GM Ian Nepomniachtchi won the knockout phase of the inaugural 2022 Rapid Chess Championship tournament presented by Coinbase. GM Anish Giri finished second in the knockout—after taking first in the preliminary Swiss tournament—while GM...
GM Levon Aronian and GM Hikaru Nakamura comfortably neutralized the challenges of GM Leinier Dominguez and GM Richard Rapport respectively in the second game of the semifinal matches to set up an all-American clash in the final of the first leg of...
GM Levon Aronian and GM Hikaru Nakamura outplayed GM Leinier Dominguez and GM Richard Rapport respectively in the first game of the 2022 FIDE Grand Prix first leg semifinals in Berlin, both achieved with the white pieces in contrasting styles. The...
GM Leinier Dominguez and GM Richard Rapport defeated GM Wesley So and GM Radoslaw Wojtaszek respectively in the rapid tiebreak games with identical 1.5-0.5 victories to reach the semifinals of the 2022 FIDE Grand Prix in Berlin. Ironically, the ...
The Collegiate Chess League's fourth season is set to begin on February 12, 2022, and runs until the finals on May 21. Last season was our largest ever with over 1,000 players representing 160 teams from 80 schools from around the world. This se...
The last round of the group stage of the 2022 FIDE Grand Prix first leg produced high-voltage drama in Berlin with GM Hikaru Nakamura joining GM Levon Aronian for the semifinal lineup after winning Group A and Group C respectively. It was a day of...
GM Levon Aronian won a tense tactical game with the black pieces against GM Vincent Keymer to reach 4/5 and qualify with a round to spare from Group C to the semifinals of the 2022 FIDE Grand Prix first leg in Berlin. Though GM Hikaru Nakamura won...
A week after finishing in third place, IM Le Tuan Minh earned a victory in the second week of Arena Kings Season 9 on Wednesday. He defeated GM Vugar Rasulov in a close 3-2 final (+2 -1 =2). Semifinalists GM Oleksandr Bortnyk and GM Jose Martine...
GM Kirill Shevchenko, who also won Titled Tuesday on June 15, 2021, won the early tournament on February 8 and finished third in the late tournament. GM Ian Nepomniachtchi won the late tournament. Both players won outright, Shevchenko with 10/11...
GM Yuri Averbakh, the oldest living grandmaster in the world, turns 100 today. After recovering from Covid last summer, he seems to be back in shape again and says he still analyzes endgames to keep his mind sharp. Born February 8, 1922, in Kalu...
GM Levon Aronian consolidated his position while GM Wesley So defeated GM Leinier Dominguez in a crucial game, as both opened a full point lead on 3/4 in Group C and Group D respectively at the end of the fourth round of the 2022 FIDE Grand Prix a...
The third round of the 2022 FIDE Grand Prix produced fighting games on all the boards in all the groups, though the leaders remain unchanged except for Group D, where GM Wesley So joined the lead with GM Leinier Dominguez on 2/3. In Group C, GM Le...
The second round of the the 2022 FIDE Grand Prix produced fierce battles in all the games except from Group C. GM Hikaru Nakamura, GM Radoslaw Wojtaszek, GM Levon Aronian, and GM Leinier Dominguez emerged as sole leaders in their respective groups...
The first round of the 2022 FIDE Grand Prix saw three decisive games in an intense start to the group stage of the event. After the first of the total six double round-robin games to be played among players of each group, GM Vladimir Fedoseev and ...
The Battle of the Sexes Chess Tournament concluded on Thursday in Gibraltar with a 53-47 score for the men's team. This team event, with evenly paired men and women on opposing sides, took place at Gibraltar's Garrison Library and replaced the tra...
GM Hikaru Nakamura won the first week of Arena Kings Season 9 with a score of 3-1 in the final knockout match, defeating second-place GM Jose Eduardo Martinez Alcantara with one game to spare. Nakamura also swept both Titled Tuesday events the day...
On the first Tuesday of the revamped Titled Tuesday with two tournaments a day, a familiar face won both events: GM Hikaru Nakamura, who twice scored 9.5/11. Also earning a prize in both tournaments was GM Jose Martinez, who finished fourth in the...
The FIDE Grand Prix will start on February 4 with its first leg in Berlin without the top seed GM Ding Liren. The Chinese player failed to obtain a visa in time to be able to travel to Germany and has been replaced by GM Radoslaw Wojtaszek. GM Dmi...
GM Sergey Karjakin, GM Praggnanandhaa R., and GM Jorden van Foreest finished their 2022 Tata Steel Chess Tournament with wins in the final round on Sunday. GM Magnus Carlsen had already won the tournament with a round to spare and got a forfe...
GM Magnus Carlsen secured his eighth victory in Wijk aan Zee with a round to spare. The world champion defeated GM Fabiano Caruana on Saturday and now leads the 2022 Tata Steel Chess Tournament by a full point. He will earn a forfeit win tomorrow ...
GM Hikaru Nakamura won Titled Tuesday on January 25 with a score of 10/11 after winning a better rook endgame in the final round against GM Bogdan Daniel Deac. GM Dmitry Andreikin and GM Jose Alcantara finished in second and third, respectively, w...
GM Jeffery Xiong emerged from a nine-way tie for first place, easily the most crowded standings in recent memory, to claim Titled Tuesday victory on January 18. Tiebreaks also placed GM Illia Nyzhnyk second, GM Alexey Sarana third, and IM Le Tuan ...
GM Vidit Gujrathi maintained his sole lead at the Tata Steel Chess Tournament going into the first rest day by drawing his game with GM Andrey Esipenko. GM Magnus Carlsen missed a chance to catch the leader after not going for a winning king walk ...
GM Vidit Gujrathi is the sole leader at the Tata Steel Chess Tournament after defending brilliantly against GM Daniil Dubov, who played creatively but eventually over-pressed. Co-leaders Jan-Krzysztof Duda and GM Magnus Carlsen drew, while GM...
