Ukraine won its first ever European Team Chess Championship in Brezice, Slovenia on Sunday. The gold medal winners edged out France on tiebreak, a team whose silver medals were largely the result of GM Alireza Firouzja's historic performance. Russ...
After a nail-biting finish that went all the way to armageddon, GM Levon Aronian won the Tata Steel Chess India blitz tournament on Sunday. The playoff was necessary after he had finished in a tie with GM Arjun Erigaisi, who impressed once again b...
After making a great impression at the Lindores Abbey Blitz tournament last week, GM Arjun Erigaisi did even better in Kolkata, India as the winner of the Tata Steel Chess India rapid tournament. The talented 18-year-old Indian GM clinched the rap...
After winning the FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss, GM Alireza Firouzja's quick rise to the top continues. The French-Iranian started with 4.5/5 at the European Team Championship in Slovenia and is now the new world number-three in the live rankings. ...
GM Dmitry Andreikin took home an outright and undefeated Titled Tuesday victory on November 16, scoring 10/11. GM Anton Demchenko finished in sole second, a half-point behind, with 9.5/11. In a three-way tie with a 9/11 score, GM Jeffery Xiong and...
With the first two rounds of playoffs complete, each division has been narrowed down to the final four remaining teams. These teams will fight this weekend in the semifinals and finals for their share of the $25,000 prize pool. You won't want to m...
GM Wesley So beat GM Jeffery Xiong with a score of 18-14 in the 2021 Speed Chess Championship Main Event. In the quarterfinals, he will face the winner of the match between GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and GM Fabiano Caruana, which starts on Monday, ...
GM Hikaru Nakamura beat GM Peter Svidler with a score of 22-10 in the 2021 Speed Chess Championship Main Event and will face GM Anish Giri in the quarterfinals. The next match, between GM Wesley So and GM Jeffery Xiong, starts on Monday, November ...
It was a doubleheader Thursday at the 2021 Speed Chess Championship Main Event with two matches: GM Alexander Grischuk vs GM Nihal Sarin followed by GM Levon Aronian vs GM Daniil Dubov. Nihal upstaged Grischuk impressively and will face GM Richard...
GM Richard Rapport prevailed against GM Alexey Sarana 16.5-14.5 in a marathon 31-game match in the 2021 Speed Chess Championship Main Event and moves on to the quarterfinals. Rapport will face the winner of the next round of 16 match between GMs A...
In the most active Titled Tuesday since August, GM Rustam Khusnutdinov took home the victory with a 9.5/11 score, winning on the tiebreak system over second-place finisher GM Dmitrij Kollars. In a logjam on 9 points out of 11, two well-known GMs t...
With the regular season over, the teams' standings have been finalized, and the playoff brackets have been set. The playoffs are finally here, and teams will fight for their share of the $25,000 prize pool. Be sure to tune in and watch the ultimat...
The second match of the 2021 Speed Chess Championship Main Event went down to the wire as GM Ding Liren and GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov fought a hotly contested battle. The Chinese GM ultimately won with a final score of 14-12 (an identical result to...
In a thrilling opening match of the 2021 Speed Chess Championship Main Event, GM Anish Giri defeated GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda with a final score of 14-12. The next match, between GMs Shakhriyar Mamedyarov and Ding Liren, starts on Tuesday, November 9...
GM Kirill Shevchenko became the surprise winner of the Lindores Abbey Blitz tournament in Riga, Latvia. The 19-year-old grandmaster from Ukraine clinched the $10,000 first prize as he finished half a point clear of GMs Fabiano Caruana ($8,000) and...
GM Alireza Firouzja won the FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss on Sunday in Riga. The French-Iranian grandmaster was the only player to finish on 8/11 after all the key games ended in draws in the final round. Firouzja qualified for the 2022 FIDE Can...
With one round to go, GM Alireza Firouzja is back as the sole leader at the FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss. Despite missing a brilliant defensive move from the Englishman in time trouble, the French-Iranian GM beat GM David Howell. GM Fabiano Caruana ...
Calling the game "super important" but also "a total mess," GM Fabiano Caruana defeated GM Alireza Firouzja to catch his opponent in first place in round nine of the FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss. The two are now sharing the lead together with GM Dav...
GM Alireza Firouzja is getting very close to qualifying for the 2022 Candidates Tournament. The 18-year-old French star won again in round eight of the FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss and is now a point ahead of the pack, with no fewer than 10 players ...
Profiting from a mistake by GM Evgeniy Najer in a rook endgame, GM Alireza Firouzja regained the sole lead in the FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss with four rounds to go. GM Lei Tingjie continues to lead the women's section and now has IM...
GM Hikaru Nakamura won the November 2 Titled Tuesday outright with 9.5/11, followed by a three-way tie for second place at 9 points out of 11. When the dust settled, that put GM Daniel Naroditsky in second place, GM Sergei Zhigalko in third, and G...
There's a five-way tie for first place at the FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss going into the rest day. GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and GM Krishnan Sasikiran won their games and joined the leaders GM Evgeniy Najer, GM Alexei Shirov, and GM Alireza Firouzj...
After four previous days of Blitzcoin Invitational, it was time for the final match. The top-seed GM Daniel Naroditsky faced another very dangerous and fast player, GM Awonder Liang, and went on to convincingly beat him to win the tournament and...
Russian GM Evgeniy Najer and former world number-two GM Alexei Shirov caught GM Alireza Firouzja in the lead in round five of the FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss in Riga. The two won their games, while Firouzja drew the all-French clash with GM Maxime ...
