Seventeen-year-old GM Gukesh Dommaraju has become the youngest-ever world chess championship challenger after finishing half a point ahead of GMs Hikaru Nakamura, Ian Nepomniachtchi, and Fabiano Caruana. He’ll now play GM Ding Liren for the ...
After 14 rounds and over three weeks of play, 17-year-old GM Gukesh Dommaraju has won the 2024 FIDE Candidates Tournament and is the youngest player in history to win a Candidates Tournament. He will play GM Ding Liren for the world champions...
17-year-old GM Gukesh Dommaraju has taken the sole lead of the 2024 FIDE Candidates Tournament with one round to go after exacting revenge against GM Alireza Firouzja in round 13. GMs Ian Nepomniachtchi and Hikaru Nakamura made a draw to stay a ha...
Round eight of the 2024 FIDE Candidates Tournament saw two winners and a significant change in the standings. GM Hikaru Nakamura defeated GM Fabiano Caruana in the all-American matchup, while GM Gukesh Dommaraju also beat his countryman GM Vidit G...
GM Ian Nepomniachtchi has taken a half-point lead at the 2024 FIDE Candidates Tournament. On the white side of the Berlin Defense, he dispatched GM Vidit Gujrathi. Draws on the remaining three boards leave GMs Gukesh Dommaraju and Fabiano Caruana ...
The brother/sister duo of GM Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu and GM-elect Vaishali Rameshbabu stole the show as the only victors in round three of the 2024 FIDE Candidates Tournament. Praggnanandhaa defeated one of the leaders, GM Vidit Gujrathi, by u...
The players displayed an abundance of fighting spirit on the opening day of the 2024 FIDE Candidates Tournament. GM Hikaru Nakamura sacrificed two rooks vs. GM Fabiano Caruana. GM Alireza Firouzja and GM Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu co-created a duel...
GM Richard Rapport bounced back from 0/2 on Friday to beat World Champion Ding Liren and GM Vincent Keymer, closing the gap at the top to half a point. GM Magnus Carlsen remains the sole leader after defeating GM Daniel Fridman, with Rapport and C...
10-year-old prodigy FM Faustino Oro is once again in the spotlight. Now a clip of the Argentinian beating world number-one Magnus Carlsen in Chess.com's Bullet Brawl has captured the attention of millions of viewers within a few days. Few player...
GM Levon Aronian won his maiden title at the 2024 American Cup on Wednesday. Continuing to play in this tournament what he calls "adventurous chess," he defeated GM Wesley So only in the final rapid game—and with the black pieces. Th...
Saint Louis and Webster cemented their places as the top two to close the regular season of the 2024 Collegiate Chess League (CCL). Webster's victory was a true team effort. Every single player―GMs Benjamin Gledura, Harsha Bharathakoti, Ge...
GMs Daniel Naroditsky and Robert Hess won their semifinal match against GM Hikaru Nakamura and IM Levy Rozman in the 2024 Team Chess Battle on Tuesday. The commentator duo pressed with an extra pawn in game one but was met with stiff, 99%-accura...
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In our second consecutive match to go to an armageddon tiebreaker this season, GM Hikaru Nakamura and IM Levy Rozman defeated GMs Jorden van Foreest and Eric Hansen 2-1. Next, they'll play the legendary commentator team, GMs Daniel Naroditsky and ...
Webster reached 5-0 while Rio Grande defeated the defending champions in week five of the 2024 Collegiate Chess League (CCL). Though Webster achieved a commanding overall score, they did so with a balanced performance from each of their pl...
World number-one Magnus Carlsen defeated GM Fabiano Caruana in the final classical game to win the inaugural 2024 Freestyle Chess G.O.A.T. Challenge and the $60,000 top prize. GM Levon Aronian took third place with a powerful win over GM Nodirbek ...
NM Jalen Wang was victorious in the Variants Community Series (VCS) Crazyhouse Championship on Thursday and took home $1,000 for winning the Final. FM Roee Aroesti made $750 for second place, while NM Isaac Chiu and Patrik Nystrom earned $500 ea...
GM Alireza Firouzja will face GM Magnus Carlsen in the Grand Final of the 2024 Champions Chess Tour Chessable Masters. On Monday, the French number-one defeated GM Ian Nepomniachtchi by drawing the armageddon and then GM Denis Lazavik 1.5-0.5 to w...
World Champion GM Ding Liren and World Rapid Champion GM Magnus Carlsen top the field for the GRENKE Chess Classic, which returns March 26-31 after a five-year hiatus. Carlsen will be looking to win a third title to add to his wins in 2015 and 201...
After beating GM Ju Wenjun in round 11, GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov went into the final weekend of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament as the sole leader in the Masters group. A spectacular day of chess saw lots of fascinating games, including a bri...
GM Alireza Firouzja is trailing GM Anish Giri by half a point again after Friday's sixth round of the 2024 Tata Steel Chess Tournament. While the tournament leader missed several chances to beat GM Parham Maghsoodloo, Firouzja did score the full p...
FM Brandon Burrows achieved his first IM norm by winning one game and making nine draws that lasted an average of 10 moves. Now the World Chess Federation (FIDE) has invalidated the Las Vegas tournament and U.S. Chess has confirmed an investigatio...
Norway Chess always charms the year as one of the most compelling events to look out for, and 2024 is no different. Five-time winner and world number-one GM Magnus Carlsen, last year's winner GM Hikaru Nakamura, and the 17th World Champion GM Ding...
After scoring 7/7 in Rouen to secure qualification for the upcoming Candidates tournament, GM Alireza Firouzja has continued his winning ways in Wijk aan Zee. The French-Iranian grandmaster on Sunday defeated GM Parham Maghsoodloo and is the only ...
GMs Magnus Carlsen, Yu Yangyi, and Vladimir Fedoseev share first place on 7/9 at the 2023 FIDE World Rapid Chess Championship after Fedoseev missed a golden opportunity to defeat Yu while Carlsen was frustrated to squander winning chances against ...
