Vishy Anand is yet again back in shared first place after beating Sergey Karjakin at the Candidates' Tournament today. He still has a worse tiebreak than Fabiano Caruana (mutual score), who drew with but could have beaten ...
What happens when a leading comedian hosts a talk show, invites a U.S. presidential candidate, and creates a panel comprising a female grandmaster and two imposters? This month's "In Other News" once again covers the gamut of the weird, extraord...
Chances have increased that Magnus Carlsen will face a local player in New York in November. Fabiano Caruana today defeated Vishy Anand and leapfrogged the Indian at the Candidates' Tournament's standings. With their mutual score ...
In a trade of co-leaders, Vishy Anand defeated Levon Aronian and took over his shared first place at the Candidates' Tournament. The other leader, Sergey Karjakin, drew with Hikaru Nakamura today. After seven hours and seven minutes o...
In the second clash between the two U.S. grandmasters Fabiano Caruana defeated Hikaru Nakamura. The eighth round of the Candidates' Tournament saw another escape for Sergey Karjakin, although he was probably winning earlier in his game w...
As we reach the conclusion of the first half of the 2016 FIDE Candidates, Sergey Karjakin and Levon Aronian kept their narrow edge over the field, drawing an interesting game today to reach 4.5/7. The bulk of the standings did not...
The 31st Reykjavik Open saw a double Indian success with GM Abhijeet Gupta winning the main event and IM Tania Sachdev scoring her second GM norm. All photos by Lennart Ootes. The bigger part of the 31st Reykjavik Open, held 8-16 March, w...
On the longest and most dramatic day so far Levon Aronian joined Sergey Karjakin in the lead at the Candidates' Tournament. Aronian beat Hikaru Nakamura who was forced to make a fatal 74th move with his king after he had touched it. In the sa...
After four draws in round five of the Candidates' Tournament Sergey Karjakin is still a half point ahead of the pack. When you hold a big chess event in the capital of Russia you'll be assured of one thing: grandmasters dropping ...
In a thrilling overtime finale, GM Francisco (Paco) Vallejo Pons upset GM Ruslan Ponomariov in Death Match 37. As per the now well-trodden rules, Death Match 37 consisted of 90 minutes at the time control of five minutes plus...
Sergey Karjakin is the clear leader after four rounds of play at the Candidates' Tournament. Today the Russian GM defeated Viswanathan Anand to reach 3.0/4. Only a slightly colder day in Moscow (the temperature went a few degrees below...
She only needed a draw but won the final game as well. On Monday Hou Yifan convincingly regained her world championship title by beating Mariya Muzychuk 6-3 in the 2016 Women's World Championship Match in Lviv, Ukraine. Photos by&...
Losing his second game in three rounds, Veselin Topalov helped Levon Aronian to catch Viswanathan Anand and Sergey Karjakin in the lead. Monday is a rest day at the Candidates' Tournament. Beforehand, more or less anyone could win the...
With an incorrect combination Hikaru Nakamura blundered a piece today and lost his second-round game to Sergey Karjakin at the Candidates' Tournament. The other three games ended in draws. You can talk about strategy and positiona...
Viswanathan Anand is the early leader of the Candidates' Tournament. The winner of the previous edition started with a win in Moscow: he beat Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria. Will this be deja vu all over again? Will Vishy Anand ...
The 31st Reykjavik Open is underway in the Icelandic capital. After three rounds, 11 players are still on a perfect score, having survived the grueling double rounds on Wednesday. Tomorrow the Candidates' Tournament starts in Moscow, but with an...
Chess.com is pleased to announce the date and details for the Grandmaster Blitz Battle Championship Qualifier. The winner will play Magnus Carlsen in the first round of the championship bracket. Date: May 31 at 10 am PT Fo...
GM Hou Yifan achieved a major breakthrough with a win against GM Mariya Muzychuk in game six of the 2016 Women's World Championship Match. After confident draws in games three through five, Muzychuk looked to be stabilizing the match after her l...
The organizer of the FIDE Candidates' Tournament, which starts Friday in Moscow, has shocked chess websites with the announcement that its live games will be available exclusively on the tournament website. This is not your ordinary to...
Now in its 13th edition, the extremely competitive Aeroflot Open is currently taking place in Moscow, Russia. This event, sponsored by the Russian airline Aeroflot, is famous for having three groups: A (Open to 2549+ [!] with a few excep...
Hou Yifan maintained her one-point lead against Mariya Muzychuk in the world championship match in Lviv as games three and four both ended in draws. A ten-game match is over before you know it and so the draws in games three and f...
The IMSA Elite Mind Games were held from February 25th to March 3th in Huai'an, China. Like in previous years the players battled in blitz, rapid and the Basque system, playing two games at the same time against one opponent. Huai'an is a city o...
It was a splendid day to be a Titled Tuesday favorite as top seed GM Hikaru Nakamura claimed sole first place in the late event and second seed GM Dmitry Andreikin garnered his own confident first place in the early event. As...
On Thursday, Hou Yifan grabbed the lead in her world championship match with reigning champion Mariya Muzychuk. The challenger won the second game after drawing the first. From March 1-18, the Women's World Championship between M...
