Over the last three weeks, the teams of FIDE presidential candidates Georgios Makropoulos and Arkady Dvorkovich have been involved in a sharp, verbal battle about transparency and federations in arrears, where even the term "fake news" made s...
For the sixth time in his career, Michael Adams won the British Championship today in Hull, England. He beat Luke McShane in an exciting playoff after both had finished on 7/9. The 105th British Championship took place July 28-August 5 in the Ci...
The family of a chess prodigy from India that lives in the U.K. might have to return to India, due to the expiration of the father's visa. The story has reached mainstream media in the country, and this week the family got support from two me...
In what was a tense and hard-fought Danzhou Super GM Tournament, Chinese grandmaster Yu Yangyi ended up winning the $24,000 first prize. Sam Shankland's undefeated streak came to an end after 62 games. The ninth edition of the super-GM tour...
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave reached the 2018 Speed Chess Championship quarterfinals by beating Leinier Dominguez 19-12 on Thursday. The French GM put away an initially close-fought match with a stirring performance in the bullet section....
The venue for the November world chess championship match between Magnus Carlsen and Fabiano Caruana will be The College in Holborn, London. This was announced Wednesday by World Chess. In a live stream on Facebook, World Chess director Ilya Mer...
Magnus Carlsen finished in clear second place at the Biel Chess Festival after profiting from an endgame blunder by Nico Georgiadis today. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov had already secured victory in the penultimate round. When a game ends in ...
An excellent tournament turned into a brilliant tournament for Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, who today beat Magnus Carlsen for the first time in a decade and won the Biel Chess Festival with a round to spare. For the last time Mamedyarov bea...
Although he needs to survive his game with Magnus Carlsen today, three draws on Monday brought Shakhriyar Mamedyarov a small step closer to victory at the Biel Chess Festival. The Azerbaijani GM played the rare and entertaining Dilworth ...
On Sunday, Wesley So was the first player from the right half of the bracket to reach the quarterfinals of the 2018 Speed Chess Championship. The American GM dominated a match full of nice tactics, and beat Wei Yi of China 18.5-9.5. Althoug...
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov increased his lead at the Biel Chess Festival to a full point after grinding down David Navara in a rook endgame. Magnus Carlsen was in trouble but held Maxime Vachier-Lagrave to a draw, whereas ...
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov is the sole leader at the Biel Chess Festival during the rest day. In round six, he beat Nico Georgiadis as Black whereas co-leader Magnus Carlsen drew with David Navara. Saturday is a rest day. It was a...
Aloyzas Kveinys, Lithuania's highest-rated grandmaster, a five-time Lithuanian champion, a former member of the national team and chess trainer, died on Thursday at the age of 56. His death, caused by a heart attack, was confirmed by the Lith...
Last week, Chess.com sat down with FIDE presidential candidate Arkady Dvorkovich, to find out his plans for the future of chess. The recent allegations of bribery was an important topic. All photos © Maria Emelianova/Chess.com. ...
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave won his first game at the Biel Chess Festival. The French GM was about to convert a pawn-up endgame when his opponent Nico Georgiadis suddenly dropped a full rook. At half-time, Magnus Carlsen and Shakhriyar Mame...
Three straight losses didn't prevent Nico Georgiadis from playing aggressively, sacrificing material and eventually holding Magnus Carlsen to a draw. The other two games in round four of the Biel Chess Festival were drawn as well. ...
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov beat Maxime Vachier-Lagrave in round three of the Biel Chess Festival to catch Magnus Carlsen in first place. The world champion drew quickly with Peter Svidler. Nico Georgiadis also lost his third ga...
Magnus Carlsen is the only player on 2/2 at the Biel Chess Festival after beating Maxime Vachier-Lagrave in a double rook ending that, at the end, looked like an endgame study. Nico Georgiadis is on 0/2 as he lost to Peter Svidler. "Rubinst...
In the first round of the Biel Chess Festival, Magnus Carlsen stole the show with a long-term positional queen sacrifice vs David Navara. The other winner was Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, who beat Nico Georgiadis in typical style. The concep...
It was three times a charm for Ian Nepomniachtchi, who won his first Sparkassen Chess Meeting in Dortmund at the third attempt. He secured victory quickly today with a crushing, 27-move win vs Georg Meier. Vladimir Kramnik wa...
By surviving a lost position, Ian Nepomniachtchi kept his lead going into the last round of the Sparkassen Chess Meeting in Dortmund. Vladimir Kramnik suffered his second straight loss. He overpressed, and got outplayed...
For the first time in six years, Magnus Carlsen is playing in Biel again. He tops the field and will compete with Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Peter Svidler, David Navara and Nico Georgiadis. The 51st Biel Chess Festival will t...
With two rounds to go, Ian Nepomniachtchi is the sole leader at the Sparkassen Chess Meeting in Dortmund. The Russian GM defeated his Olympic teammate Vladimir Kramnik with great style in the only decisive game of the fifth round. ...
Three weeks after the three candidates for the FIDE presidential elections became known, the key word for some of the candidates seems to be "corruption." An anti-corruption committee has been established, and Makropoulos ticket members have accus...
On Wednesday, Vladimir Kramnik scored his first win in Dortmund, and it was a big one: The 14th world champion beat the tournament leader, Jan-Krzysztof Duda. The two are now sharing the lead at the Sparkassen Chess Meeting together with...