GMs Ju Wenjun and Alexandra Kosteniuk took over the lead from GM Nana Dzagnidze at the Cairns Cup in St. Louis. After a round with only decisive games, the players can enjoy a rest day on Wednesday. You can follow the tournament her...
GMs Alexandra Kosteniuk, Kateryna Lagno, and Mariya Muzychuk won their games in the second round of the Cairns Cup in St. Louis. There's a four-way tie for first place now. You can follow the tournament here as part of our live ...
After the recent Women's World Championship, more top-level chess can be enjoyed in the coming days as the second Cairns Cup gets set to start. It is one of the highest-rated all-female tournaments in chess history, with Women's World Champio...
One tournament can make a big difference. Thanks to his fantastic Tata Steel Chess tournament, Fabiano Caruana is just 20 points behind Magnus Carlsen in the February FIDE ratings. Caruana won 19.6 Elo points in Wijk aan Zee. That's...
Ju Wenjun has successfully defended her title against the challenger Alexandra Goryachkina in the 2020 Women's World Championship in Vladivostok, Russia, following a dramatic 2.5-1.5 finish in the rapid tiebreaks. After her g...
The 2020 women's world championship match will be decided in a playoff on Friday as the challenger Aleksandra Goryachkina (Russia) won on demand against the reigning world champion Ju Wenjun (China) in the last classical game.&...
The 2020 Women's World Championship match between reigning champion Ju Wenjun (China) and challenger Aleksandra Goryachkina (Russia) started with two draws. After a rest day, play continues on Wednesday. You can follow the match with commentary ...
The publication of the new FIDE ratings caused a bit of a stir because Magnus Carlsen is not leading on all three lists. Due to more blitz games being rated than expected, Hikaru Nakamura is the number-one player on the blitz rankings. ...
Just like last year, Magnus Carlsen (Norway) and Kateryna Lagno (Russia) became the winners of the world blitz championships in Moscow. As in 2014, Carlsen scored the "double," as he also won the world rapid title two days ago. It...
Magnus Carlsen (Norway) played himself towards pole position on the first day of the world blitz championship in Moscow. Only Maxim Matlakov (Russia) is trailing him by just half a point with nine rounds to go on Sunday. ...
After getting the titles in 2014 and 2015, Magnus Carlsen won the world rapid championship for the third time in his career on Saturday in Moscow. Playing under the FIDE flag, Alireza Firouzja sensationally clinched the silver medal while Hikaru N...
He started with two draws, but by finishing with three wins, Magnus Carlsen passed the competition to grab the lead with one day to go at the world rapid championship in Moscow. There's a four-way tie for first in the women's section w...
Alexandra Kosteniuk (Russia) won the Monaco Women's Grand Prix after a thriller of a final round. Humpy Koneru (India) is still leading the GP standings, followed by Aleksandra Goryachkina (Russia). After six rounds, the tournamen...
Aleksandra Goryachkina (Russia), Humpy Koneru and Harika Dronavalli (both India) are tied for first place halfway through the Monaco Women's Grand Prix. Koneru won the previous GP in Skolkovo, Russia. The second leg in the four-tournament series...
In both the open and women's sections of the 2019 European Team Chess Championship, Russia was crowned champion after maintaining their lead throughout the final phase of the tournament. Ukraine (silver) and England (bronze) ended one match poin...
Humpy Koneru (India), not Women's World Champion Ju Wenjun (China), won the Women's Grand Prix in Skolkovo, Russia. Humpy took over the lead after the ninth round and didn't let go. The Indian grandmaster scored eight points in 11 game...
Women's world champion Ju Wenjun leads the first Women's Grand Prix of 2019 with three rounds to go. The event is the first of four GP legs and is being held in Skolkovo, Russia. The current women's world championship cycle is in its final stage...
The 2019 Chess.com Speed Chess Championship, with a prize fund of $50,000, continues Friday with the fourth match in the round of 16 between Jan-Krzysztof Duda (Poland) and Anish Giri (Netherlands). The waiting is over. This year's Spe...
She entered the competition as a qualifier, joined the bracket as the lowest seed and ended up winning the whole thing. Elina Danielian beat Valentina Gunina 15-13 in Thursday's final of the inaugural Chess.com Women's Speed Chess Champi...
The final of the Chess.com Women's Speed Chess Championship will be played Thursday between GM Valentina Gunina from Russia and GM Elina Danielian from Armenia. A prize fund of $6,000 is at stake. You can watch Valentina Gunina vs...
Elina Danielian defeated Harika Dronavalli 15-13 on Thursday in the first Women's Speed Chess Championship semifinal. On Sunday, the other semifinal will be played between Alexandra Kosteniuk and Valentina Gunina. She did it befo...
The Chess.com Women's Speed Chess Championship continues today with the first semifinal of the competition between GM Harika Dronavalli (India) and GM Elina Danielian (Armenia). The winner of the Women's Speed Chess Championship will qualif...
Aleksandra Goryachkina of Russia had already secured victory at the FIDE women's candidates' tournament and so her final round loss was easy to handle. Anna Muzychuk of Ukraine finished in second place, 1.5 points behind the winner....
Aleksandra Goryachkina of Russia, the youngest participant in the field, has secured victory at the FIDE women's candidates' tournament in Kazan, Russia. The 20-year-old GM has a 2.5-point lead over Anna Muzychuk (Ukraine) with two rounds to ...
