GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov caught the leaders GM Alexander Grischuk and GM Wesley So in the fifth round of the Superbet Chess Classic. Mamedyarov was the only winner of the day as he defeated GM Constantin Lupulescu with a wonderful combination. T...
GM Hikaru Nakamura returned to the top of Titled Tuesday on June 8, winning outright with a score of 10/11. Iranian GM Amin Tabatabaei took clear second with 9.5/11 ahead of nine players tied at 9/11. Of those, last week's winner GM Nodirbek Abdus...
The Superbet Chess Classic is wide open again after both tournament leaders GM Fabiano Caruana and GM Bogdan-Daniel Deac lost their games. Caruana was defeated by GM Wesley So, and Deac went down against GM Alexander Grischuk. The quick dra...
The local players keep making a name for themselves at the Superbet Chess Classic. In the third round, it was GM Constantin Lupulescu who took the spotlight with a win against world number-six GM Anish Giri. Meanwhile, GM Teimour Radjabov surpri...
Last-minute substitute GM Bogdan-Daniel Deac had a great start at the Superbet Chess Classic. After missing a win in the first round, he beat GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave the next day. Deac leads with GM Fabiano Caruana, who beat GM Constantin Lupule...
The Superbet Chess Classic, the first leg of the 2021 Grand Chess Tour, began on Saturday with draws on all five boards. GM Anish Giri lived dangerously in his game with GM Bogdan-Daniel Deac but survived in the end. How to watch?The games of ...
Streamer Ludwig, Youtuber NM Kurt Hugo Schneider, and streaming GM Krikor Mekhitarian won their matches in the inaugural Winner Stays event on Chess.com. We'll see the trio return next month facing new opponents. The first edition of the new Win...
After the Grand Chess Tour was canceled altogether in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic, it returns in 2021. The first tournament is the Superbet Chess Classic starting on Saturday. This standard (classical) tournament is the first top event ...
IM Zhansaya Abdumalik played the tournament of her life in Gibraltar. The Kazakh chess player won the Women's Grand Prix with a round to spare, earned 15,000 euros, and became a full-fledged grandmaster in the process. The other "winners" ...
GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov, the 16-year-old rising star from Uzbekistan, won Titled Tuesday on June 1 with a score of 10/11 after defeating GM Hikaru Nakamura in the final round. Nakamura finished in second place on tiebreaks with a score of 9.5/11,...
On Tuesday, June 1, GM Hikaru Nakamura broke the world record of most victories against unique opponents in one hour in the 1|0 bullet time control. He accomplished this feat on Chess.com in the Bullet Chess Speedrun presented by Stella Artois. ...
On the third attempt, GM Magnus Carlsen finally managed to beat GM Wesley So in a Champions Chess Tour final. In a thriller of a second match, the world champion ended up winning the all-decisive armageddon game. GM Ian Nepomniachtchi came...
GM Magnus Carlsen and GM Wesley So tied their first match in the final of the FTX Crypto Cup with two theoretical draws and a win each. In the consolation final between GM Ian Nepomniachtchi and GM Teimour Radjabov, the players went for four quick...
GM Magnus Carlsen and GM Wesley So, the current numbers one and two of the Champions Chess Tour, will play in the final of the FTX Crypto Cup. Carlsen defeated GM Teimour Radjabov twice to reach the final. One win against GM Ian Nepomniachtchi was...
Egyptian GM Ahmed Adly became the African Champion on Thursday, overtaking countryman GM Bassem Amin at the finish line in the 2021 African Individual Chess Championship. The two players monopolized the tournament and were tied on 8/9, despite t...
GM Wesley So took the lead in his FTX Crypto Cup semifinal against a mosquitos-battling GM Ian Nepomniachtchi. The American grandmaster needs two game points on Saturday to reach the final against either GM Magnus Carlsen or GM Teimour Radjab...
IM Zhansaya Abdumalik and GM Mariya Muzychuk are sharing the lead at the FIDE Women's Grand Prix in Gibraltar on the rest day. With five rounds to go, the fight for the two spots in the 2022 FIDE Women's Candidates Tournament is far from deci...
If a Fair Play Award is handed out for 2021, GM Jergus Pechac will probably receive it. The 19-year-old Slovak GM graciously offered a draw when GM Boris Gelfand blundered a full queen due to a mouse slip. Pechac advanced anyway by winning the arm...
The semifinals of the FTX Crypto Cup will start on Friday with the matches GM Magnus Carlsen vs. GM Teimour Radjabov and GM Ian Nepomniachtchi vs. GM Wesley So. While Radjabov and So quickly secured victory against GM Anish Giri and GM Maxime Va...
GM Teimour Radjabov and GM Wesley So are leading their two-day matches in the quarterfinals of the FTX Crypto Cup. Radjabov defeated GM Anish Giri in the fourth game, while So beat GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave twice. In a remarkable first match bet...
GM Jeffery Xiong won the May 25 Titled Tuesday tournament outright with a score of 10/11, his second win in as many months. GM Vladimir Dobrov finished second with 9.5/11 on a tiebreak over third-place GM Salem Saleh after both won in the final ro...
Another modest 3/5 score on day three of the FTX Crypto Cup was enough for GM Magnus Carlsen to make it to the knockout stage, which starts on Wednesday. World Championship contender GM Ian Nepomniachtchi also just made it, while GM Fabiano Caruan...
Scoring 4/5 on the second day, GM Fabiano Caruana jumped to shared first place at the FTX Crypto Cup. The American GM shares the lead with 2022 FIDE Candidate GM Teimour Radjabov and GM Hikaru Nakamura. GM Magnus Carlsen, on the other hand, is in ...
GM Anish Giri had the best first day at the FTX Crypto Cup, the sixth leg of the Champions Chess Tour. The Dutch GM scored 4/5 on Sunday. World Champion Magnus Carlsen scored just 50 percent and said he had played "awful" chess. How to watch?The...
