The third round of the 2022 FIDE Grand Prix produced fighting games on all the boards in all the groups, though the leaders remain unchanged except for Group D, where GM Wesley So joined the lead with GM Leinier Dominguez on 2/3. In Group C, GM Le...
The second round of the the 2022 FIDE Grand Prix produced fierce battles in all the games except from Group C. GM Hikaru Nakamura, GM Radoslaw Wojtaszek, GM Levon Aronian, and GM Leinier Dominguez emerged as sole leaders in their respective groups...
The first round of the 2022 FIDE Grand Prix saw three decisive games in an intense start to the group stage of the event. After the first of the total six double round-robin games to be played among players of each group, GM Vladimir Fedoseev and ...
The Battle of the Sexes Chess Tournament concluded on Thursday in Gibraltar with a 53-47 score for the men's team. This team event, with evenly paired men and women on opposing sides, took place at Gibraltar's Garrison Library and replaced the tra...
GM Hikaru Nakamura won the first week of Arena Kings Season 9 with a score of 3-1 in the final knockout match, defeating second-place GM Jose Eduardo Martinez Alcantara with one game to spare. Nakamura also swept both Titled Tuesday events the day...
On the first Tuesday of the revamped Titled Tuesday with two tournaments a day, a familiar face won both events: GM Hikaru Nakamura, who twice scored 9.5/11. Also earning a prize in both tournaments was GM Jose Martinez, who finished fourth in the...
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The FIDE Grand Prix will start on February 4 with its first leg in Berlin without the top seed GM Ding Liren. The Chinese player failed to obtain a visa in time to be able to travel to Germany and has been replaced by GM Radoslaw Wojtaszek. GM Dmi...
Chess.com's traditional weekly event for streamers Arena Kings is back for its ninth season, starting on February 2 at 9 a.m. PST/18:00 CET. With a $45,000 prize fund, this season promises to be the most exciting yet! Last season, GM Hikaru Naka...
GM Sergey Karjakin, GM Praggnanandhaa R., and GM Jorden van Foreest finished their 2022 Tata Steel Chess Tournament with wins in the final round on Sunday. GM Magnus Carlsen had already won the tournament with a round to spare and got a forfe...
GM Magnus Carlsen secured his eighth victory in Wijk aan Zee with a round to spare. The world champion defeated GM Fabiano Caruana on Saturday and now leads the 2022 Tata Steel Chess Tournament by a full point. He will earn a forfeit win tomorrow ...
A judge on Thursday refused to dismiss GM Nona Gaprindashvili's defamation lawsuit against Netflix, meaning the suit can proceed. The streaming and production company had claimed that because The Queen's Gambit is a work of fiction, it would be im...
GM Magnus Carlsen continues to lead the 2022 Tata Steel Chess Tournament despite missing a win in his game with GM Vidit Gujrathi in round 11. GM Richard Rapport is half a point behind after getting a forfeit win vs. GM Daniil Dubov, who dropped o...
GM Hikaru Nakamura won Titled Tuesday on January 25 with a score of 10/11 after winning a better rook endgame in the final round against GM Bogdan Daniel Deac. GM Dmitry Andreikin and GM Jose Alcantara finished in second and third, respectively, w...
GM Magnus Carlsen maintained his half-point lead at the 2022 Tata Steel Chess Tournament with three rounds to go. The world champion drew in just 20 minutes with GM Sergey Karjakin and then saw GM Anish Giri splitting the point with GM Jan-Krzyszt...
GM Magnus Carlsen defeated co-leader GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov on Tuesday to regain the sole lead at the 2022 Tata Steel Chess Tournament. GM Anish Giri is the only player trailing the world champion by half a point after scoring his fourth full po...
GM Magnus Carlsen and GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov are tied for first place after eight rounds at the 2022 Tata Steel Chess Tournament and happen to be playing each other in the next round on Tuesday. GM Anish Giri and GM Vidit Gujrathi both won ...
Exciting changes are coming to Titled Tuesday starting on February 1. We are now offering two tournaments and a big bump to the prizes: we'll be dishing out $5,000 every Tuesday—$2,500 per tournament and more than $250,000 per year! That's m...
GM Magnus Carlsen won his second game in a row and is now the sole leader after seven rounds in the 2022 Tata Steel Chess Tournament. The world champion defeated GM Praggnanandhaa R. with the black pieces on Saturday. GM Daniil Dubov forfei...
With a fairly smooth win vs. GM Richard Rapport, World Champion Magnus Carlsen joined the leaders in round six of the 2022 Tata Steel Chess Tournament. GM Fabiano Caruana had just equalized a tough position in time-trouble vs. GM Anish Giri w...
GMs Shakhriyar Mamedyarov and Richard Rapport both won their games in round five of the 2022 Tata Steel Chess Tournament to catch GM Vidit Gujrathi in first place. GM Magnus Carlsen drew an exciting game with GM Nils Grandelius. How to watc...
GM Jeffery Xiong emerged from a nine-way tie for first place, easily the most crowded standings in recent memory, to claim Titled Tuesday victory on January 18. Tiebreaks also placed GM Illia Nyzhnyk second, GM Alexey Sarana third, and IM Le Tuan ...
Chess.com is partnering with Envy to support the Botez Sisters on their new adventures as they move into the Los Angeles Envy Content House. The sisters will share their roof with other star creators—former PogChamps participants JustaMinx a...
GM Vidit Gujrathi maintained his sole lead at the Tata Steel Chess Tournament going into the first rest day by drawing his game with GM Andrey Esipenko. GM Magnus Carlsen missed a chance to catch the leader after not going for a winning king walk ...
