GM Magnus Carlsen took the lead at the New in Chess Classic on day two of the preliminaries. With an undefeated 7/10, Carlsen is half a point ahead of GMs Hikaru Nakamura (also unbeaten) and GM Alireza Firouzja. How to watch?The games of the New...
The New in Chess Classic, the fifth leg of the Champions Chess Tour, began on Saturday. GM Teimour Radjabov leads with 4/5 ahead of GM Magnus Carlsen and GM Alireza Firouzja, who are on 3.5/5. How to watch?The games of the New in Chess Classic p...
GM Anish Giri's excellent win with the black pieces in round 12 against GM Fabiano Caruana had little effect as GM Wang Hao failed to hold a difficult ending against GM Ian Nepomniachtchi, who continues to lead the FIDE Candidates Tournament by ha...
GM Anish Giri moved up to second place in the FIDE Candidates Tournament standings after beating GM Ding Liren on Friday. The Dutch GM is half a point behind GM Ian Nepomniachtchi, who drew a fairly unambitious game with GM Fabiano Caruana. GM M...
GM Hikaru Nakamura won the April 20 Titled Tuesday tournament, his second victory in a row. Like last week, he finished on a 10/11 score, this time ahead of the trio GM Rasmus Svane, IM Christopher Yoo, and GM Sanan Sjugirov. This week's Titled ...
For the second time during the FIDE Candidates Tournament, GM Ian Nepomniachtchi leads by a full point. Today the Russian GM scored a quick win vs. his compatriot GM Kirill Alekseenko and saw his rivals draw their games. In his second Sveshnikov...
GM Anish Giri defeated GM Wang Hao in round nine of the FIDE Candidates Tournament in Yekaterinburg. The Dutchman joined GM Fabiano Caruana and GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave in second place. The trio is half a point behind GM Ian Nepomniachtchi, who...
GM Fabiano Caruana came with an impressive piece of opening preparation but only defeated GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave deep in the endgame as the FIDE Candidates Tournament finally resumed on Monday in Yekaterinburg, Russia. Caruana now shares seco...
He had been dry for over two months but yesterday he was back. GM Hikaru Nakamura won the April 13 Titled Tuesday tournament with a 10/11 score. The American finished ahead of the trio GM Dmitry Andreikin, GM Baadur Jobava, and GM Sergei Zhigalko....
Considering the eight participants in the FIDE Candidates Tournament, GM Sergey Karjakin named GM Ian Nepomniachtchi as the most difficult opponent for GM Magnus Carlsen in the world championship. Karjakin said this during a press conference earli...
GM Praggnanandhaa R won the Polgar Challenge, the first leg of the new Challengers Chess Tour. The 15-year-old Indian grandmaster finished 1.5 points ahead of the pack and qualified for the next leg of the Champions Chess Tour. How to watch?Th...
After 10 of 19 rounds, GM Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu leads the Polgar Challenge, the first leg of the new Challengers Chess Tour. Competing in two teams are 20 young and talented players coached by GM Vladimir Kramnik and GM Judit Polgar. ...
WGM Nemo Qiyu Zhou won the All-Star event of the 2021 Bullet Chess Championship presented by SIG. The Chinese-Canadian woman grandmaster defeated the American NM Sean Senft in the final. The live broadcast of the All-Star event. The All-Star e...
GM Alireza Firouzja has won the 2021 Bullet Chess Championship presented by SIG. The Iranian super-GM first eliminated top favorite GM Hikaru Nakamura in the semifinals and then was too strong for GM Andrew Tang in the final. The live broadcast ...
He hadn't won a Titled Tuesday since June 23, 2020, but after winning last week, this week GM Alireza Firouzja (@Firouzja2003) came in first twice in a row. The victory, again achieved with a 10/11 score, was a nice warm-up for his match with GM V...
The semifinals of the 2021 Bullet Chess Championship Presented By SIG on Wednesday will see the matches GM Hikaru Nakamura vs. GM Alireza Firouzja and GM Andrew Tang vs. GM Daniel Naroditsky. The action starts on April 7 at 9 a.m. Pacific (18:00 C...
GM Arjun Erigaisi, GM Vladislav Artemiev, GM Eric Hansen, and GM Nihal Sarin have advanced to the quarterfinals of the 2021 Bullet Chess Championship Presented By SIG. The four players on Monday defeated GM Levon Aronian, GM Raunak Sadhwani, IM Le...
GM Alireza Firouzja (@Firouzja2003) won the Chess.com Titled Tuesday tournament on March 30 with an undefeated 10/11 score. It was his second Titled Tuesday victory, after having won on June 23, 2020. This week's Titled Tuesday tournament ...
GM Dmitry Andreikin and IM Le Tuan Minh qualified for the Main Event of the 2021 Bullet Chess Championship Presented By SIG. Both players did so by coming in second behind GM Hikaru Nakamura, who decided to play both qualifiers but was alread...
Schachfreunde Deizisau won the European Online Club Cup on Wednesday. The German team won the final group ahead of Clichy Echecs 92 of France. Top favorite Baden-Baden (Germany) had failed to make it to the finals. In the final, played on Tuesda...
The first two qualifier tournaments for the 2021 Bullet Chess Championship Presented By SIG were played on Wednesday. The winners were two teenagers from India: GM Raunak Sadhwani and GM Arjun Erigaisi. The 2021 Bullet Chess Championship Present...
A total of 20 participants of the women's rapid tournament of the FIDE World University Online Chess Championship were disqualified by the tournament's Fair Play Panel, although it stated that there was no proof of actual cheating. One player was ...
UPDATE: Hikaru Nakamura has officially cancelled Jokers Gambit for now. Join him on April 21st for his sub battle with GM Ben Finegold. On April 24th Hikaru will be playing in the next Champions Chess Tour starting at 10 a.m. PST, 1 p.m. EST, 19:0...
About a year after it started to disrupt the chess calendar completely, the COVID-19 pandemic is still doing just that. Both the Sigeman tournament (scheduled for April) and Norway Chess (planned for May) have been postponed. The Tepe Sigeman &a...
