GM Sam Shankland finished in clear first place at the masters tournament of the Biel Chess Festival. The American grandmaster's rating will rise to 2679, the highest in his career. It's been more than a week, but the Sinquefield Cup absorbe...
It took more than six hours today, but "Groundhog Day" in St. Louis is over. At the 2016 Candidates' Tournament, GM Anish Giri went a perfect 14-for-14 on draws. For 2.9 rounds, the field of 10 at the 2016 Sinquefield Cup unintentional...
The world championship match between GMs Magnus Carlsen and Sergey Karjakin will be held in the South Street Seaport in Lower Manhattan. “There was never any doubt about New York,” said Andrew Murray-Watson, communicatio...
If the 50 percent win rate in the first two days in St. Louis resembled a supersonic jet, the last two days have resembled Delta Airlines. Fans, like passengers, have been waiting in the Sinquefield Cup terminal for something to happen. For the ...
Shaba is love, Shaba is life. The popular GM Alexander Shabalov repeated last year's victory at the U.S. Open (held July 30-August 7), and once again, claimed the coveted spot at the U.S. championship. Shabalov's impressive 8.0/9 score was equal...
The results don't suggest it, but Sunday was not a day of rest at the 2016 Sinquefield Cup. Although all five games ended without a resignation or checkmate, the session may have been the most entertaining so far. GM Fabiano Caruana hurriedly ...
If round one of the 2016 Sinquefield Cup was a stroll across flat ground, then round two was rich with ups and downs. Almost no result could be taken for granted, with several games swinging a half-point, and one key game reversing ...
On Friday, GM Michael Adams won his fifth British Championship title in Bournemouth. The English grandmaster tied the record score of 10/11 set by GM Julian Hodgson in 1992. IM Jovanka Houska claimed the women's title. He doesn't ...
Last year's opening round of the Sinquefield Cup produced five winners from five games. The 2016 field couldn't replicate that kind of start, but that was just fine for those that held worse positions. At the end of play, only GM Veselin To...
The Association of Chess Professionals (ACP) has launched a petition against a proposal from the Russian Chess Federation that allows anyone who can raise enough money to become a challenger for the world championship. A few days ...
If the Fourth Annual Sinquefield Cup produces the same kind of tension and storylines as the first three editions, we're in for a fun two weeks. But before the games begin tomorrow, the players let their personalities show at today's autogr...
Ten of the world's top 18 players will compete at the 2016 Sinquefield Cup, the third leg of the Grand Chess Tour. In this preview, I look at head-to-head stats and recent games. While World Champion Magnus Carlsen opted out of the GCT...
Local favorites triumphed over traditional heavyweights as GM Jose Ibarra Jerez claimed sole first place in the late August Titled Tuesday and IMs Minh Tran and Christophe Sochacki shared first place in the early event. For both events, the m...
It's one of the strongest round robins in 2016, and it's just around the corner. On Friday the Grand Chess Tour resumes with the fourth Sinquefield Cup in St. Louis. Preview! Another preview by GM Robert Hess will be posted on Chess.co...
On Sunday, GM Anton Korobov achieved his second victory in a row at the Karpov Tournament in Poikovsky, Siberia. Like last year, he scored 6.0/9. This time it was enough for clear first. The Karpov Tournament is still go...
GM Matthias Bluebaum won the Xtracon Open in Elsinore, Denmark. He had the best tiebreak of the seven players finishing on 8.0/10. GMs Alexei Shirov and Bassem Amin finished second and third respectively. First held in 1979, ...
GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave beat GM Peter Svidler 3-1 in the classical portion of their match at the Biel Chess Festival. In doing so, the French GM's rating will be 2819 on the August FIDE rating list. All photos courtesy Biel...
Many cultures have nationally popular strategy games, but rarely do top chess players "cross the streams" and take other games seriously. That's not true of GMs Tiger Hillarp Persson and Alexander Morozevich, who long ago claimed ...
Due to health issues, GM Vladimir Kramnik has withdrawn from the Sinquefield Cup, which starts next week in St. Louis. GM Peter Svidler will replace Kramnik. Update: Svidler's visa has been granted so he's set and ready to play in S...
GM Vidit Santosh Gujrathi, who recently started working with GM Anish Giri, won the Lake Sevan tournament on Tuesday. The Indian player edged out GM Vladislav Artemiev on tiebreak. “I'm often asked how incredibly much I must have learned,&...
GM Grzegorz Gajewski is not just a good opening theoretician. By winning the strong Najdorf Memorial, he showed that he can also be a high-caliber, all-around grandmaster. At the moment, Grzegorz Gajewski is only Poland's 10th-ranked grandm...
Last week, friendly matches were played between Boris Gelfand and Ernesto Inarkiev, and between Ding Liren and Alexander Grischuk. Yesterday another match started in Biel; this one was between Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and Peter Svidler. It seems l...
The final round of the Bilbao Masters ended with three relatively quick draws. On Friday, Magnus Carlsen had already secured tournament victory with a round to spare. The players at the closing ceremony together with Councillor fo...
Magnus Carlsen finally managed to beat Anish Giri in a classical game. The victory also secured the Norwegian victory in the Bilbao Masters with a round to spare since the other two games were drawn. After losing hi...
