GMs Magnus Carlsen and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave are the last two players standing in the Winners Bracket of the 2023 AI Cup. With blazing attacking play in the final game, GM Ian Nepomniachtchi came within inches of forcing a playoff vs....
Just like in 2019, GM Ian Nepomniachtchi won the Levitov Chess Week in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. While the Russian grandmaster scored 3/4 on the final day, GM Peter Svidler couldn't keep the pace and eventually tied for second with GM Levon Aron...
GMs Magnus Carlsen, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, and Shakhriyar Mamedyarov advance in the Division I Winners Bracket of the 2023 AI Cup after winning their quarterfinal matches on day one. With echoes from the finish of their SCC ...
After some twists and turns, GMs Ian Nepomniachtchi and Peter Svidler are still topping the Levitov Chess Week's leaderboard. With four rounds to go, it has become a two-horse race as their closest rivals, GM Levon Aronian and GM Shakhriyar Mamedy...
The University of Missouri (Mizzou) and Saint Louis University (SLU) started on the right foot in the first week of the $25,000, SIG-sponsored 2023 Collegiate Chess League (CCL) by recording compelling victories over the University of Virginia (UV...
GM Nihal Sarin soared to dizzying heights and amassed a total score of 294 in September's fourth Bullet Brawl. Thanks to 78 wins, six draws, and just three losses during the two-hour arena, Nihal finished ahead of 10-time victor GM Hikaru Nakamura...
GMs Ian Nepomniachtchi and Peter Svidler are the new leaders at Levitov Chess Week after nine rounds. The two Russian grandmasters are tied with six points, half a point more than GMs Viswanathan Anand and GM Levon Aronian. The tournament wil...
GM Magnus Carlsen won his third SCC title after defeating GM Hikaru Nakamura 13.5-12.5 in the Final of the 2023 Chess.com Speed Chess Championship Presented by Coinbase. The match had many phases. Carlsen got off to a strong start, taking a two-...
GM Levon Aronian leads the Levitov Chess Week after the first day of play, scoring three wins and two draws. The tournament runs until September 26 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. How to watch?You can watch the 2023 Levitov Chess Week on YouTub...
GM Hikaru Nakamura will face the self-proclaimed "final boss of chess," GM Magnus Carlsen, in the Final of the 2023 Chess.com Speed Chess Championship presented by Coinbase. On Wednesday, Nakamura defeated GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 16.5-11.5. ...
GM Alexey Sarana and GM Nihal Sarin were the winners of Titled Tuesday on September 19, both of them scoring 9.5 points in the first 10 rounds. Sarana won the early event convincingly, leading by a full point entering the final round. To outlast G...
GM Magnus Carlsen is the first finalist in the 2023 Chess.com Speed Chess Championship presented by Coinbase. He defeated GM Wesley So by a score of 22-7. The reigning world blitz chess champion won all three segments, with the most domina...
GMs Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Hikaru Nakamura, and Anish Giri ascended to the top in the 2023 AI Cup Play-in on Monday, claiming the remaining four spots in the Division I knockout. They will join GMs Magnus Carlsen, Alir...
GM Hikaru Nakamura monstered his way to a record 10th Bullet Brawl title on Saturday ahead of 168 titled players including GMs Magnus Carlsen and Oleksandr Bortnyk, who finished second and third. Nakamura's run to a winning score of 250 featured...
GM Magnus Carlsen and GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave advance to the Semifinals of the 2023 Chess.com Speed Chess Championship presented by Coinbase. Carlsen overcame his former world championship challenger, GM Ian Nepomniachtchi, by an 11-point marg...
GM Hikaru Nakamura moves on to the Semifinals, while GM Ian Nepomniachtchi is through to the Quarterfinals of the 2023 Chess.com Speed Chess Championship Presented by Coinbase. Nakamura defeated GM Fabiano Caruana by a 10-point margin, 18.5-8.5,...
In the longest SCC match so far this year, taking over four hours and totaling 32 games, GM Wesley So emerged victorious. He defeated GM Alireza Firouzja and is the first player to reach the Semifinals of the 2023 Chess.com Speed Chess Championshi...
GM Ian Nepomniachtchi returned to Titled Tuesday on September 12 and won it for the first time in 17 months, taking the early tournament on tiebreaks with 9.5 points. GM Dmitry Andreikin, who has won more Titled Tuesdays in the last three yea...
GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave booked his Quarterfinal spot in the 2023 Speed Chess Championship Presented by Coinbase after dispatching GM Gukesh Dommaraju by a convincing 21.5-8.5 margin in the Round of 16 on Tuesday. The Frenchman will face Gukesh's...
In the end, the top-ranked Georgian team, led by GM Bella Khotenashvili, won gold at the World Women's Team Championship in Bydgoszcz, Poland. For much of the tournament, one of the lowest-ranked and youngest teams, Kazakhstan―with IM Bibi...
GM Fabiano Caruana will face five-time SCC Champion Hikaru Nakamura in the Quarterfinals of the 2023 Chess.com Speed Chess Championship Presented by Coinbase. Caruana defeated GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov with a score of 13.5-10.5 in the Round of 16.&...
GM Nihal Sarin claimed his first Bullet Brawl title on Saturday and scooped the $400 first prize after accruing 200 points in the two-hour arena, seven points ahead of the two-time winner GM Jose Martinez. GM Oleksandr Bortnyk outlasted GMs Rena...
GM Alexander Grischuk confirmed his reputation as a blitz specialist with steady play on the second and final day of the 2023 Tata Steel Chess India Open Blitz, winning the title with a score of 12 points from 18 games. GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov an...
Against GM Dmitry Andreikin, GM Alireza Firouzja won the closest Round of 16 match in the season so far in the 2023 Chess.com Speed Chess Championship Presented by Coinbase. The final score was just a one-point difference, 13.5-12.5. Although Fi...
