GM Nana Dzagnidze (Georgia) and GM Humpy Koneru (India) started with victories at the second Cairns Cup. The tournament took off on Friday at the Saint Louis Chess Club in St. Louis, U.S. You can follow the tournament here as part of our...
In another instance of the coronavirus affecting the chess world, Chinese GM Wei Yi had to withdraw from the Prague International Chess Festival, scheduled for next week. He has been replaced by the number one junior player in the world, Alireza F...
After the recent Women's World Championship, more top-level chess can be enjoyed in the coming days as the second Cairns Cup gets set to start. It is one of the highest-rated all-female tournaments in chess history, with Women's World Champio...
The new virus in China has been affecting GM Ding Liren and GM Wang Hao's preparation for the Candidates Tournament. Speaking to Chess.com, both stated they had to cancel plans for a training camp. Editor's note: on February 10 it became clear...
It was another exciting week of online chess action in the PRO Chess League. Let's look at the top highlights of the week: France recovers to draw Saint Louis and Canada on unbeaten collision course Germany learns to trash talk Eastern Di...
One tournament can make a big difference. Thanks to his fantastic Tata Steel Chess tournament, Fabiano Caruana is just 20 points behind Magnus Carlsen in the February FIDE ratings. Caruana won 19.6 Elo points in Wijk aan Zee. That's...
David Paravyan won the £30,000 first prize at the Gibraltar Chess Festival masters tournament. The 21-year-old Russian grandmaster came out on top in a playoff, after seven players had finished in a tie for first place. Like l...
Magnus Carlsen has signed a two-year sponsorship deal with the Malta-based gambling giant Kindred Group, the owner of sports betting site Unibet. Carlsen will be a global ambassador for Unibet in 2020 and 2021. This was announced at a press c...
Team Chess.com (GM Robert Hess and IM Danny Rensch) will square off against team Chessbrah (GM Eric Hansen and GM Aman Hambleton) for a third time this Friday in Team Chess Battles. You can watch the match this Friday, Jan. 31 at ...
The Gibraltar Chess Festival's masters tournament is seven rounds underway, and some young participants are doing very well. The 17-year-old Andrey Esipenko of Russia is in shared first place after seven rounds, and the14-year-old Pr...
The rivalries and trash talk intensified in week 3 of the PRO Chess League. Let's look at the five highlights of the week: Rooster Domination Hidden Rivalries Wasabis Spicing It Up Live St. Louis Aren't Invincible Shocking Upsets 1. ...
Having already won the Tata Steel Chess masters, Fabiano Caruana emphasized his dominance as the only winner in the final round. He finished on 10/13 or plus seven, only equaled by Magnus Carlsen (2013) and Garry Kasparov ...
On Saturday Fabiano Caruana won his first Tata Steel Chess tournament and did so with a round to spare. The American grandmaster beat Jan-Krzysztof Duda and saw his main rival, Magnus Carlsen, draw his game. The cha...
Fabiano Caruana goes into the final two rounds of the Tata Steel Chess tournament a full point ahead of the pack. The American player scored an easy win against Vladislav Kovalev and saw his main rival Magnus Carlsen draw ...
Ju Wenjun has successfully defended her title against the challenger Alexandra Goryachkina in the 2020 Women's World Championship in Vladivostok, Russia, following a dramatic 2.5-1.5 finish in the rapid tiebreaks. After her g...
The 2020 women's world championship match will be decided in a playoff on Friday as the challenger Aleksandra Goryachkina (Russia) won on demand against the reigning world champion Ju Wenjun (China) in the last classical game.&...
Fabiano Caruana is still the sole leader of the masters group at the Tata Steel Chess tournament in Wijk aan Zee after beating Alireza Firouzja on Wednesday. In second place is Magnus Carlsen, who scored his third win in a row. David Anton ...
On Tuesday, Magnus Carlsen defeated Alireza Firouzja in a model game to join the group of players half a point behind Fabiano Caruana in the standings at the Tata Steel Chess tournament in Wijk aan Zee. In the challengers group,&nbs...
The sixth edition of the Grand Chess Tour will consist of just five tournaments, and will not finish with playoffs in London. Magnus Carlsen, Fabiano Caruana and Ding Liren head the field. Some top players may have been relieved when they s...
The 2020 women's world championship match was tilted in favor of the the challenger, Aleksandra Goryachkina (Russia), after eight games. But the world champion, Ju Wenjun (China), proved her mettle by winning the next two games. A...
After surviving a close to lost position against Vishy Anand, Fabiano Caruana ended by winning his game to join Alireza Firouzja in the lead at the Tata Steel Chess tournament. Magnus Carlsen ended his streak of seven draws and defeated Nikit...
For the second time Alireza Firouzja is the sole leader in Wijk aan Zee. The 16-year-old GM defeated Jeffery Xiong, reached a 5/7 score and entered the top 20 in the world in the live ratings. Other winners in the seventh round of the ...
This week's action brought upsets, stunning sacrifices, and drama to the PRO Chess League. The Armenia Eagles overcame a challenge created by its own national championship schedule to upset the China Pandas, Alexander Grischuk completed a 4/4 swee...
Back in Wijk aan Zee, the Tata Steel Chess Tournament saw wins for Anish Giri and Daniil Dubov on Friday in the masters group. Pavel Eljanov grabbed the lead in the challengers with a win against Max Warmerdam. After the almost two-hou...
