Playing solid chess on the final day of blitz, GM Levon Aronian won the 2025 Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz after securing first place with two rounds to go. A lackluster GM Fabiano Caruana said he "stopped being able to play chess" but still finis...
GM Vincent Keymer won the Quantbox Chennai Grand Masters 2025 by a full two points after beating GM Ray Robson in the final round to add crossing the 2750 Elo mark to his achievements. GM Anish Giri was the surprise player to sneak into second pla...
Just days after stopping a Titled Tuesday sweep in its tracks, GM Magnus Carlsen won Freestyle Friday ahead of GM Hikaru Nakamura on August 15. It was the second straight Friday in which they finished in the top two, this time in the opposite orde...
The tug of war continues between GM Levon Aronian and GM Fabiano Caruana after day four in the 2025 Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz. After an underwhelming first day of blitz, Caruana has sunk to second place and Aronian has taken his place in the l...
GM Vincent Keymer has won the Quantbox Chennai Grand Masters 2025 and a prize of almost $30,000 with a round to spare after making a draw against GM Jorden van Foreest. All the other games were drawn as well, with GM Arjun Erigaisi held by GM Vidi...
GM-elect Divya Deshmukh dominated her first match in the Women's Speed Chess Championship and got off to a great start against GM Hou Yifan in her quarterfinal match on Wednesday. However, Hou fought back and the two played the closest WSCC match ...
GM Fabiano Caruana nearly set a new record in the Grand Chess Tour with a score of 16/18, but nerves got the better of him and he collapsed from a winning position against World Champion Gukesh Dommaraju. Despite that loss, he continues to lead th...
GM Ju Wenjun's undefeated match record in the Women's Speed Chess Championship faced its hardest challenge yet as she needed tiebreaks to overcome GM Bibisara Assaubayeva by a score of 10.5-8.5. In the second match of the day, GM Kateryna Lagno do...
GM Vincent Keymer defeated GM Awonder Liang in round seven of the Quantbox Chennai Grand Masters 2025 to break into the world top-10 for the first time. GM Arjun Erigaisi trails by 1.5 points after a quiet draw against GM Anish Giri and is jo...
Not for the first time, GMs Hikaru Nakamura and Magnus Carlsen were your Titled Tuesday winners on August 12. Nakamura defeated GM Oleksandr Bortnyk in the final round of the first tournament, winning it on tiebreaks over Bortnyk and two others. I...
GM Fabiano Caruana wrested the lead from GM Levon Aronian in the last round of day two in the 2025 Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz. He won their direct encounter to finish the day with 10 points. Tied in second-third are Aronian and GM Wesley So, wh...
GM Awonder Liang beat GM Pranav Venkatesh in round six of the Quantbox Chennai Grand Masters 2025 to enter the 2700 club and catch GM Arjun Erigaisi in second place. Arjun lived dangerously against leader GM Vincent Keymer but ultimately drew, mea...
GM-elect Divya Deshmukh and GM Bibisara Assaubayeva have advanced to the Quarterfinals of the 2025 Women's Speed Chess Championship. Divya, fresh off her FIDE Women's World Cup victory, picked up right where she left off, winning 10-3 against GM L...
GM Levon Aronian leads the 2025 Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz with a perfect 6/6 score after the first three rounds of rapid chess. GM Fabiano Caruana had a strong start as well with 5/6—two wins and a draw. World Champion Gukesh Dommaraju b...
GM Jorden van Foreest bounced back after two losses in a row to beat GM Ray Robson in the only decisive game of round five of the Quantbox Chennai Grand Masters 2025. As the tournament crossed the halfway mark, GM Vincent Keymer maintained his one...
Every spring and fall, top collegiate chess players from around the world compete in the Collegiate Chess League (CCL). Just like in academia, the Summer season is more relaxed. Instead of a full season of team matches, schools played in three com...
GM Nihal Sarin was finally rewarded for his entertaining chess in the Quantbox Chennai Grand Masters 2025 when he won a great fighting game against GM Arjun Erigaisi. That means that GM Vincent Keymer took a full-point lead despite being held to h...
GM Alexandra Kosteniuk and IM Polina Shuvalova have advanced to the quarterfinals of the 2025 Women's Speed Chess Championship. While Kosteniuk was clearly too strong for IM Carissa Yip (11-4), Shuvalova only narrowly beat IM Meri Arabidze (7-6) i...
Fresh off the back of his sixth Freestyle Friday victory, GM Hikaru Nakamura reclaimed his spot on the Bullet Brawl throne after scoring 56/68 and accruing a total of 180 points on Saturday. Nakamura kicked off the arena with a 30-game unbeat...
GM Vincent Keymer made it 3/3 with another brilliant win, this time over GM Karthikeyan Murali, but he leads the Quantbox Chennai Grand Masters 2025 by just half a point after GM Arjun Erigaisi eased to victory over GM Ray Robson. It was a day of ...
GM Hikaru Nakamura and Kick are thrilled to present Hikaru's Second Annual Chess 4 The Masses Sponsored by Kick. The event gives players of all levels the chance to win cash prizes—and maybe even see Hikaru commentating on their games! ...
GM Vincent Keymer is the only player on a perfect 2/2 in either section of the Quantbox Chennai Grand Masters 2025 after winning a wild game with Black against GM Pranav Venkatesh. The other winner was GM Ray Robson, who won a thrilling time ...
Velammal MHS School, from India, won the FIDE World Schools Team Championship 2025 with a perfect 8/8 score. The National School of Physics and Mathematics from Kazakhstan took silver with 6/8, while the Harker School from the U.S. took bronze wit...
GM Hikaru Nakamura won his sixth Freestyle Friday on August 8, now three more than anyone else after 29 editions of the event. This day's top three places were all awarded outright, Nakamura on 10 points, GM Magnus Carlsen on 9.5 points, and GM Ol...
