GM Mads Andersen took down Super-GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov as 2023 European Team Chess Championship favorites Azerbaijan lost to 20th-seed Denmark. World number-one Magnus Carlsen started the event in Budva, Montenegro, with a smooth win over GM Je...
GM Hikaru Nakamura finished first in Saturday's $1,000 Bullet Brawl after GM Daniel Naroditsky fell agonizingly short of wresting the title from his rival's grasp. A single point was all that split the all-time leaders after two hours of play, and...
IM Polina Shuvalova and WGM Priyanka Nutakki earned their seats in the Julius Baer Women's Speed Chess Championship 2023 after emerging on top of a two-day qualifier, which was a 14-round Swiss followed by a double-elimination knockout. The main...
In the November 7 edition of Titled Tuesday, GM Magnus Carlsen finally joined the list of players to win both tournaments on a single day, becoming the sixth player to pull off the feat. After a come-from-behind early win, where Carlsen was only t...
The regular season of the 2023 Collegiate Chess League (CCL) fall season has come to a close and the University of Texas Dallas sits atop the table after their 14-2 drubbing of Columbia University (CU) on Saturday. Three of their players—GMs...
GM Vidit Gujrathi has been confirmed as the winner of the 2023 FIDE Grand Swiss after defeating GM Alexandr Predke and finishing on 8.5/11 in what has been described as one of the strongest open tournaments of all time. Along with receiving $80,...
GM Jose Martinez was crowned as November's first Bullet Brawl winner after surviving a late resurgence by GM Oleksandr Bortnyk on Saturday. Having built a solid lead in the first half of the event, Martinez looked to be running away with the ...
GMs Hikaru Nakamura, Vidit Gujrathi, and Andrey Esipenko lead the FIDE Grand Swiss 2023 with 7.5 points going into the last round. They beat, respectively, GMs Fabiano Caruana, Bogdan-Daniel Deac, and Parham Maghsoodloo. As a historic feat, there ...
GMs Hikaru Nakamura and Parham Maghsoodloo each won in round nine of the FIDE Grand Swiss 2023 to catch the leaders, GMs Andrey Esipenko, Vidit Gujrathi, Fabiano Caruana, and Bogdan-Daniel Deac. In the Women's, Vaishali Rameshbabu has captu...
Four players share the lead after round eight of the FIDE Grand Swiss 2023. In the Women's, the same three players continue to share the lead. All winning with the white pieces, GMs Andrey Esipenko, Fabiano Caruana, and Bogdan-Daniel Deac ...
GM Vidit Gujrathi shot into the sole lead of the FIDE Grand Swiss 2023 in round seven with 5.5 points, while three players are tied with that same score in the Women's. After losing with a blunder in round one, Vidit has now won five o...
GM Liem Le, head coach of the legendary Webster University chess program, won the early Titled Tuesday on October 31, his second in a row after winning late last week. This week's late event went to GM Pranav V, who also finished fifth in the earl...
"It's still my favorite tournament of the year!" said super-GM Daniil Dubov, after conceding just one draw in eight games to win the 2023 Halloween Mystery Banter Blitz. Dubov, wearing a Scream mask, had overcome GM Oleksandr Bortnyk (in a Vampire...
After six rounds in the FIDE Grand Swiss 2023, eight players are tied for the lead with 4.5/6, while GM Anna Muzychuk takes the sole lead with 5/6 in the Women's. In the Open, GMs Hikaru Nakamura and Andrey Esipenko fought a sharp battle on the ...
A top-of-the-table clash between Saint Louis University (SLU) and The University of Texas Dallas (UT Dallas) saw SLU steal the match and ascend to first place in the 2023 Collegiate Chess League (CCL) on Saturday. Powered by SIG, the matchup pro...
One player, IM Bibisara Assaubayeva, leads the FIDE Women's Grand Swiss 2023 after five rounds. The 19-year-old rising star defeated former World Champion Tan Zhongyi to reach 4.5/5, the highest score in either section. Top-seed GM Aleksand...
GM Andrey Esipenko broke into sole first with 3.5/4 at the 2023 FIDE Grand Swiss after winning with Black against World Junior Champion Marc'Andria Maurizzi. Pursuing him are 17 players, half a point behind. After a slow start, GM Hikaru Nakamur...
GM Oleksandr Bortnyk won October's fourth and final Bullet Brawl after he scored 74 wins, one draw, and four losses on his way to a commanding 283 score. The $400 winner was challenged by GMs David Paravyan and Jose Martinez, who earned $250 and $...
We are three rounds into the 2023 FIDE Grand Swiss and nobody's left on a perfect score in the Open. In the Women's, two players won to continue their perfect run. GMs Tan Zhongyi and Anna Muzychuk are the two players left with a perfect score a...
After round two of the 2023 FIDE Grand Swiss, seven players are on a perfect score in the Open and five in the Women's. In the Open, top seed GM Fabiano Caruana beat GM Hans Niemann and broke 2800 in the live ratings for the first time sin...
32 players lead the 2023 FIDE Grand Swiss and 15 in the 2023 FIDE Women's Grand Swiss after round one. In the Open, top seed GM Fabiano Caruana leads the pack after winning a spectacular game against GM Ivan Saric. Other notable wins (of ma...
The green pawn took over TwitchCon! With the rise of chess on Twitch in the past three years, we’ve seen more and more streamers eager to try the game, whether online or over the board. Since PogChamps launched three years ago and skyrockete...
GM Daniil Dubov defeated GM Magnus Carlsen, whom he has assisted in multiple world championships, in the final round of the early Titled Tuesday on October 24 and thus overtook and won the event outright with 10 points. Webster University head coa...
Arlen Abdrashev won the 2000+ knockout of the ChessPunks Champs 2023, defeating NM Alexander Balkum in a final playoff. Tushar Anand went undefeated in every round to win the 1700-1999 division. Ivan Zhuk swept all of his matches to win the 1300...
