GMs Magnus Carlsen and Wesley So will play the final of the Opera Euro Rapid tournament. Whereas So only needed three games in his second match to eliminate GM Teimour Radjabov, Carlsen struggled again with blunders and on...
GMs Magnus Carlsen, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Wesley So, and Teimour Radjabov made it to the semifinals of the Opera Euro Rapid tournament. Carlsen lost his second match to GM Daniil Dubov but eventually pulled through in the arm...
GM Hikaru Nakamura narrowly missed the cut to reach the top eight and qualify for the Opera Euro Rapid's knockout bracket. The American grandmaster lost a crucial final game to his compatriot GM Sam Shankland, and GM Daniil Dubov had the better ti...
GM Magnus Carlsen leads the Opera Euro Rapid tournament after what he called "a very enjoyable day of chess" when more than half of the games ended decisively. The tournament is the third leg of the Champions Chess Tour. How to watch?T...
It was big news in the Netherlands when GM Jorden van Foreest won the prestigious Tata Steel Chess Tournament last Sunday. He appeared in the national news, as well as sports programs, the talk show "Jinek" and all major newspapers. The fac...
Pandemic or not, there is always chess—even over the board. On Saturday, the 83rd Tata Steel Chess Tournament will start with the world's highest-ranked grandmasters Magnus Carlsen and Fabiano Caruana making their first moves on a physical c...
GM Teimour Radjabov won the Airthings Masters on Sunday. The Azerbaijani grandmaster beat GM Levon Aronian in one more game and drew twice to clinch the $60,000 first prize. GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave came in third after be...
GM Teimour Radjabov took the lead in the Airthings Masters final, winning one game and drawing three vs. GM Levon Aronian on Saturday. Despite starting with two losses, GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave tied the first match with G...
GM Levon Aronian and GM Teimour Radjabov will play the final of the Airthings Masters on January 2-3. Both avoided a loss after winning their first match: Radjabov secured his place with two wins against GM Daniil Dubov while Aronia...
GMs Levon Aronian and Teimour Radjabov won their matches on the first day of the Airthings Masters semifinals. Both won two games and drew two, against GMs Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and Daniil Dubov, respectively. How to wa...
GM Magnus Carlsen suffered a shockingly early elimination at the Airthings Masters. The world champion was knocked out by GM Daniil Dubov, who won both his white games on Wednesday. GMs Hikaru Nakamura, Ian Nepomnia...
GM Levon Aronian and GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave won their first quarterfinal matches at the Airthings Masters against GM Hikaru Nakamura and Wesley So respectively. The other two matches ended in 2-2: GM Dani...
GMs Anish Giri, Alexander Grischuk, Pentala Harikrishna, and David Anton didn't make it to the knockout phase of the Airthings Masters. The four grandmasters failed to finish among the top eight in a group where GM Magnus Carlsen, Hikaru...
GM Magnus Carlsen needed just one win to join the leaders at the Airthings Masters. The second playing day saw a very high percentage of games ending in draws. How to watch?The games of the Champions Chess Tour Airthing...
The Airthings Masters, the second leg of the Champions Chess Tour, began on Boxing Day. After the first four rounds of the preliminary phase, there's a five-way tie for first place. GM Magnus Carlsen started with four draws. ...
As one of the few strong open chess tournaments during the pandemic, the Sunway Sitges Chess Festival is underway in Sitges, Spain. While the participants enjoy playing chess as never before, the tournament hall showcases a wonderful variety of fa...
GM Ian Nepomniachtchi won his second Russian Championship title, exactly 10 years after his first. A quick draw in the final round proved enough after co-leader GM Sergey Karjakin was beaten by GM Daniil Dubov in brilliant style. GM Aleksandr...
GM Sergey Karjakin and GM Ian Nepomniachtchi are tied for first place after six rounds at the Russian Championship Superfinal that is underway in Moscow. IM Polina Shuvalova, who started with 6/6 in the women's section, is the surprise of the even...
The 83rd Tata Steel Chess tournament will have GM Magnus Carlsen and GM Fabiano Caruana once again. The top two players in the world are the favorites in a young field of participants that includes five players from the world's top 10. Carlsen w...
GM Hikaru Nakamura added yet another Titled Tuesday title to his long resume. The American grandmaster edged out four other players on tiebreak. The December 1 Titled Tuesday tournament had a total of 727 participants. It was an 11-round Sw...
GM Jeffery Xiong won the November 3 Titled Tuesday tournament, only his second Titled Tuesday victory so far. The American grandmaster finished on a fantastic 10/11 and remained undefeated. Xiong had won once before, on April 18, 2017, which was...
GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda won the Speed Chess Invitational on Sunday. The Polish grandmaster defeated GM Sergey Karjakin in the final to clinch the $1,500 first prize. More importantly, Duda has qualified for the Speed Chess Championship Main Event. ...
The Speed Chess Grand Prix might be over, but that didn't stop GM Hikaru Nakamura from winning yet another Titled Tuesday tournament. The American grandmaster finished half a point ahead of Russian GM Daniil Dubov and Ukrainian GM Pavel Eljan...
The decision from FIDE President Arkady Dvorkovich to give the Online Olympiad gold medals to both India and Russia was debated heavily in the chess community. In this interview, Chess.com is asking all the questions that were raised over the past...
