The Norway Chess and London Chess Classic tournaments as well as the Grand Chess Tour have decided not to invite GM Sergey Karjakin to their tournaments anymore as the Russian GM continues to support Russia's warfare in Ukraine. Also this week, th...
The 2022 Bullet Chess Championship presented by DigitalOcean kicked off with excellent performances by traditional bullet favorites such as GMs Hikaru Nakamura and Daniel Naroditsky, who both convincingly won matches they were heavily favored in, ...
The fourth round of the FIDE Grand Prix Belgrade saw seven draws and only one win, nearly everything remained at a status quo. This means that GMs Sam Shankland and Dmitry Andreikin remain in the lead in Group A. In Group B, GM Anish Giri retain...
The Collegiate Chess League's third week concluded last weekend, and the matches were packed with brilliant games filled with tactics and sacrifices. Now that we are deeper into the season, the matches are also becoming more closely contested with...
Two wins and six draws—those were the results of today's efforts in the 2022 FIDE Grand Prix leg two in Belgrade. In Group A, B, and D, all of the games ended in draws, which means that GM Dmitry Andreikin and GM Sam Shankland continue to sh...
Forty-four top Russian chess players published an open letter to the President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin, voicing firm opposition to the war in Ukraine and expressing solidarity with the people of Ukraine. Signees include the most ...
The second round of the group stage in the 2022 FIDE Grand Prix in Belgrade featured intense battles and some notable high points. In Group A, GM Sam Shankland won to join GM Dmitry Andreikin in the lead. In Groups B and C, GM Anish Giri and GM Vi...
It was the first of two Chess960 weeks in Season 9 of Arena Kings when GM Vugar Rasulov emerged victorious, defeating GM Oleksandr Bortnyk in the finals by a 3.5-2.5 score. Bortnyk had advanced by defeating GM Hikaru Nakamura in the semifinals, wh...
GMs Jose Martinez and Aryan Tari won Titled Tuesday on March 1. They both held off GM Hikaru Nakamura, who finished third in the early tournament and second in the late event while streaming for 12 hours to support Ukraine. GM Raunak Sadhwani fini...
The first round of the group stage in the 2022 FIDE Grand Prix in Belgrade saw four decisive games, three hard-fought draws, and several surprises. After the first of six rounds, GM Dmitriy Andreikin has taken the lead in Group A, GMs Anish Giri a...
An all-American semifinals led GM Fabiano Caruana to best the field for the second week in a row, winning week three of the 2022 Rapid Chess Championship presented by Coinbase. GM Jeffery Xiong finished second while the other American heroes, GM H...
Following an extraordinary meeting of the FIDE Council held on Sunday, the International Chess Federation has officially condemned Russia's invasion in Ukraine and taken a number of measures against Russia and Belarus, including a ban on hosting o...
World Champion GM Magnus Carlsen won the 2022 Airthings Masters by defeating GM Ian Nepomniachtchi on the second day of their match by the count of 2.5-0.5. How to watch? The games of the Airthings Masters knockouts can be found here as part of...
GMs Magnus Carlsen and Ian Nepomniachtchi drew all their games during day one of the final match. Carlsen has to be disappointed not to take the first set because he was winning in three out of the four games. Credit goes to Nepomniachtchi for his...
The 2022 Chess Olympiad, scheduled for July 26-August 9, won't take place in Russia. This was announced by FIDE following Russia's invasion into Ukraine. Note that you can find Chess.com's stance on this topic here. This year's Olympiad was su...
It's GM Magnus Carlsen and GM Ian Nepomniachtchi who will renew their rivalry when they meet in the final match played over two days of competition. Both of these chess giants won their respective semifinal matches by a score of 2.5-0.5. How to ...
The second week of the Collegiate Chess League wrapped up last weekend, and many matches were rescheduled due to numerous colleges traveling to play over-the-board in the regional US Amateur Team events that were also taking place. Many CCL teams ...
After missing two straight weeks during his victory in the first part of the FIDE Grand Prix, GM Hikaru Nakamura returned to Arena Kings for the fourth week of season nine and took home the victory in the finals over GM Baadur Jobava. The semifina...
GMs Magnus Carlsen, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Vladislav Artemiev, and Andrey Esipenko won their respective quarterfinals matches of the Airthings Masters to move on to the semifinals. How to watch? The games of the Airthings Masters knockouts can be ...
GM Baadur Jobava and GM Daniel Naroditsky, some of the earliest winners of Titled Tuesday back in 2014, won Titled Tuesday again on February 22, 2022. Neither player needed the tiebreak system as Jobava had the best score of the day with 10/1...
GM Ian Nepomniachtchi won the preliminary stage of the Airthings Masters. Pre-tournament favorites GMs Magnus Carlsen and Ding Liren are also in. They will be challenged by a well-represented group of young stars when the knockout stage begins tom...
GM Ian Nepomniachtchi is in the lead by a massive seven-point margin, while GMs Magnus Carlsen, Vladislav Artemiev, and Vincent Keymer are top contenders for qualifying spots. How to watch? The games of the Airthings Masters preliminaries can b...
After two days and eight rounds of play at the Airthings Masters, former world championship challenger GM Ian Nepomniachtchi of Russia is leading the field by four points, while World Champion Magnus Carlsen is trailing him and another three playe...
GM Fabiano Caruana won the knockout phase of week two of the 2022 Rapid Chess Championship tournament presented by Coinbase. GM Hikaru Nakamura finished second in the knockout—after taking first in the preliminary Swiss tournament, like GM A...
