Alireza Firouzja defended an instructive opposite-colored bishop endgame to hold Nils Grandelius to a draw at the Prague Chess Festival. As David Anton missed a win, the second round of the Masters saw only draws. You can follow the tourn...
WGM Swati Ghate became the second victim in five days of the strict anti-watch rule at the Indian Team Championship. Like Baskaran Adhiban, she forfeited her game for wearing an analog watch, despite attempts by her opponent IM Tania Sachdev ...
Top seeds Jan-Krzysztof Duda and Nikita Vitiugov started with wins at the Prague Chess Festival, where Vidit Gujrathi was another winner in the opening round of the Masters. Hannes Stefansson was the only winner in the Challengers group. ...
GMs Ju Wenjun and Alexandra Kosteniuk took over the lead from GM Nana Dzagnidze at the Cairns Cup in St. Louis. After a round with only decisive games, the players can enjoy a rest day on Wednesday. You can follow the tournament her...
With two grandmaster groups, a tournament for talents and multiple opens, it's tempting to describe the Prague Chess Festival as the Czech Republic's version of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament. The festival has a prize fund of 44,000 eur...
GM Nana Dzagnidze maintained her lead at the Cairns Cup in St. Louis with a draw against Mariya Muzychuk. Meanwhile, Carissa Yip suffered her fourth straight loss, and Valentina Gunina hasn't drawn a game yet either. You can follow ...
On Saturday Indian grandmaster Baskaran Adhiban forfeited his third-round game in the National Team Open in India for wearing an analog wristwatch. FIDE regulations rule out electronic devices only—but in national events in India, all t...
GM Nana Dzagnidze is the only player on 2,5 points after three rounds at the Cairns Cup in St. Louis after beating WGM Carissa Yip on Sunday. Harika Dronavalli and Valentina Gunina also won their games. You can follow the tourna...
Week five of the PRO Chess League is in the books and the action may have left fans with more questions than answers. Here are the top five storylines from this week's matches: 1. Saint Louis is clearly the team to beat The Saint Louis Arch Bi...
GMs Alexandra Kosteniuk, Kateryna Lagno, and Mariya Muzychuk won their games in the second round of the Cairns Cup in St. Louis. There's a four-way tie for first place now. You can follow the tournament here as part of our live ...
GM Nana Dzagnidze (Georgia) and GM Humpy Koneru (India) started with victories at the second Cairns Cup. The tournament took off on Friday at the Saint Louis Chess Club in St. Louis, U.S. You can follow the tournament here as part of our...
In another instance of the coronavirus affecting the chess world, Chinese GM Wei Yi had to withdraw from the Prague International Chess Festival, scheduled for next week. He has been replaced by the number one junior player in the world, Alireza F...
After the recent Women's World Championship, more top-level chess can be enjoyed in the coming days as the second Cairns Cup gets set to start. It is one of the highest-rated all-female tournaments in chess history, with Women's World Champio...
The new virus in China has been affecting GM Ding Liren and GM Wang Hao's preparation for the Candidates Tournament. Speaking to Chess.com, both stated they had to cancel plans for a training camp. Editor's note: on February 10 it became clear...
It was another exciting week of online chess action in the PRO Chess League. Let's look at the top highlights of the week: France recovers to draw Saint Louis and Canada on unbeaten collision course Germany learns to trash talk Eastern Di...
David Paravyan won the £30,000 first prize at the Gibraltar Chess Festival masters tournament. The 21-year-old Russian grandmaster came out on top in a playoff, after seven players had finished in a tie for first place. Like l...
Magnus Carlsen has signed a two-year sponsorship deal with the Malta-based gambling giant Kindred Group, the owner of sports betting site Unibet. Carlsen will be a global ambassador for Unibet in 2020 and 2021. This was announced at a press c...
Team Chess.com (GM Robert Hess and IM Danny Rensch) will square off against team Chessbrah (GM Eric Hansen and GM Aman Hambleton) for a third time this Friday in Team Chess Battles. You can watch the match this Friday, Jan. 31 at ...
The Gibraltar Chess Festival's masters tournament is seven rounds underway, and some young participants are doing very well. The 17-year-old Andrey Esipenko of Russia is in shared first place after seven rounds, and the14-year-old Pr...
The rivalries and trash talk intensified in week 3 of the PRO Chess League. Let's look at the five highlights of the week: Rooster Domination Hidden Rivalries Wasabis Spicing It Up Live St. Louis Aren't Invincible Shocking Upsets 1. ...
Having already won the Tata Steel Chess masters, Fabiano Caruana emphasized his dominance as the only winner in the final round. He finished on 10/13 or plus seven, only equaled by Magnus Carlsen (2013) and Garry Kasparov ...
On Saturday Fabiano Caruana won his first Tata Steel Chess tournament and did so with a round to spare. The American grandmaster beat Jan-Krzysztof Duda and saw his main rival, Magnus Carlsen, draw his game. The cha...
Fabiano Caruana goes into the final two rounds of the Tata Steel Chess tournament a full point ahead of the pack. The American player scored an easy win against Vladislav Kovalev and saw his main rival Magnus Carlsen draw ...
Ju Wenjun has successfully defended her title against the challenger Alexandra Goryachkina in the 2020 Women's World Championship in Vladivostok, Russia, following a dramatic 2.5-1.5 finish in the rapid tiebreaks. After her g...
