Polish GMs Jan-Krzysztof Duda and Radoslaw Wojtaszek had a dream start of their FIDE Grand Prix in Moscow as they beat their higher rated opponents Wesley So and Shakhriyar Mamedyarov respectively. Levon Aronian must win on demand as well, as...
It's the beginning of the new world championship cycle, and it's starting tomorrow. The first leg of the 2019 FIDE Grand Prix series will be officially opened on Thursday in Moscow and the first round is on Friday. The 2019 FIDE Grand Prix serie...
After winning in Gibraltar, Vladislav Artemiev scored his second big victory of the year at the European Individual Chess Championship in Skopje, North Macedonia. The Russian GM edged out Nils Grandelius on tiebreak after both finished o...
Maxim Rodshtein (Israel), Ferenc Berkes (Hungary), Kirill Alekseenko (Russia) and Kacper Piorun (Poland) are the only players on 4.5/5 at the European Individual Chess Championship in Skopje, North Macedonia. Saturday is the one and only rest...
A day before his 43rd birthday, the Estonian grandmaster Kaido Kulaots surprised (and inspired!) by winning this year's Aeroflot Open in Moscow, Russia. He got praise from many colleagues, including the world champion Magnus Carlsen. Last w...
Shortly after the start, the first round of the Aeroflot Open has been canceled due to a bomb threat at the venue, Hotel Cosmos in Moscow. The round has been postponed until tomorrow. The traditional Aeroflot Open, the super-strong open tourname...
After a year of absence, Magnus Carlsen is back as a participant of the Grand Chess Tour. The other 11 main players are Hikaru Nakamura, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Fabiano Caruana, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Ding Liren, Levon Aronian, Wesl...
The question at hand is not a trick, but it is tough. About a decade before Bobby Fischer made the cover, the inaugural chess player on the cover of Sports Illustrated was 1960s U.S. chess star Lisa Lane. Lisa Lane, the groundbreaker. | Photo: A...
Scoring a point more than last year in Riyadh, Magnus Carlsen retained his $60,000 world blitz title with 17/21, half a point more than Jan-Krzysztof Duda ($50,000). Like in the rapid, bronze went to Hikaru Nakamura ($40,000). Kateryna...
With nine rounds to go on Sunday Magnus Carlsen and Vladislav Artemiev share the lead at the World Blitz Championship in St. Petersburg. Kateryna Lagno and Sarasadat Khademalsharieh are tied for first in the women's s...
With an undefeated score of 11/15, Daniil Dubov won the $60,000 first prize at the World Rapid Championship in St. Petersburg. With 10/12 Ju Wenjun also remained undefeated, retained her world rapid title and earned $40,000. ...
After the second day of the World Rapid Championship in St. Petersburg, seven players are tied for first place. Despite losing one more game, Magnus Carlsen is among the players trailing by half a point together with e.g. reigning champion Vi...
The first day of the World Rapid Championship in St. Petersburg saw a shocking start for Magnus Carlsen, who lost his first two games before recovering with 3/3. GMs Alireza Firouzja, Ian Nepomniachtchi and Dmitry Andreikin lead with 4.5/5. ...
The World Rapid and Blitz Championships were officially opened on Tuesday evening in St. Petersburg, Russia. The drawing of lots resulted in Magnus Carlsen and every other player with an odd pairing number starting the rapid tournament with the bl...
The traditional Nutcracker tournament between experienced grandmasters (the "Kings") and rising stars (the "Princes") finished with a tied score of 32-32, but the Princes were declared the winners based on their results in the classical games...
Now that FIDE has published its November rating list, it's official: the 2018 world championship match will be played between the world's top two players. That hasn't happened since 1990. On the new ratings list, reigning world champion Magnus C...
Are you excited for the PRO Chess League qualifier tournament? You should be. This Saturday, November 3, some of the biggest names in online chess will compete along with a host of PRO Chess League hopefuls for spots in the upcoming 2019 se...
It took 16 years after Sergey Karjakin became a grandmaster at 12 years old for another person to earn the highest title in chess before turning 13. But now, four months after Indian prodigy Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa became the second 12-ye...
GM Dmitry Andreikin and WGM Natalija Pogonina are the winners of the 2018 Russian Championship's Superfinals, which finished today in Satka. Both players won a rapid playoff held after the final round, vs GM Dmitry Jakovenko and WGM Olga Girya res...
During the Sinquefield Cup it was a close call, but Magnus Carlsen starts the month of September with a 12-point lead over Fabiano Caruana in the new FIDE rating list. The world champion also tops the lists for rapid and blitz. Winning as Black ...
After six rounds, the Russian Superfinal open championship is a six-way tie. In the women's championship, two leaders on a plus-two score are followed by five more on plus-one. The outcome of both competitions remains unpredictable. The t...
The Russian GM Daniil Dubov won the 25th edition of the Abu Dhabi Masters Open held at the Dusit Thani Hotel in Abu Dhabi, UAE. This is the largest and strongest grandmaster open of Asia. The Abu Dhabi Masters Open was a part of the Abu Dhabi Ch...
At the age of 12 years, 10 months, and 13 days, Indian prodigy Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa became the second-youngest grandmaster in chess history. He scored his third grandmaster norm at the fourth Gredine open in Ortisei, Italy...
June's Titled Tuesday was a fantastic success for Iranian players. As evidenced by their success in the 2016 Olympiad and the emergence of prodigies like GM Alireza Firouzja, Iran is becoming quite a strong chess country. With two trips (top m...
