The $433,000 FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss tournament is less than three days away. With Magnus Carlsen, Fabiano Caruana, Wesley So and Viswanathan Anand as the top seeds, the event is the strongest Swiss tournament in history. The tournament will ...
The third and final quarterfinal day of the World Fischer Random Chess Championship provided plenty of sharp exciting play—but also some surprisingly abrupt results. All of the matches were decided in the fast-rapid games, and two of them we...
The four losers from day one of the quarterfinals squared off for a last shot at continuing towards the World Fischer Random title. This unusual route to the semifinals has been adopted to create three semifinalists from this stage of the event&md...
After a long process of qualifiers and knockouts, the first FIDE World Fischer Random Chess Championship began its crescendo movement with the quarterfinals. Since this is an inaugural event and quite complicated, let's start with the framework. ...
Hey, chess fans! Just like that, October is upon us, and it's time to look back on the month that was. September was huge! Let's dive right in... Puzzles Puzzle Rush gets competitive in real time, with the arrival of Puzzle Bat...
Teimour Radjabov won the $110,000 first prize at the FIDE World Cup after beating Ding Liren (who earned $80,000) in the 5+3 games of today's final tiebreak. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave came in third ($60,000) as he beat Yu Yan...
Chess.com's @IsaacSteincamp contributed to this report. Was it the most action-packed day in Speed Chess Championship history? With two dynamic battles between established chess legends and young, talented prodigies, Thursday was a day for the S...
With two quick draws today in both Ding Liren vs. Teimour Radjabov and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave vs. Yu Yangyi, the stage is set for tiebreaks on Friday to decide on the FIDE World Cup finals. You can follow the games ...
Teimour Radjabov bounced back with an excellent win against Ding Liren today to level the score in the FIDE World Cup final. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave was in trouble but held the draw against Yu Yangyi in the third-...
Top seed Ding Liren took the lead in the final of the FIDE World Cup as he defeated Teimour Radjabov on Tuesday in impressive style. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and Yu Yangyi drew their game in a Petroff. You can fo...
Two cases of successful preparation led to quick draws on Monday in both Teimour Radjabov vs. Ding Liren, who started their FIDE World Cup final, and Yu Yangyi vs. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, who are playing a match for third place. Y...
The 2019 Chess.com Speed Chess Championship, with a prize fund of $50,000, continues Thursday with a doubleheader which will conclude the round of 16. First, Levon Aronian (Armenia) and Alireza Firouzja (Iran) will play at 7 a.m. PD...
Ding Liren will be Teimour Radjabov's opponent in the FIDE World Cup final starting on Monday. The 26-year-old Chinese grandmaster defeated his 25-year-old compatriot Yu Yangyi on Saturday in the tiebreak of their semifinal by winning th...
Teimour Radjabov (Azerbaijan) reached the FIDE World Cup final and qualified for the 2020 FIDE Candidates' Tournament as he beat Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France) in the second semifinal game today. Yu Yangyi and Ding Liren (both China) drew their g...
The FIDE World Cup semifinals started today with draws in both Maxime Vachier-Lagrave vs. Teimour Radjabov and Ding Liren vs. Yu Yangyi. The return games will be played on Friday, followed by a possible tiebreak on Saturday. You can follow ...
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France) and Yu Yangyi (China) reached the FIDE World Cup semifinals today in dramatic tiebreak matches. MVL beat Levon Aronian (Armenia) in the second rapid game where the Armenian GM was winning but ...
Both Ding Liren (China) and Teimour Radjabov (Azerbaijan) won their white games on Tuesday to reach the semifinals of the FIDE World Cup. Ding knocked out Alexander Grischuk (Russia) who went astray in time trouble, while Radja...
All four games on the first day of the FIDE World Cup's quarterfinals ended in draws. Both Russians, Alexander Grischuk and Nikita Vitiugov, were an exchange up, but the two Chinese GMs Ding Liren and Yu Yangyi were helped by their bisho...
Humpy Koneru (India), not Women's World Champion Ju Wenjun (China), won the Women's Grand Prix in Skolkovo, Russia. Humpy took over the lead after the ninth round and didn't let go. The Indian grandmaster scored eight points in 11 game...
After eliminating Anish Giri, 18-year-old Jeffery Xiong scored another upset at the FIDE World Cup as he knocked out 18th-seed Jan-Krzysztof Duda in an epic tiebreak on Sunday. In the all-Azerbaijani match Teimour Radjabov eliminated Sha...
Three big names were eliminated on the second day of the FIDE World Cup's fourth round. Wesley So and Peter Svidler only drew their games when they needed a win, while Ian Nepomniachtchi lost after a draw on Saturday. Leinier Doming...
The first day of the FIDE World Cup fourth round saw four decisive games, all won by White: Jan-Krzysztof Duda beat Jeffery Xiong; Alexander Grischuk beat Leinier Dominguez; Maxime Vachier-Lagrave ...
Women's world champion Ju Wenjun leads the first Women's Grand Prix of 2019 with three rounds to go. The event is the first of four GP legs and is being held in Skolkovo, Russia. The current women's world championship cycle is in its final stage...
The tiebreaks of the FIDE World Cup third round saw a major upset as the 31st seed Jeffery Xiong (U.S.) knocked out the second seed, Anish Giri (Netherlands). Le Quang Liem (Vietnam) managed to send home the higher-rated Vladislav A...
