GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (@Lyonbeast) defeated GM Levon Aronian (@LevonAronian) 14.5-12.5 in Wednesday's quarterfinal of the Speed Chess Championship. The next match is Magnus Carlsen vs. Vladislav Artemiev on December 3 at 5 a.m. Pacific / 14:00...
GM Hikaru Nakamura added yet another Titled Tuesday title to his long resume. The American grandmaster edged out four other players on tiebreak. The December 1 Titled Tuesday tournament had a total of 727 participants. It was an 11-round Sw...
GM Magnus Carlsen (@MagnusCarlsen), Hikaru Nakamura (@Hikaru), Wesley So (@GMWSO), and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (@Lyonbeast) are the players who qualified for the Speed Chess Championship semifinals, to be played Dec. 11-13. A full news report on Na...
GM Wesley So won the Skilling Open final on Monday by beating GM Magnus Carlsen 1.5-0.5 in the blitz tiebreak. So earned $30,000 in what was the first leg of the online Champions Chess Tour that runs until September 2021. How to w...
GM Magnus Carlsen and GM Wesley So tied their first match of the Skilling Open final on Sunday. Both players won their two white games. The tournament will be decided on Monday, which is Carlsen's 30th birthday. How to watch?The g...
The final of the Skilling Open will be played between GM Magnus Carlsen and GM Wesley So, who both held on to their leads in their second semifinal matches. Carlsen played 2-2 against GM Ian Nepomniachtchi while So did the same...
GM Magnus Carlsen won a tough first match vs. GM Ian Nepomniachtchi on the first day of the Skilling Open's semifinals. GM Wesley So started with a win against GM Hikaru Nakamura. The semifinals continue on Saturday. How to w...
Today the Skilling Open advanced to the second day of its quarterfinals knockout phase. GMs Magnus Carlsen, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Hikaru Nakamura, Levon Aronian, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Teimour Radjabov, Wesley So, and Anish Giri battled for a spot ...
Today the Skilling Open advanced to the knockout phase with its eight leading players from the preliminaries—GMs Magnus Carlsen, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Hikaru Nakamura, Levon Aronian, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Teimour Radjabov, Wesley So, and Ani...
With several past winners, like Hikaru Nakamura competing in the Skilling Open this week, there was an opportunity for a new winner of Titled Tuesday. Azerbaijani Vugar Rasulov stepped up and picked up first prize with 9.5/11, edging out GM Aryan ...
The top eight of the Skilling Open are set, as day three of the Skilling Open saw the end of the preliminary round-robin stage of the tournament. After three days and 15 rounds of action, GMs Hikaru Nakamura and Magnus Carlsen ...
Day two of the Skilling Open was an exciting day of chess. After two days and ten rounds of action, GM Anish Giri is still in the lead with a score of 6.5/10. GMs Magnus Carlsen, Ding Liren, and Wesley So are tied for 2nd-4th with 6/10 whil...
The Rockefeller family is one of the wealthiest in American history and one of the most philanthropic. The latest beneficiary of their familial generosity is US Chess who has received a gift of $3 million from John Davison Rockefeller V, the son o...
Joel D'Souza clinched the Comedians On Board-3 event after winning his final game over Vaibhav Sethia. The tournament was held on Chess.com during November 19-21. It featured 32 comedians of India who were competing for the total cash prize o...
GM Anish Giri had a great first day after scoring four points out of five at the Skilling Open. GM Magnus Carlsen recovered from a tragic mouse slip to share second-third with underdog GM David Anton Guijarro. How to watch?The games of the chess...
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GM Wesley So defeated GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda in a Speed Chess Championship match that was tight in the beginning and tight in the end, but it was a tour de force by So in the middle. With the exception of World Champion Magnus Carlsen and GM Hikaru...
GM Andrew Tang won the November 17th Titled Tuesday tournament, his second Titled Tuesday victory. Like the last two winners, GM Jeffrey Xiong and GM David Paravyan, Tang finished on an impressive 10/11 score. blitz > bullet 😎#c9win http...
Chess.com has become the first company to acquire broadcast rights for the 2021 FIDE World Championship Match. The company, based in Palo Alto, California, will be an official broadcast partner for what is set to be the biggest global chess event ...
GM Vladislav Artemiev (@Sibelephant) will be GM Magnus Carlsen's opponent in the quarterfinals of the 2020 Speed Chess Championship Main Event. The Russian grandmaster beat GM Anish Giri (@AnishGiri) 15.5-11.5. The first quarterfinal has been sc...
GM Hikaru Nakamura will play an eight-game odds match against the new "Dragon" chess engine developed by Komodo. In all games, Nakamura will receive odds of two pawns and will play Black. The match will be an exciting battle between artificial int...
The last match in the Round of 16 of the 2020 Speed Chess Championship Main Event will be played on Monday between GM Vladislav Artemiev (@Sibelephant) and GM Anish Giri (@AnishGiri). The action starts on Monday, November 16, at 9 a...
GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda (@Polish_fighter3000) started with three losses but ended up beating GM Fabiano Caruana (@FabianoCaruana) 17-9 in their match in the 2020 Speed Chess Championship Main Event. The Polish GM completely dominated in the bul...
The next match in the 2020 Speed Chess Championship Main Event will take place on Sunday between GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda (@Polish_fighter3000) and GM Fabiano Caruana (@FabianoCaruana). The action starts on Sunday, November 15, at 9 a....
