces Move" poster F...
GM Hikaru Nakamura pulled off another Titled Tuesday sweep, his third, by scoring 9.5/11 in both of the day's events. This one may be his most impressive of the three, as GM Magnus Carlsen joined the field for both events. Carlsen finished fifth i...
The International Chess Federation has removed GM Ilya Smirin from his commentary job at the FIDE Women's Grand Prix in Astana, Kazakhstan, for making sexist comments during a live broadcast. FIDE called the Israeli grandmaster's remarks "complete...
"I believe that Niemann has cheated more — and more recently — than he has publicly admitted," GM Magnus Carlsen wrote in a much-anticipated statement about GM Hans Niemann's alleged cheating. The world champion posted the statement on...
GM Magnus Carlsen won the Julius Baer Generation Cup on Sunday, needing just two games vs. GM Arjun Erigaisi. It was one of the most dominating performances in recent years for the world champion, who announced that he will make a statement about ...
Halfway through the tournament, GM Aleksandra Goryachkina of Russia and WGM Zhu Jiner of China are sharing the lead at the first leg of the FIDE Women's Grand Prix in Astana, Kazakhstan. The top two players of the Grand Prix will qualify for the n...
GM Magnus Carlsen won the first match vs. GM Arjun Erigaisi in the final of the Julius Baer Generation Cup on Saturday. Winning two games and finishing with a draw, the world champion needs only a tie in Sunday's match to win the tournament. How...
An action-packed day that saw most of the favorites proceed through their round of 32 matchups took place on Saturday in the Chess.com Global Championship. GM Anish Giri was the standout and was able to win all three of his games with flair agains...
Now that the coronavirus pandemic has subsided, there’s no reason that we can’t get up close and personal over a chessboard … or with chessboxing. Yes, chessboxing! This sport is making a grand return by none other than Ludwig A...
The two-day final of the Julius Baer Generation Cup will be played between GM Magnus Carlsen and GM Arjun Erigaisi. After Carlsen knocked out GM Vincent Keymer, Erigaisi reached his first Tour final by beating GM Le Quang Liem in a blitz play...
GMs Jan-Krzysztof Duda, Jeffery Xiong, and Alexey Sarana were the three victorious players in their round of 32 matches on Friday as the Chess.com Global Championship continued. Favorites Duda and Xiong had to shake off the nerves early against th...
In a statement released on Friday about the alleged cheating scandal, FIDE President Arkady Dvorkovich has criticized GM Magnus Carlsen for withdrawing from the Sinquefield Cup and resigning after two moves vs. GM Hans Niemann in the Julius Baer G...
A final between GM Magnus Carlsen and GM Hans Niemann is not possible anymore at the Julius Baer Generation Cup after Niemann lost to GM Le Quang Liem in Thursday's quarterfinals. Carlsen eliminated GM Levon Aronian and now plays GM Vincent Keymer...
GMs Wesley So and Leinier Dominguez won their round of 32 matches in the Chess.com Global Chess Championship on Thursday, defeating the legendary GM Vasyl Ivanchuk and the popular streamer GM Eric Hansen respectively. The round of 32 contin...
GM Magnus Carlsen was in a class of his own at the preliminaries of the Julius Baer Generation Cup. Ending with three more victories, he finished first with a 2937 performance rating before giving his first interview since withdrawing from the Sin...
GM Sam Sevian achieved a spectacular upset against GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave to kick off the round of 32 matches in the Chess.com Global Chess Championship. Additionally, GM Dmitry Andreikin defeated GM Gata Kamsky in armageddon while GM Fabiano C...
GM Hikaru Nakamura and GM Jeffery Xiong, the most successful and one of the most successful players in the history of Titled Tuesday, each added another victory feather to their caps in the September 20, 2022 editions. IM Anna Sargsy...
GM Magnus Carlsen is back in the lead at the Julius Baer Generation Cup after scoring three wins and a draw on the third day of the preliminaries. GM Hans Niemann is still in contention of qualifying for the knockout phase and might be paired with...
The American higher seeds, GMs Hikaru Nakamura, Fabiano Caruana, and Jeffery Xiong, won the last of the round of 64 matches on day five of the Chess.com Global Chess Championship. Although the favorites ultimately won, the underdogs gave them seri...
On the second day of the Julius Baer Generation Cup, GM Magnus Carlsen sent waves through the chess world by playing just one move vs. GM Hans Niemann in their anticipated game before resigning. GM Arjun Erigaisi leads the event with 17 points, ...
GM Magnus Carlsen had a splendid start on the first day of the Julius Baer Generation Cup, scoring 10 out of a possible 12 points with three wins and a draw. All eyes are on round six on Monday, when the world champion is paired against GM Hans Ni...
Day four of the Chess.com Global Chess Championship featured electrifying matchups, remarkable upset victories, and inspiring tales of vengeance. GM Benjamin Bok knocked out GM Alexander Grischuk, one of the overall tournament favorites....
On day three of the Chess.com Global Chess Championship, GM Peter Svidler triumphed vs. GM Alexei Shirov in their veteran face-off, scoring the only 3-0 sweep of the day. World championship challenger GM Ian Nepomniachtchi and 19-year-old GM Arjun...