The final qualifier of the 2022 Junior Speed Chess Championship presented by SIG was won by IM Mahammad Muradli in a dominating display of chess. Muradli swept his final matchup 8-0 in a resounding victory over IM Platon Galperin and also won...
The 2022 Junior Speed Chess Championship presented by SIG continued today with the second qualifier in which GM Andrew Hong ousted GM Brandon Jacobson in a thrilling final match that went all the way to the final game of the bullet tiebreaker...
GM Magnus Carlsen once again tops the field of this year's Norway Chess tournament, scheduled for May 30-June 10, 2022 in Stavanger, Norway. A surprising name this year is that of GM Wang Hao, who comes back from retirement. The tournament ...
GM Matthias Bluebaum won the 2022 European Championship in Terme Catez, Slovenia on Wednesday. The German grandmaster edged out GM Gabriel Sargissian on tiebreak. Bronze went to the 2018 champion, GM Ivan Saric, of Croatia. The top 20 pl...
"At the end of the day there was little incentive," GM Hikaru Nakamura said about his quick draw against GM Wesley So in the final of the third leg of the FIDE Grand Prix. Both players commented on it in an interview after the tournament...
Saint Louis University (SLU) won their first ever President's Cup this past weekend by out-scoring Webster University, Texas Tech University, and University of Texas at Dallas in the Final Four. These four teams earned their spots in the tournamen...
Shortly after winning the 2022 FIDE Grand Prix and qualifying for the FIDE Candidates Tournament, GM Hikaru Nakamura won the ninth week of Arena Kings (making it two weeks in a row). He won in the final with a score of 3-1 against G...
GM Oleksandr Bortnyk and GM Ian Nepomniachtchi earned Titled Tuesday victories on April 5. GM Vladimir Fedoseev had to settle for second place in both events, and by a thin tiebreak margin in the late tournament. GM Alexey Sarana and IM Volodar Mu...
With draws in both of the two classical games, American GMs Hikaru Nakamura and Wesley So were set to decide who would win the third and final leg of the 2022 FIDE Grand Prix in a rapid-play tiebreaker. After an intense dr...
GM Parham Maghsoodloo was the winner of the eighth week of the 2022 Rapid Chess Championship tournament presented by Coinbase, emerging victorious from an action-packed final against GM Jeffery Xiong. Maghsoodloo was also able to top the Sw...
American GMs Hikaru Nakamura and Wesley So also drew their second game in the final of the third and final leg of the 2022 FIDE Grand Prix. The players quickly repeated moves in a line in the Berlin Ruy Lopez which they have played ...
With clear victories in Friday's tiebreakers, American GMs Hikaru Nakamura and Wesley So were set to meet in the final of the third leg of the 2022 FIDE Grand Prix series. The first game of the final, with So play...
Yesterday a couple of things became clear: GM Hikaru Nakamura won the 2022 FIDE Grand Prix series and the results in the semifinals meant that we would have the pleasure of not just one tiebreaker but two. Although not without his s...
GM Hikaru Nakamura won the 2022 FIDE Grand Prix series by earning a half-point against GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov on Thursday. Although there are still games to be played in the third leg, Nakamura has already earned more po...
The 2022 Junior Speed Chess Championship presented by SIG commenced today with a series of hard-fought matches where IMs reigned supreme. IM Aronyak Ghosh was the deserving winner after taking down WGM Zhu Jiner and IM Rahul Sr...
The March 30 Arena Kings featured one of the more entertaining knockout rounds of the season, although it ended fairly predictably with a victory for GM Hikaru Nakamura. He defeated IM Le Tuan Minh in the final in a 3-0 sweep. The s...
The 2022 President's Cup returns to over-the-board for the first time since 2019, and the best four teams from the 2022 Pan-American Intercollegiate Team Championship have been invited to Texas Tech University to compete for the U.S. College Champ...
After yesterday's tiebreaks, GMs Hikaru Nakamura, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Wesley So, and Amin Tabatabaei were ready for the semifinals in the 2022 FIDE Grand Prix with Nakamura facing Mamedyarov in one match and So meeting Tabatabaei in t...
On a well-deserved off day in the 2022 FIDE Grand Prix after becoming a candidate for the world championship for the first time since 2016, GM Hikaru Nakamura won the early Titled Tuesday tournament on March 29. Meanwhile, GM Dmitry Andreikin co...
Yesterday's results at the 2022 FIDE Grand Prix third leg awarded chess fans with a bonus day of chess with two tiebreak matches on Tuesday to decide who should make it through from Groups B and C. In Group B, GM Shakhriyar Mamed...
With today’s victory in the sixth round of the 2022 FIDE Grand Prix's third leg, GM Hikaru Nakamura scored a hat trick and won Group A, securing a spot in the semifinals. More importantly, the American GM joined GM Richard Rap...
GM Dmitry Andreikin won week seven of the 2022 Rapid Chess Championship presented by Coinbase, defeating GM Le Quang Liem in a hard-fought final blitz playoff. GM Fabiano Caruana won the Swiss tournament and made it to the semifinal...
The fascinating battle for the Candidates qualification continues as both GMs Hikaru Nakamura and Levon Aronian won their games in Berlin on Sunday. The two are leading Group A together. The fifth round of leg three of the 2022 FI...
GM Magnus Carlsen won the 2022 Charity Cup on Saturday after beating GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda in a playoff, necessary as the Polish grandmaster won the second regular match. Having won the Airthings Masters, this tournament is the&nb...
