GM Vaishali Rameshbabu beat IM Batkhuyag Munguntuul to score the only win of round five of the 2025 Pune FIDE Women's Grand Prix, but we were a move or two away from seeing leader GM Zhu Jiner toppled. The Chinese star was hit by a fine queen...
There were no upsets on the top boards after round one of the Grenke Chess Freestyle Open. The closest we came to an upset (even a draw) was in the games GM Fabiano Caruana vs. CM Carlos Hauser and FM Matthias Bach vs. GM Levon Aronian. But, ...
GM Zhu Jiner beat IM Alina Kashlinskaya in round four to retain the sole lead in the 2025 Pune FIDE Women's Grand Prix on 3.5/4. Just half a point back are local heroes GM Humpy Koneru and IM Divya Deshmukh, who picked up wins against IMs Polina S...
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Drawing her game with IM Salome Melia was enough for GM Zhu Jiner to become the sole leader at the 2025 Pune FIDE Women's Grand Prix with 2.5/3. That was because co-leader IM Divya Deshmukh lost her first game, with the black pieces to GM Humpy Ko...
GM Bogdan Daniel Deac and GM Magnus Carlsen took home the Titled Tuesday first-place prizes on April 15 (it may have been tax day in the United States, but they're not due in either Romania or Norway yet). Both players scored 10 points, although D...
GM Ju Wenjun has beaten GM Tan Zhongyi 6.5-2.5 to win the 2025 FIDE Women's World Championship and become only the fourth woman in history to win the title five times. The title holder since 2018 wrapped up the match with three games to spare afte...
World number-one Magnus Carlsen beat world number-two Hikaru Nakamura 1.5-0.5 in the Final to win the 2025 Paris Freestyle Chess Grand Slam and take the Tour lead with 40 points and $300,000 in prize money. Let's look at some conclusions from the ...
GM Zhu Jiner and IM Divya Deshmukh won their second games on Tuesday and lead the 2025 Pune FIDE Women's Grand Prix with a perfect 2/2 score. Whereas Zhu needed 66 moves to grind down IM Batkhuyag Munguntuul in a rook endgame, Divya was the f...
The 2025 Pune FIDE Women's Grand Prix saw an action-packed first round on Monday with four decisive games. GM Zhu Jiner, IM Polina Shuvalova, IM Divya Deshmukh, and IM Batkhuyag Munguntuul all won against GM Harika Dronavalli, IM Alina Kashlinskay...
India's most prominent esports organization has entered the chess esports scene with the double signing of GMs Aravindh Chithambaram and Nihal Sarin, two of the nation's biggest stars. The grandmasters will now represent S8UL as they try to qualif...
GM Magnus Carlsen has won the 2025 Paris Freestyle Chess Grand Slam after what he called "a very nice, professional job" secured a draw and a 1.5-0.5 match victory over GM Hikaru Nakamura. The world number-one takes the $200,000 top prize, Nakamur...
GM Ju Wenjun claimed her fourth straight victory against GM Tan Zhongyi in game eight of the 2025 FIDE Women's World Championship. With a dominant 6-2 lead with just four games to go, she is on the brink of securing her fifth Women’s World C...
GM Magnus Carlsen sacrificed a pawn on move four and went on to defeat GM Hikaru Nakamura in the first game of the 2025 Paris Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Final. It was a brilliant win that puts Carlsen a draw away from the title and $200,000, but N...
GM Ju Wenjun is on the verge of defending her title for the fourth time after she beat GM Tan Zhongyi with White in game seven of the 2025 FIDE Women's World Championship, her third consecutive win in the match. The reigning champion extended...
GM Oleksandr Bortnyk, Bullet Brawl's third most prolific winner, added an 11th career title to his trophy cabinet after topping the 205-player arena on Saturday. Bortnyk turned back challenges from GMs Daniel Naroditsky, Jose Martinez, and Ediz Gu...
World numbers one and two GMs Magnus Carlsen and Hikaru Nakamura will compete for the $200,000 top prize in the Final of the 2025 Paris Freestyle Chess Grand Slam. Carlsen overcame GM Fabiano Caruana, who fought valiantly in a difficult position b...
Russian esports organization Team Spirit has entered the world of esports with a splash, signing not one but two of the top speed chess specialists on the planet. GMs Daniil Dubov and Vladislav Artemiev will now attempt to qualify for the $1.5 mil...
Like a phoenix from the ashes, Serbian IM Teodora Injac recovered from a first-round loss at the 2025 European Women's Championship, winning nine games in a row and claiming her first continental title with a round to spare. A nine-move draw in ro...
The Semifinals of the 2025 Paris Freestyle Chess Grand Slam got off to a quiet start, as GMs Fabiano Caruana and Magnus Carlsen drew their game, as did GMs Hikaru Nakamura and Vincent Keymer. Meanwhile, the matches to determine 5th-8th place heate...
Freestyle Friday on April 11 came down to the final round, where GM Christopher Yoo defeated a pressing GM Magnus Carlsen to reach 10/11 and lock up the event by a full point ahead of GM Sam Sevian, GM Leon Luke Mendonca, and IM Jakub Kosakowski. ...
GM Anish Giri has become the 15th grandmaster to sign for an esports organization ahead of the $1.5 million 2025 Esports World Cup, joining Team Secret. The announcement was shared Wednesday on Team Secret's social media channels and ends a five...
GMs Magnus Carlsen, Fabiano Caruana, Hikaru Nakamura, and Vincent Keymer advanced to the Semifinals of the 2025 Paris Freestyle Chess Grand Slam. The day started with an awkward setup as IM Danny Rensch drew position 73 for the second round of the...
Defending champion GM Ju Wenjun has scored a third win in four games to take a commanding 4-2 lead over GM Tan Zhongyi into the second half of the 2025 FIDE Women's World Championship. Ju took over just after the opening and had winning chanc...
