The fourth round of the Gashimov Memorial in Shamkir, Azerbaijan saw the first decisive game of the tournament. With his win over Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, it's Veselin Topalov who grabbed the lead today. Just like at the 2017 London Chess Cl...
In the second round of the Gashimov Memorial in Shamkir, Azerbaijan all games ended in draws once again. Anish Giri, who joked about a beautiful crosstable on Twitter, escaped vs Veselin Topalov after tricking himself. Anish Giri knows all too w...
The first round of the Gashimov Memorial in Shamkir, Azerbaijan saw five draws, including the top en...
If you experienced some chess withdrawal symptoms in the days after Grenke, we have good news. This week two top events start: the Gashimov Memorial in Shamkir, Azerbaijan and the U.S. Championships in St. Louis. Tomorrow we'll look at the U.S...
The FIDE ethics commission has suspended GM Evgeniy Solozhenkin for making unsubstantiated allegations of cheating, published in different articles on the internet. A group of grandmasters has written an open letter in support of Solozhenkin....
Earlier this week, FIDE Deputy President Georgios Makropoulos announced his candidacy for FIDE president. For the October 2018 elections he will most likely run against the incumbent FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, who rejected a request f...
"I wasn't really thinking about winning the tournament but I kept getting chances and I took them." After winning the FIDE Candidates' Tournament, Fabiano Caruana also clinched the Grenke Chess Classic today. The American grandmaster bea...
With five draws in the Grenke Chess Classic's penultimate round, Fabiano Caruana got a bit closer to his second tournament victory in a month's time. He'll face Nikita Vitiugov as Black tomorrow, while his closest rival Magnus Carls...
After winning the Candidates', Fabiano Caruana might just win his next tournament as well. He is the sole leader with two rounds to go after beating Maxime Vachier-Lagrave today at the Grenke Chess Classic in Baden-Baden. Let's re...
"I guess he just blundered something," was Matthias Bluebaum's simple comment after beating Viswanathan Anand in round six of the Grenke Chess Classic in Baden-Baden. Georg Meier also blundered, but with little time and in a difficult po...
Last Saturday Sergey Karjakin and Vladimir Kramnik were in Nice, France to participate in a one-day charity event that supported the Red Cross. Chess.com took the opportunity to ask them about their recently concluded FIDE Candidates' Tournam...
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave today joined Nikita Vitiugov in the lead at the Grenke Chess Classic in Karlsruhe. The Frenchman beat Hou Yifan with the black pieces. The big news was 13-year-old IM Vincent Keymer of Germany winning the supe...
Nikita Vitiugov continues to lead the Grenke Chess Classic in Karlsruhe after beating Georg Meier in today's second round. Magnus Carlsen, Levon Aronian and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave also won their games today. Caruana-Carlsen was no...
In the first round of the Grenke Chess Classic in Karlsruhe Magnus Carlsen missed a win and drew with Fabiano Caruana, his opponent in the upcoming world title match. Nikita Vitiugov beat Matthias Bluebaum with a brilliant...
"If I come well prepared, and I assume he will come well prepared as well, then it's going to be very close." Interviewed by Chess.com the day after winning the FIDE Candidates' Tournament, Fabiano Caruana rated his chances in the world champion...
Sergey Karjakin and Vladimir Kramnik, both participants in the recently concluded FIDE Candidates' Tournament, are in Nice, France to participate in a one-day charity event that will support the Red Cross. The "super blitz" tournament will be he...
GM Ivan Saric won the European Championship in Batumi, Georgia. The 27-year-old grandmaster became the second Croatian player to do so, after GM Zdenko Kozul in 2006. The 19th European Individual Chess Championship was held March 17-28 in the Sh...
Fabiano Caruana won the 2018 FIDE Candidates' Tournament in Berlin convincingly, and earned the right to challenge Magnus Carlsen for the world title in November. He earned 95,000 Euros ($117,845) with his victory. Caruana defeate...
Fabiano Caruana is back to being the sole leader with just one round to go at the 2018 FIDE Candidates' Tournament in Berlin. Today the American player beat Levon Aronian after Sergey Karjakin had quickly drawn his game with Wesley ...
With two rounds to go, more than half of the field still has a chance to win the 2018 FIDE Candidates' Tournament in Berlin. Sergey Karjakin beat, and caught Fabiano Caruana in first place today. After 11 draws, Ding Liren won his firs...
Francisco Vallejo Pons left the European Individual Championship, currently underway in Batumi, Georgia, after the fifth round. On Facebook he revealed having troubles in his personal life, most notably being chased by the Spanish tax authority, w...
Levon Aronian today lost his fifth game at the 2018 FIDE Candidates' Tournament in Berlin. The Armenian GM was beaten by Sergey Karjakin, who is now a point behind the leader, Fabiano Caruana, who he faces tomorr...
After a great game by both players, Levon Aronian blundered a beautiful final move by Vladimir Kramnik today at the 2018 FIDE Candidates' Tournament in Berlin. Tournament leader Fabiano Caruana held Shakhriyar Mamedyarov to a d...