GM Harika Dronavalli joined the leaders at the Lausanne Women's Grand Prix as she outplayed Women's World Champion Ju Wenjun in an endgame. There's now a tie for first place among five players after three rounds. You can follow the Lau...
Growing concerns about the new coronavirus raise the question of whether players should still shake hands before and after a game of chess. In a new medical security protocol, FIDE recommends against it. With 3,200 people killed by the coro...
GM Nana Dzagnidze and GM Aleksandra Goryachkina share the lead at the Lausanne Women's Grand Prix after winning their games in round two. The tournament is the third of four Grand Prix events where the winner and the runner-up will quali...
Two weeks before the start of the FIDE Candidates Tournament, we provide the latest news and address the question that is on everyone's mind: Who will win? This article, originally posted on March 3, has been updated on March 6 to reflect t...
The Lausanne Women's Grand Prix started with six draws in the first round on Monday. The tournament is the third of four Grand Prix events where the winner and the runner-up will qualify for the 2021 Women's Candidates Tournament. You ...
GM Predrag Nikolic won the Old Masters rapid tournament ahead of GM Anatoly Karpov, GM Robert Huebner, and GM Jan Timman. The tournament was held over the weekend alongside the 80th Noteboom Tournament in Leiden, the Netherlands. The annual...
The third tournament in the FIDE Women's Grand Prix 2019-2020 will begin Monday in Lausanne, Switzerland. The top seed is GM Ju Wenjun, while GM Aleksandra Goryachkina and GM Alexandra Kosteniuk will have a chance to topple the Gran...
The World Championship match between Magnus Carlsen and the winner of the Candidates Tournament is almost certainly going to be held in Dubai, but not in November. At the FIDE Congress in Abu Dhabi, FIDE President Arkady Dvorkovich has mentioned D...
It was his compatriot, GM Rauf Mamedov, who was leading the tournament from the start, but with a better tiebreak, 14-year-old Aydin Suleymanli of Azerbaijan ended up as the sensational winner of the Aeroflot Open in Moscow. A year ago, th...
The Prague Chess Festival was a joy for chess fans in an otherwise quiet month for top chess. The Masters tournament was won by 16-year-old wunderkind GM Alireza Firouzja. GM Jorden van Foreest clinched the Challengers as both sections provided gr...
GM Nigel Short won the Bunratty Chess Festival's Masters, held over the weekend in Bunratty, Ireland. The English grandmaster finished in clear first place with 5/6 and scored a nice, quick victory against the 76-year-old Czech legend GM Vlastimil...
GM Alireza Firouzja won the Prague Chess Festival's Masters tournament after beating GM Vidit Gujrathi 2-0 in a playoff. The two had the best tiebreak in a group of five players finishing on 5/9. GM Jorden van Foreest emerged as t...
In an incredible turnaround, GM Vidit Gujrathi spoiled a winning position and ended up losing to GM David Navara in round eight of the Prague Chess Festival's Masters tournament. Instead of winning the tournament with a round to spare, t...
With a second win in round seven GM Alireza Firouzja moved to shared second place in the Prague Chess Festival's Masters, where GM Vidit Gujrathi still leads by a full point. GM Sam Shankland scored his first win. GM Hannes S...
The 2020 Cairns Cup will be remembered for two players in particular. While GM Humpy Koneru scored her third big victory after a two-year hiatus from chess, WGM Carissa Yip showed great resilience and potential. During the Cairns Cup, we brought...
According to the latest information available, Russia's ban on Chinese travelers might affect the travel plans of the Chinese delegation to Yekaterinburg. See updates below. Update March 1: As communicated by the International Chess Feder...
GM Magnus Carlsen tops the field of this year's Grand Chess Tour as all invitees confirmed their participation in the sixth edition of the tour. Today the organizers announced which players will play in which event. A press release fro...
A bureaucratic battle that lasted five years finally came to an end for GM Francisco Vallejo Pons. The Spanish grandmaster emerged as the winner in a bizarre game with the Spanish tax authority, who sent him a notice last week that they no lo...
Heading into the rest day of the Prague Chess Festival, GM Vidit Gujrathi leads the Masters tournament by a full point. On Sunday, the Indian grandmaster defeated GM Alireza Firouzja convincingly. GM Hannes Stefansson continu...
On Sunday GM Humpy Koneru won the Cairns Cup's hefty $45,000 first prize. After a quick draw with her compatriot GM Harika Dronavalli, she saw her main rival GM Alexandra Kosteniuk lose to GM Ju Wenjun. Koneru finished on six points, half a poin...
With only one week remaining in the 2020 PRO Chess League regular season, it's time to look at the playoff picture. The playoffs will mark the first time that teams will play outside of their division, so there will be multiple interesting and e...
Round eight of the Cairns Cup in St. Louis saw a major upset as 16-year-old IM-elect Carissa Yip defeated Women's World Champion Ju Wenjun with the black pieces. GM Humpy Koneru, who beat GM Valentina Gunina, has a half-point lead going ...
GM Vidit Gujrathi grabbed the sole lead with his second win in the Prague Chess Festival. The 25-year-old Indian grandmaster beat GM Markus Ragger in round three. You can follow the tournament here in our live portal. The tournament ...
It was not a great Valentine's Day for GM Valentina Gunina, who pressed too hard and lost her game to GM Mariya Muzychuk. With draws in the other four games, GM Humpy Koneru and GM Ju Wenjun continue to lead the Cairns Cup in St. Lo...
