GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov used a now-infamous variation in the Grunfeld to force a draw with GM Anish Giri in round eight of the Superbet Chess Classic. Mamedyarov is half a point away from sole tournament victory. While three more games ended in...
The Main Event of the FIDE Chess.com Women's Speed Chess Championship started with a surprise as IM Bibisara Assaubayeva eliminated GM Humpy Koneru. The Kazakh number-three player beat the female world number-three 14.5-7.5. The live broadcast o...
GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov won his third consecutive game and is suddenly a full point ahead of the pack with two rounds to go at the Superbet Chess Classic in Bucharest. The Azerbaijani grandmaster defeated GM Fabiano Caruana with the black pieces ...
GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov and GM Alexander Grischuk moved to plus two and are sharing the lead at the Superbet Chess Classic with three rounds to go. Mamedyarov profited from tactical oversights by GM Levon Aronian while Grischuk outplayed GM Const...
Just like in 2017, GM Magnus Carlsen will be participating in the FIDE World Cup that starts July 12 in Sochi, Russia. The world champion won't be clashing with his challenger GM Ian Nepomniachtchi, who instead has chosen to focus on preparing for...
GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov caught the leaders GM Alexander Grischuk and GM Wesley So in the fifth round of the Superbet Chess Classic. Mamedyarov was the only winner of the day as he defeated GM Constantin Lupulescu with a wonderful combination. T...
GM Hikaru Nakamura returned to the top of Titled Tuesday on June 8, winning outright with a score of 10/11. Iranian GM Amin Tabatabaei took clear second with 9.5/11 ahead of nine players tied at 9/11. Of those, last week's winner GM Nodirbek Abdus...
The Superbet Chess Classic is wide open again after both tournament leaders GM Fabiano Caruana and GM Bogdan-Daniel Deac lost their games. Caruana was defeated by GM Wesley So, and Deac went down against GM Alexander Grischuk. The quick dra...
The local players keep making a name for themselves at the Superbet Chess Classic. In the third round, it was GM Constantin Lupulescu who took the spotlight with a win against world number-six GM Anish Giri. Meanwhile, GM Teimour Radjabov surpri...
Last-minute substitute GM Bogdan-Daniel Deac had a great start at the Superbet Chess Classic. After missing a win in the first round, he beat GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave the next day. Deac leads with GM Fabiano Caruana, who beat GM Constantin Lupule...
The Superbet Chess Classic, the first leg of the 2021 Grand Chess Tour, began on Saturday with draws on all five boards. GM Anish Giri lived dangerously in his game with GM Bogdan-Daniel Deac but survived in the end. How to watch?The games of ...
Streamer Ludwig, Youtuber NM Kurt Hugo Schneider, and streaming GM Krikor Mekhitarian won their matches in the inaugural Winner Stays event on Chess.com. We'll see the trio return next month facing new opponents. The first edition of the new Win...
After the Grand Chess Tour was canceled altogether in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic, it returns in 2021. The first tournament is the Superbet Chess Classic starting on Saturday. This standard (classical) tournament is the first top event ...
IM Zhansaya Abdumalik played the tournament of her life in Gibraltar. The Kazakh chess player won the Women's Grand Prix with a round to spare, earned 15,000 euros, and became a full-fledged grandmaster in the process. The other "winners" ...
GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov, the 16-year-old rising star from Uzbekistan, won Titled Tuesday on June 1 with a score of 10/11 after defeating GM Hikaru Nakamura in the final round. Nakamura finished in second place on tiebreaks with a score of 9.5/11,...
On Tuesday, June 1, GM Hikaru Nakamura broke the world record of most victories against unique opponents in one hour in the 1|0 bullet time control. He accomplished this feat on Chess.com in the Bullet Chess Speedrun presented by Stella Artois. ...
On the third attempt, GM Magnus Carlsen finally managed to beat GM Wesley So in a Champions Chess Tour final. In a thriller of a second match, the world champion ended up winning the all-decisive armageddon game. GM Ian Nepomniachtchi came...
GM Magnus Carlsen and GM Wesley So tied their first match in the final of the FTX Crypto Cup with two theoretical draws and a win each. In the consolation final between GM Ian Nepomniachtchi and GM Teimour Radjabov, the players went for four quick...
GM Magnus Carlsen and GM Wesley So, the current numbers one and two of the Champions Chess Tour, will play in the final of the FTX Crypto Cup. Carlsen defeated GM Teimour Radjabov twice to reach the final. One win against GM Ian Nepomniachtchi was...
Egyptian GM Ahmed Adly became the African Champion on Thursday, overtaking countryman GM Bassem Amin at the finish line in the 2021 African Individual Chess Championship. The two players monopolized the tournament and were tied on 8/9, despite t...
GM Wesley So took the lead in his FTX Crypto Cup semifinal against a mosquitos-battling GM Ian Nepomniachtchi. The American grandmaster needs two game points on Saturday to reach the final against either GM Magnus Carlsen or GM Teimour Radjab...
IM Zhansaya Abdumalik and GM Mariya Muzychuk are sharing the lead at the FIDE Women's Grand Prix in Gibraltar on the rest day. With five rounds to go, the fight for the two spots in the 2022 FIDE Women's Candidates Tournament is far from deci...
If a Fair Play Award is handed out for 2021, GM Jergus Pechac will probably receive it. The 19-year-old Slovak GM graciously offered a draw when GM Boris Gelfand blundered a full queen due to a mouse slip. Pechac advanced anyway by winning the arm...
The semifinals of the FTX Crypto Cup will start on Friday with the matches GM Magnus Carlsen vs. GM Teimour Radjabov and GM Ian Nepomniachtchi vs. GM Wesley So. While Radjabov and So quickly secured victory against GM Anish Giri and GM Maxime Va...
