GM Hikaru Nakamura won week 20 of the 2022 Rapid Chess Championship presented by Coinbase, defeating GM Wesley So in the final in a bullet tiebreaker. GMs Vladimir Fedoseev and David Paravyan made it to the semifinals. GM Oleksandr Bo...
Chess.com's newest event, BlitzChamps, the most ambitious crossover of 2022, commenced on Saturday, pitting six NFL all-stars against each other over the chess board in a bid for $100,000 for their favorite charity. Split into two groups of thre...
This is our quick summary report. Check out our full report after Sunday's knockout tournament. GM Oleksandr Bortnyk won week 20 of the Rapid Chess Championship presented by Coinbase, starting the tournament with a 5-0 winning streak. Par...
GM Tan Zhongyi defeated IM Polina Shuvalova in their round of 16 match of the FIDE Chess.com 2022 Women's Speed Chess Championship on Friday. Tan's solid play, board awareness, and speed proved to be too impervious even for Shuvalova's excell...
The 2022 I'M Not A GM Speed Chess Championship, presented by Landover.io, came to a conclusion on Thursday with an exhilarating grand finale between IM Eric Rosen and FM James Canty III, which culminated in a 12-9 victory for Rosen. Rosen was ab...
GM Harika Dronavalli defeated WGM Deysi Cori in their round of 16 match of the FIDE Chess.com 2022 Women's Speed Chess Championship on Thursday. The players' complementing tactical styles led to many explosive duels. Especially in the 3+1 blitz se...
GM Humpy Koneru edged out GM Nana Dzagnidze in their round of 16 match of the FIDE Chess.com 2022 Women's Speed Chess Championship on Wednesday. The match was so close that the score was still tied with just five minutes on the match clock. With s...
The early Titled Tuesday this week featured a rare tie for first place, after GMs Bogdan-Daniel Deac and Aryan Tari not only both scored 9.5/11, but also had the same tiebreak score. The late tournament was then won outright by GM Dmitry Andreikin...
A day after the end of the FIDE Candidates Tournament, the top three finishers GM Ian Nepomniachtchi, GM Ding Liren, and GM Teimour Radjabov gave a press conference in Madrid. Below you'll find a selection of quotes from the players. Radjabov on...
GM Daniil Dubov won week 19 of the 2022 Rapid Chess Championship presented by Coinbase, defeating GM Christopher Yoo with clever tactical play in the final. GMs Dmitry Andreikin and Shamsiddin Vokhidov made it to the semifinals. GM Sam...
GM Ian Nepomniachtchi, who had already secured his victory with a round to spare, drew his last game with GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda to win the 2022 Candidates Tournament undefeated, with a 2902 performance rating and a record 9.5/14 score. GM Ding Lir...
GM Ian Nepomniachtchi secured the victory in the 2022 Candidates Tournament with a round to spare by drawing with GM Richard Rapport on Sunday. Nepomniachtchi has now qualified for the 2023 World Championship against GM Magnus Carlsen. GM Hikaru...
GM Ian Nepomniachtchi increased his lead to two points and only needs a draw on Sunday to clinch the 2022 Candidates Tournament. After drawing his game with GM Hikaru Nakamura in just seven minutes today he saw GM Ding Liren, his closest rival, lo...
On Wednesday, the International Chess Federation (FIDE) announced a change in the format for the Women's Candidates Tournament. Instead of mirroring the format of the general world championship cycle with a double round robin, the eight qualified ...
GM Ian Nepomniachtchi is on the brink of winning the 2022 Candidates Tournament after beating GM Alireza Firouzja with the black pieces on Thursday. The French-Iranian grandmaster was over-ambitious and put up poor resistance, having played online...
The 2022 Intercontinental ChessKid Candidates Tournament has come to an end. Eight talented young chess players from around the world gathered in the heart of Madrid to play in this FIDE-recognized event, in the same venue and using the same board...
With four rounds to go, GM Ian Nepomniachtchi is 1.5 points ahead of the pack in the 2022 Candidates Tournament in Madrid. A draw with GM Teimour Radjabov was enough for that because GM Fabiano Caruana ended up losing to GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda. G...
GM Vladimir Fedoseev and GM Salem Saleh were the victors in Titled Tuesday on June 28, both winning outright with 9.5 points. Saleh even missed the first round and won anyway. GM Hikaru Nakamura finished third in the early event despite be...
GM Ian Nepomniachtchi survived the important clash with GM Fabiano Caruana in round nine of the 2022 Candidates Tournament on Monday. The Russian grandmaster held the draw from a difficult position based on deep preparation from Caruana, who is st...
A quick draw with GM Ding Liren proved to be an excellent strategy for GM Ian Nepomniachtchi, who increased his lead to a full point at the 2022 Candidates Tournament on Sunday. GM Hikaru Nakamura, who beat runner-up GM Fabiano Caruana for the fir...
In round seven of the 2022 Candidates Tournament, GM Ian Nepomniachtchi won his fourth game of the event but nevertheless only leads by half a point as GM Fabiano Caruana responded by scoring a win of his own. The Russian tournament leader took ...
GM Ian Nepomniachtchi won his third game in the 2022 Candidates Tournament but still leads by half a point as GM Fabiano Caruana also scored the full point on Thursday. While the tournament leader defeated GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda in a kingside attac...
GMs Vladimir Fedoseev and Wesley So were the victors in Titled Tuesday on June 21. In addition to his victory in the day's late tournament, So finished in third place early. Brothers GM Rasmus Svane and IM Frederik Svane each had a top-five finish...
In round five, GM Ian Nepomniachtchi was in serious trouble for a while against GM Hikaru Nakamura but escaped with a draw and kept his half-point lead at the 2022 Candidates Tournament. On the second day where all games were drawn, GM Ding L...
