With a score of 4.5/5 Alexandra Kosteniuk is the sole leader during the rest day at the Cairns Cup in St. Louis. Valentina Gunina scored a sparkling win in round five against Marie Sebag. Three more rounds have been played in St. Louis sinc...
In yet another record-breaking Titled Tuesday held last Tuesday on Chess.com it was Russian top grandmaster Alexander Grischuk who swept the field with a superb 9.5/10 score. GM Federico Perez Ponsa of Argentina and IM Vugar Asadli of Az...
The Mumbai Movers won one of the most exciting matches of the week as the PRO Chess League's two Indian teams clashed. Elsewhere, carnage ensued as the league saw a surprising number of blowouts as the Pittsburgh Pawngrabbers, New York Marshalls...
After a year of absence, Magnus Carlsen is back as a participant of the Grand Chess Tour. The other 11 main players are Hikaru Nakamura, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Fabiano Caruana, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Ding Liren, Levon Aronian, Wesl...
The second round of the Cairns Cup in St. Louis was less spectacular in terms of results, but the 10 participants once again provided very interesting games. Bela Khotenashvili bounced back with a win over Elisabeth Paehtz. Bela Khote...
Some top women grandmasters tend to say that their chess is more exciting because they play fewer draws. That theory was supported some more in the first round of the inaugural Cairns Cup in St. Louis, with four out of five games ending decisively...
The World Chess Federation limited its cooperation with Agon/World Chess, announced the new Grand Prix series and provided details on the new Women's Candidates' tournament. Here's a round-up of recent FIDE news. Since Arkady Dvorkovich was elec...
After a shake-up of the standings in last week's Battle Royale, the PRO Chess League returns to its regular format for week five. The Atlantic and Pacific Divisions play on Wednesday beginning at 1:30 p.m. PT, while the Eastern and Central Di...
The PRO Chess League debuted its new Battle Royale format in week four. The different format and large number of points available significantly shook up the standings in most divisions. Some teams like the Webster Windmills and the Baden-Baden Sno...
After a stunning and unexpected final round in which all of the top three boards saw the underdogs prevail, 20-year-old Russian and newlywed GM Vladislav Artemiev won his game and the title of 2019 Gibraltar Chess Festival champion. His...
Round 10 of the 2019 Gibraltar Chess Festival is going to be a throwback. All the way back to Tuesday, when the 20-year-old GM Vladislav Artemiev was even two days younger. In yesterday's round nine, he retook sole possession of first place in t...
Stockfish added another Computer Chess Championship to its trophy rack, emerging as the winner of CCC 4: Bullet Brawl. The champion engine remains the winner of all Chess.com computer events, and now can claim dominance in the fastest time control...
There's been a slinky effect at the 2019 Gibraltar Chess Festival, with seemingly alternating rounds of a sole leader, followed by the leading score group bunching up again. After GM Vladislav Artemiev stretched the slinky by beating GM Hikaru N...
Today Vladimir Kramnik announced his retirement from classical chess. A few days after finishing in a tie for last place in Wijk aan Zee, the 14th world champion revealed that it was his last serious tournament. The announcement, published on th...
It has been 10 years since GM Hikaru Nakamura lost a classical game in Gibraltar. It has been never since a Swede beat a chess player as highly-rated as GM Wesley So. The top two Americans at the Gibraltar Chess Festival have both suffered losses ...
The PRO Chess League has always been known for its innovative formats. This Tuesday and Friday, we debut our first new format of 2019: Battle Royales! Diving into the action this week will be two PRO Chess League stars making their 2019 debuts, ...
For the seventh time in his career Magnus Carlsen won the Tata Steel Chess Tournament in Wijk aan Zee, the Netherlands. The Norwegian grandmaster held Anish Giri to a draw without much trouble today. Vladislav Kovalev promoted ...
Magnus Carlsen goes into the final round of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament with a half-point lead over his final round opponent Anish Giri. The Dutchman needs to win, and it's already clear that there won't be a playoff this year. We'...
A fortunate Anish Giri won his game in round 11 of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament thanks to his opponent Sam Shankland resigning in a drawn position. As a result, Giri caught Magnus Carlsen in first place as the latter drew hi...
The 2019 Grand Chess Tour will be the most aggressive expansion to date, according to a statement from the tour yesterday. Now entering its fifth year, the series of events had previously slimmed down at least in classical chess, but now while all...
Through three rounds, only one of the top 34(!) players at the 17th Gibraltar Chess Festival has proven himself as indestructible as the peninsula's famous rock. That would be GM David Navara of the Czech Republic. Overall, a mere five players out...
Week three of the 2019 PRO Chess League season featured probably the biggest regular season match in the league's history as the Montreal Chessbrahs and the Saint Louis Arch Bishops played back and forth match full of surprises, upsets, and post-s...
The hit Twitch chess show Sub-Saturdays will be hosted this week by special guest IM Sopiko Guramishvili who is currently hosting the Women's Speed Chess Championship alongside IM Anna Rudolf. Tune in this Saturday at 11:30 a.m. PDT on...
Magnus Carlsen managed to beat Vishy Anand deep down in a knight endgame to grab the sole lead at the Tata Steel Chess Tournament with three rounds to go. A spectacular 10th round, held in a church in Leiden, saw four more decisive ...
