GM Vladimir Akopian defeated top-seeded GM Alexander Onischuk in a blitz tiebreak playoff to win the 2026 U.S. Senior Championship held at the Saint Louis Chess Club, which concluded on Saturday, July 25. Akopian was awarded $26,000 for his effort...
Against all odds, Vietnamese GM Tuan Minh Le produced one of the most unexpected comebacks in Bullet Brawl after closing a 20-point gap in 16 minutes and edging out GM Hikaru Nakamura on tiebreaks on Saturday. In the final 16 minutes, Le adde...
GM Levon Aronian emerged as the winner of the Biel Masters—Grandmasters Triathlon event of the Biel Chess Festival, Switzerland, pocketing the top prize of CHF 10,000 (roughly €10,750 or $12,250). The 59th edition of the festival had a ...
IM Alice Lee upset Women's World Champion and reigning WSCC Champion GM Ju Wenjun on Friday in the 2026 Women's Speed Chess Championship Quarterfinals. Lee dominated all three portions and won the match with a shockingly one-sided 9.5-3.5 score. ...
In chess slang, adoption means beating an opponent 10 games in a row. It's an impressive accomplishment against any strong player, but GM Vladimir Fedoseev managed it against a whole field of opponents in 3 0 Thursday on July 23. He won his first ...
Moscow-born Kazakh billionaire Timur Turlov has put himself forward as a candidate to become FIDE president, with GM Viswanathan Anand as his deputy. Turlov was planning to run for deputy president under Arkady Dvorkovich, but the European Union's...
The President of the International Chess Federation (FIDE), Arkady Dvorkovich, has decided to suspend his authority as the head of the chess governing body after being sanctioned by the European Union. Five-time world champion GM Viswanathan Anand...
GM Anish Giri, the longtime top-10 chess player and instructional author, has signed with Basilisk Gaming (stylized BASILISK), the esports organization announced in a press release and on social media Thursday. Giri will begin representing Basilis...
GM Alireza Firouzja has taken clear first place in the 2026 Quantbox Chennai Grand Masters after making a draw with GM Arjun Erigaisi in the final round. GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov could have forced a playoff with a win, but instead he overpressed a...
GM Alireza Firouzja goes into the final round of the 2026 Quantbox Chennai Grand Masters with a half-point lead after making a draw against GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov while his co-leader GM Arjun Erigaisi lost to GM Nihal Sarin. The other big story ...
GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave is your winner for Titled Tuesday on July 21, scoring 9.5/11 points and a big win over GM Fabiano Caruana in the seventh round that proved to be the difference between first and second place—Caruana also scored 9.5 ...
GM Judit Polgar, the greatest woman chess player in history, was invited to be Hungary's next president, a largely ceremonial position with a maximum term of five years. On Sunday, Hungary's new Prime Minister Peter Magyar announced on social medi...
Chess will soon be coming to the Junior Olympic Games. The Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) has announced that it will add chess as its latest competition, joining established programs covering dozens of sports. Matt Thomas, the first American chessbo...
GM Arjun Erigaisi has beaten World Champion Gukesh Dommaraju to catch GM Alireza Firouzja in the lead with two rounds of the 2026 Quantbox Chennai Grand Masters to go. Gukesh sprang an opening surprise and gained a winning position, but lost his w...
GM Alireza Firouzja enters the second half of the 2026 Quantbox Chennai Grand Masters as the sole leader after a largely uneventful draw in round four against GM Hans Niemann. The remaining games were also drawn, with World Champion Gukesh Dommara...
Less than 48 hours after claiming that 3+0 is his "best time control," GM Hikaru Nakamura outclassed an elite field to win his 62nd career Bullet Brawl title. Nakamura stayed within striking distance of the frequently changing leaders before surgi...
GM Arjun Erigaisi became the first player other than GM Alireza Firouzja to win a game in the 2026 Quantbox Chennai Grand Masters after carefully defusing an inventive queen sacrifice by GM Hans Niemann. Firouzja leads by half a point after making...
GM Hikaru Nakamura streamed his way to victory in the first 3 0 Thursday on July 16. On stream, he described the time control as clearly his strongest, explaining that it's faster than the five-minute time control used in Titled Tuesdays and that ...
International Chess Day is July 20, and this year, you can turn it into a fresh start. We invite you to celebrate this special occasion with us—while also restarting your longest streak and even winning a permanent and exclusive flair! Rest...
GM Alireza Firouzja marched on with a nail-biting win over World Champion Gukesh Dommaraju to move to 2/2 and take a one-point lead at the top of the 2026 Quantbox Chennai Grand Masters standings. Only GM Dmitry Andreikin vs. GM Pranesh M was a qu...
GM Bibisara Assaubayeva and WGM Anastasia Avramidou progressed to the Semifinals of the 2026 Women's Speed Chess Championship with contrasting victories over GMs Divya Deshmukh and Kateryna Lagno respectively, in the first set of quarterfinal...
GM Alireza Firouzja reentered the top 10 after a win against GM Pranesh M saw him grab the sole lead after round one of the 2026 Quantbox Chennai Grand Masters. All the other games featured near misses: GM Gukesh Dommaraju got into trouble ag...
The International Chess Federation has adopted new qualification paths for the 2028 FIDE Candidates and Women's Candidates Tournaments that will decide future world championship challengers. The rating spot GM Hikaru Nakamura used to qualify in 20...
GM Parham Maghsoodloo, who won Titled Tuesday five times in 2025, got his first win of 2026 on July 14. His 10/11 score won outright over GM Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu's 9.5/11, itself good enough for sole second. GM Hikaru Nakamura took third plac...
Women's world number-one GM Hou Yifan and WGM Anastasia Avramidou advance to the 2026 Women's Speed Chess Championship Quarterfinals after winning the last Round of 16 matches on Monday. Hou defeated IM Dinara Wagner in a one-sided match, 13.5-2.5...
