GM Sam Sevian won Titled Tuesday on August 10 by a full point with 10/11, ahead of eight players tied for second on 9/11. The tiebreakers worked out in some strong players' favor, as all of the top-four finishers were among the eight highest-rated...
FIDE has recently announced that the 2021 FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss and Women's Grand Swiss, initially planned to take place at Isle of Man, will move to Riga. The two events are part of the qualification cycle for the World Chess Championship, w...
NM Ryo Chen (USA) won the 2021 ChessKid Youth Speed Chess Championship after defeating CM Lev Zverev (Russia) on Saturday, July 31! This annual event is the most prestigious on the ChessKid calendar, featuring only the top 10-and-under chess super...
GM Wesley So dominated the first day of the finals of the Chessable Masters by defeating GM Le Quang Liem twice. On the second day, he scored 2-2 to clinch the tournament. In the match for third place, GM Artemiev Vladislav and GM Levon ...
GM Levon Aronian bounced back in a must-win situation and forced the tiebreak. After two hard-fought games, GM Le Quang Liem won the armageddon on time and has gained the berth to the finals. In the other semifinal, GM Wesley So and GM Vladisla...
GM Le Quang Liem continues to surprise at the Chessable Masters. The Vietnamese grandmaster beat GM Levon Aronian 3-1 in the first semifinal match and played a spectacular game that included a queen sacrifice to force checkmate. In the other sem...
Arena Kings Season 7 concluded on Wednesday, August 4, with GM Jose Martinez (@Jospem) emerging victorious, earning the $4,000 prize for first place. Martinez won an additional $725 during the season for a total earnings of $4,725. 👏 Congratul...
GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda won the 2021 FIDE World Cup on Thursday, beating GM Sergey Karjakin convincingly in his white game, thereby avoiding a tiebreak. The 23-year-old Polish grandmaster finished the tournament undefeated and takes home $88,000. ...
GM Gata Kamsky clinched the Biel Chess Festival Chess Triathlon on Wednesday. The American grandmaster won both the classical and rapid segments while GM Nihal Sarin won the blitz. Sarin came in third in the overall standings. GM Kirill Alekseenko...
The Chessable Masters semifinals will see the matchups GM Vladislav Artemiev vs. GM Wesley So and GM Levon Aronian vs. GM Le Quang Liem. Favorites in their quarterfinal matches, GM Alireza Firouzja and GM Hikaru Nakamura were knocked out, the latt...
GM Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu won his first Titled Tuesday on August 3, with a score of 9.5/11. He won on tiebreaks over GM Oleksandr Bortnyk and GM Dmitry Andreikin, who also scored 9.5/11. In fourth place was GM Samvel Ter-Sahakyan with the best ...
GM Magnus Carlsen bounced back forcefully from his lost FIDE World Cup semifinal. The world champion played a masterpiece with the black pieces on Wednesday and defeated GM Vladimir Fedoseev in the first game of the match for third place. The fina...
GM Alireza Firouzja and GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov need to win on demand on Wednesday after losing their first quarterfinal matches of the Chessable Masters vs. GM Le Quang Liem and GM Levon Aronian respectively. GM Jorden van Foreest had a good f...
GM Haik Martirosyan defeated GM Arjun Erigaisi in the Tuesday quarterfinal of the Junior Speed Chess Championship presented by ChessKid with a 15.5-13.5 score. Martirosyan consistently held early leads in each section and held off several str...
Not GM Magnus Carlsen but GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda has reached the final of the FIDE World Cup. On Tuesday, the Polish grandmaster beat the world champion in the second rapid game to set up a clash with GM Sergey Karjakin. Both finalists have also qu...
GM Parham Maghsoodloo narrowly defeated GM Jeffery Xiong in Monday's quarterfinal of the Junior Speed Chess Championship presented by ChessKid. The Iranian GM came back from a three-point deficit and decided the match in the final bullet games. ...
GM Wesley So has finished in sole first place in the Chessable Masters preliminaries, just ahead of GM Alireza Firouzja, Hikaru Nakamura, and GM Levon Aronian. GM Le Quang Liem and GM Jorden van Foreest just made the cut and have qualified fo...
GM Alexandra Kosteniuk won the Women's FIDE World Cup final on Monday after drawing her second game vs. GM Aleksandra Goryachkina. GM Sergey Karjakin defeated GM Vladimir Fedoseev to qualify for both the World Cup final and the 2022 FIDE Candidate...
GM Alexandra Kosteniuk grabbed the lead in the Women's FIDE World Cup final on Sunday by winning a dramatic game vs. GM Aleksandra Goryachkina. GM Tan Zhongyi and GM Anna Muzychuk started their match for third place with a draw. Both games in the ...
GM Raunak Sadhwani on Saturday defeated IM Christopher Yoo in the first quarterfinal of the Junior Speed Chess Championship presented by ChessKid. The tournament is a knockout competition for top junior chess players with a $35,000 prize fund. T...
GM Wesley So leads the Chessable Masters preliminaries after the first day of play. GMs Vladislav Artemiev, Alireza Firouzja, and Hikaru Nakamura are trailing by half a point. The eighth leg of the Champions Chess Tour runs until August 8. ...
Again coming back from a one-point deficit in the rapid, GM Sergey Karjakin eventually knocked GM Sam Shankland out of the FIDE World Cup on Friday. Karjakin will now play GM Vladimir Fedoseev, which means a Russian player is guaranteed for the fi...
GM Magnus Carlsen has reached the semifinals of the FIDE World Cup after beating GM Etienne Bacrot twice. He will next play GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda, who defeated GM Vidit Gujrathi on Thursday. GM Vladimir Fedoseev has also qualified as he won agai...
Using a positional queen sacrifice, an inspired GM Magnus Carlsen started his FIDE World Cup quarterfinal with a win against GM Etienne Bacrot. GM Sam Shankland might eliminate another former World Cup winner as the American GM defeated GM Sergey ...
