Cuba's top grandmasters GM Lazaro Bruzon and GM Leinier Dominguez as well as GM Garry Kasparov have spoken out in support of Cuban-Spanish GM Arian Gonzalez, who is on a hunger strike after being detained by Cuban authorities for participating in ...
On International Chess Day, Vietnam's IM Minh Le took first place in Titled Tuesday with a score of 10/11. GM Hikaru Nakamura grabbed second with 9.5/11. The top four was rounded out by GM Giga Quparadze and GM Oleksandr Bortnyk. 472 titled play...
GM Anish Giri and GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov did not survive the tiebreaks of the FIDE World Cup's third round. The two top grandmasters lost to GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov and Haik Martirosyan, respectively. Other big names that were sent home ...
The 2021 world championship match between GM Magnus Carlsen and GM Ian Nepomniachtchi will not only be covered closely by Chess.com and other platforms. It's also going to be on broadcast network television each day. The International Chess Fede...
Day two of the FIDE World Cup's third round saw a huge upset as the second seed, GM Fabiano Caruana, was knocked out by Kazakhstani GM Rinat Jumabayev. The tournament also said goodbye to rating favorites GM Jorge Cori, GM Jorden van Foreest, GM...
GM Viswanathan Anand defeated GM Vladimir Kramnik 2.5-1.5 in a four-game No Castling chess match in Dortmund, Germany. Anand's win in the first game was decisive in this event where the players were not allowed to castle. The idea for this match...
GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov needs to win on-demand in the third round's second game at the FIDE World Cup. The recent winner of the Superbet Chess Classic stumbled on Sunday vs. GM Haik Martirosyan. Other rating favorites who started with a loss incl...
GM Leinier Dominguez and GM Alireza Firouzja did not survive the FIDE World Cup's second-round tiebreaks as they lost to Uzbek GMs Jakhongir Vakhidov and Javokhir Sindarov, respectively. Two matches were decided in wild armageddon games. How t...
The young Indian grandmasters Nihal Sarin and Praggnanandhaa R. are among the players who have reached the third round of the FIDE World Cup without needing a tiebreak. GMs Magnus Carlsen, Anish Giri, and Sergey Karjakin scored 2-0 in the second r...
Three members of the Indonesian delegation at the 2021 FIDE World Cup have tested positive for Covid-19. GM Fabiano Caruana was awarded a win when his opponent GM Susanto Megaranto's test result was positive. GM Levon Aronian forfeited his game fo...
Four days before turning 15, IM Volodar Murzin reached the second round of the 2021 FIDE World Cup. The Russian teenager is among the 128 players to start round two on Thursday, which includes the top 50 seeds, such as GM Magnus Carlsen and Fabian...
GM Hikaru Nakamura won Titled Tuesday for the second consecutive week, scoring 9.5/11 and finishing ahead of GM Giga Quparadze on tiebreakers. There was a tie for third as both GM Sergei Zhigalko and GM Tamir Nabaty finished with 9/11 and the same...
The Arbitration Tribunal for Sport of the Polish Olympic Committee has overturned WFM Patrycja Waszczuk's two-year ban from chess for alleged cheating. According to her lawyer, the now 18-year-old Waszczuk was deprived of the right of defense and ...
Tiebreaks on Wednesday will decide 19 matches in the 2021 FIDE World Cup and nine matches in the Women's World Cup. A total of 97 players reached the second round without needing a tiebreak. How to watch?The games of the FIDE World Cup can be ...
The 2021 FIDE World Cup began on Monday in Krasnaya Polyana, Sochi (Russia) with 156 players in the open section and 78 players in the women's section. The Chilean grandmaster Pablo Salinas Herrera played the Game of the Day (and possibly the year...
July's Winner Stays event occurred on July 9. For the second straight month, streamer Ludwig and Youtuber NM Kurt Hugo Schneider won their matchups, as ChessBrah Aman Hambleton was joined this time on commentary by NM James Canty III. In the Maste...
GM Jeffery Xiong beat IM Denis Lazavik 15.5-10.5 on Sunday in the last match in the round of 16 of the 2021 Junior Speed Chess Championship presented by ChessKid. Lazavik put up an excellent fight and actually managed to beat Xiong in the bullet s...
GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave has won the Croatia Rapid & Blitz. The French grandmaster secured the $37,500 first prize with a round to spare when GM Garry Kasparov, who struggled again on Sunday, lost on time in a drawn position. Thanks to an exc...
After just arriving in Sochi, Russia, for the FIDE World Cup, GM Nihal Sarin beat GM Nicholas Checa in the 2021 Junior Speed Chess Championship presented by ChessKid. Playing from his hotel, the Indian prodigy won in all three time controls. The...
It was a painful day of chess for GM Garry Kasparov and his many fans. The 13th world champion, who joined the field at the Croatia Rapid & Blitz today, scored a disastrous 0.5/9. GM Ian Nepomniachtchi still leads but GM Maxime Vachier-La...
GM Ian Nepomniachtchi came in first in the rapid part of the Croatia Rapid & Blitz. The Russian grandmaster finished a point ahead of the pack, with 18 rounds of blitz to go on Saturday and Sunday. GM Garry Kasparov will now be taking over fro...
For the first time in the main event of the 2021 Junior Speed Chess Championship, the lower seed won in an upset as #10 IM Christopher Yoo defeated #7 GM Hans Niemann by a score of 23-9 on Thursday. The next match in the championship is GM Nihal...
GM Ian Nepomniachtchi still leads the Croatia Rapid & Blitz despite a loss in round six to the local wildcard participant GM Ivan Saric. GM Vishy Anand and GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, who both scored plus one on Thursday, are tied for...
16-year-old GM Nihal Sarin has a fantastic month of chess behind him. The Indian prodigy won two strong tournaments in a row in Serbia and gained 35 Elo points, reaching a virtual rating of 2655. How to watch?The games of the Silver Lake Open ...
