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...
The International Chess Federation has announced a big shake-up in the format for the 2027 FIDE World Cup and Women's World Cup. Instead of huge 206 and 107-player knockouts, the last stage will now involve only the final 16 players in each event,...
For the 12th time in 2026, GM Hikaru Nakamura triumphed in the Bullet Brawl arena after he won 50, drew eight, and lost 11 games on Saturday. With a score of 172 points, Nakamura finished 27 points clear of the second-placed GM Arjun Erigaisi, 30 ...
GM Arjun Erigaisi followed up his Titled Tuesday victory this week by winning the first 3 0 Thursday on July 9. GM Emin Ohanyan completed a come-from-behind victory in the second tournament of the day. At the end of the day, GM Volodar Murzin won ...
The favorites, GMs Divya Deshmukh and Bibisara Assaubayeva, advanced to the Quarterfinals of the 2026 Women's Speed Chess Championship on Friday. Between the two of them, the winners lost only a single game. Divya defeated IM Rose Atwell with an u...
GM Kateryna Lagno and IM Alice Lee advanced to the Quarterfinals of the 2026 Women's Speed Chess Championship after winning their Round of 16 matches on Wednesday. Lagno's victory was never in doubt as she scored 10.5-3.5 on the way to eliminating...
Local hero GM Jaime Santos has won the 2026 Leon Masters after celebrating his 30th birthday by beating 12-year-old Argentinian GM-elect Faustino Oro 3-1 in the Semifinals, before overcoming Vietnamese defending champion GM Liem Le 3.5-0.5 in...
By taking the July 7 tournament outright on 9.5/11, GM Arjun Erigaisi has broken into the Titled Tuesday winners column in 2026, ahead of seven players who tied on nine points. GM Hikaru Nakamura took second place among that group just ahead of GM...
GM Benjamin Bok has qualified for the 2026 Esports World Cup after defeating GM Vidit Gujrathi in the 2026 India Rising Finals in Mumbai on July 4. The match reached the maximum number of possible games, with all three sets going to armageddo...
