Nineteen-year-old GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov overtook GMs Alireza Firouzja and Ian Nepomniachtchi to enter the world top-five after a smooth win over GM Mateusz Bartel in round five of the Prague Masters. There were huge turnarounds elsewhere, with ...
Saint Louis and Missouri defeated major rivals in week six of the 2024 Collegiate Chess League (CCL). The unstoppable GM Mikhail Antipov led Missouri to victory vs. Rio Grande, scoring 3.5/4. For Saint Louis, GMs Benjamin Bok and Dambasure...
A single point and mere seconds decided the latest edition of Bullet Brawl after GM Andrew Tang executed a 15-move win to steal the $400 first prize from GM Daniel Naroditsky in Saturday's event. Ukraine's GM Oleksandr Bortnyk wasn't ...
GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov and GM Parham Maghsoodloo continue to lead the Prague Masters after four rounds as all games on Friday ended in draws. Day five starts on Saturday at 9 a.m. ET / 15:00 CET / 7:30 p.m. IST. Prague Masters | Round 4 Result...
GMs Fabiano Caruana and Cristian Chirila are off to the Final of the 2024 Team Chess Battle. On Friday, they defeated GM Wesley So and IM Alice Lee 1.5-0.5 to advance. Some say the hardest thing in chess is to win a won position. Both...
GM David Navara was winning for one move, but eventually GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov scored the full point in their game and now shares the lead at the Prague Masters after today's third round. The Uzbek grandmaster caught GM Parham Maghsoodloo, who ...
GM Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu hadn't lost for 47 classical games straight, but today that impressive streak came to an end. He lost to GM Parham Maghsoodloo, who is the proud leader of the Prague Masters with a 100 percent score. GM Gukesh Dommar...
For the first time ever, both Titled Tuesday winners came one draw away from a perfect score, as both GM Minh Le in the early tournament and GM Hikaru Nakamura in the late tournament "settled" for scores of 10.5/11 and full-point outright victorie...
For the first time in his career, GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov entered the world top 10 on the live rating list today. The Uzbek grandmaster defeated GM Thai Dai Van Nguyen in what was a combative opening round of the Prague Masters. GM Praggnanandh...
In our second consecutive match to go to an armageddon tiebreaker this season, GM Hikaru Nakamura and IM Levy Rozman defeated GMs Jorden van Foreest and Eric Hansen 2-1. Next, they'll play the legendary commentator team, GMs Daniel Naroditsky and ...
GMs Daniel Naroditsky and Robert Hess knocked out the commentators who inspire them, GMs Peter Svidler and Jan Gustafsson, as they advanced to the Semifinals of the 2024 Team Chess Battle. Gustafsson and Svidler brought their trash-talk A-games ...
Webster reached 5-0 while Rio Grande defeated the defending champions in week five of the 2024 Collegiate Chess League (CCL). Though Webster achieved a commanding overall score, they did so with a balanced performance from each of their pl...
In a Bullet Brawl showdown between two of the quickest players in chess, GMs Daniel Naroditsky and Andrew Tang, Naroditsky came out on top on Saturday. Claiming his 12th title and the $400 first prize, the U.S. commentator scored 247 points in the...
The line-up for the 2024 Grand Chess Tour has been announced, with teenage GMs Gukesh Dommaraju (17), Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu (18), and Nodirbek Abdusattorov (19) the three newcomers, replacing GMs Richard Rapport, Jan-Krzysztof Duda, and World ...
GM Wesley So and IM Alice Lee advance to the Semifinals of the 2024 Team Chess Battle. On Thursday, they defeated GM Peter Leko and GM Pia Cramling 2-0, following up on yesterday's sweep with another. Even the seeds of trash talk bloomed into co...
The inaugural 2024 ChessKid National Festival, which took place over four days on President's Day weekend in Charlotte, North Carolina, was advertised as "The Ultimate In-Person Chess Celebration." 431 kids participated in 11 possible tournament...
GM Fabiano Caruana and GM Cristian Chirila cut the proverbial opening ribbon of the inaugural 2024 Team Chess Battle by beating GM Anish Giri and IM Danny Rensch with a 2-0 score. After losing game one while trash-talking his own team...
GM Anish Giri earned his first win in Titled Tuesday on February 20, taking the early edition with a score of 10/11. In the late event, GM Velimir Ivic also scored 10/11, making for a rare day with no tiebreaks for first place. Early Tournamen...
Cleveland Guardians outfielder Steven Kwan stepped up to the challenge and earned locker-room bragging rights after taking out the first edition of SlugChamps on Tuesday. In a high-octane final against shortstop Daniel Schneemann, Kwan scored 2.5/...
Webster won their fourth match in a row while Dallas continued their comeback in week four of the 2024 Collegiate Chess League (CCL). With a perfect 4/4, IM Anna Sargsyan led Webster to victory vs. Prague. For Dallas, it was IM Andrei Maco...
The king of Bullet Brawl, GM Hikaru Nakamura, has claimed his 19th title and $400 after a dominant performance during the latest edition, finishing 59 points ahead of the second- and third-placed players, GMs Oleksandr Bortnyk and Arjun Erigaisi, ...
World number-one Magnus Carlsen enhanced his claim to be the greatest of all time Friday as he won the 2024 Freestyle Chess G.O.A.T. Challenge by defeating world number-two Fabiano Caruana in the final match. We take a look at what else we learned...
World number-one Magnus Carlsen defeated GM Fabiano Caruana in the final classical game to win the inaugural 2024 Freestyle Chess G.O.A.T. Challenge and the $60,000 top prize. GM Levon Aronian took third place with a powerful win over GM Nodirbek ...
NM Jalen Wang was victorious in the Variants Community Series (VCS) Crazyhouse Championship on Thursday and took home $1,000 for winning the Final. FM Roee Aroesti made $750 for second place, while NM Isaac Chiu and Patrik Nystrom earned $500 ea...
