Fabiano Caruana, Pavel Eljanov, Sergey Karjakin and Shakhriyar Mamedyarov started with wins in the first game of round three at the FIDE World Cup in Baku. Before the World Cup, the players could choose between two hotels: the Fairmont...
There aren't many chess tournaments where talking is allowed, let alone required. But that's just what Chess.com created with the first-ever Streamers Challenge Wednesday. For those of you that watched Norway Chess or the Sinquefield Cup, just thi...
On Wednesday, Sinquefield Cup winner Levon Aronian of Armenia was surprisingly ousted by Alexander Areshchenko of Ukraine in the round two tiebreak of the FIDE World Cup. “He is stronger than his rating,” Ernesto Inark...
Three players who started the FIDE World Cup's second round with a loss managed to level the score on Tuesday: Michael Adams, Sergey Karjakin and Yuri Vovk. Karjakin was praised by none other than Magnus Carlsen on Twitter. All ph...
It took 13 rounds and three tiebreaks, but eventually Russian GM Mikhail Antipov won the 2015 FIDE World Junior Under-20 Championship on his home turf. Polish GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda, who had been in sole possession of first for the last week (!) co...
Michael Adams, Sergey Karjakin, David Navara and Wang Hao started with losses and need to beat their lower-rated opponents tomorrow to stay in the FIDE World Cup. All photos courtesy of FIDE. The World Cup continued its gru...
The biggest names who left the FIDE World Cup after the round one tiebreaks are Boris Gelfand, Rustam Kasimdzhanov and Alexander Moiseenko. On Monday the second round starts in Baku. All photos courtesy of FIDE. And then there w...
Sure, we're midway into September, but it's not too late to look back on all the news we missed in August. Blame the Sinquefield Cup, the ongoing World Cup, and all the events in between. August had many events worthy of a mention, and below you...
Ni Hua, Gata Kamsky and Ray Robson are among the players who have to leave the FIDE World Cup in Baku after just one round. The favorites are through without needing a tiebreak. All photos courtesy of FIDE. After two days of play, 40...
The first day of the FIDE World Cup in Baku saw few big upsets; only two 2700 players started with losses. However, quite a few lower-rated players held their stronger opponents to a draw. All photos courtesy of FIDE. The first round...
On Thursday the 2015 FIDE World Cup was officially opened in Baku, Azerbaijan. For this edition the players are facing unprecedented anti-cheating measures — or so it seems. It's finally starting! The first round of the FIDE Worl...
The Sinquefield Cup is just over, but later this week almost all its participants can be found behind the chessboard again — at the Baku World Cup. Part of the world championship cycle, the FIDE World Cup is held every two years....
At the FIDE Congress in Abu Dhabi, UAE, Garry Kasparov and Ignatius Leong were found guilty of breaching the FIDE Code of Ethics for their conduct during the 2014 FIDE presidential elections. The 86th FIDE Congress was held Septem...
Earlier this week an amateur chess player was banned from the Imperia chess festival after suspicions of cheating, using morse code. This was reported by La Stampa and meanwhile picked up by dozens of media worldwide. 37-year-old Italian Ar...
Five rounds have been played at the World Junior U20 Championships (Open and Girls), currently under way in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia. GM Karen Grigoryan leads. Photo Vladimir Barsky. The 2015 FIDE World Junior Under-20 Championships (Open ...
You could be forgiven for considering the 2015 Sinquefield Cup as merely a prequel to other excitement in St. Louis (don't tell GM Levon Aronian that!). Two full days and three nights remained before the 10 players departed St. Louis. That ...
With two quick draws in the final rounds GM Daniel Naroditsky won an otherwise impressive Titled Tuesday tournament. The 13th edition included big names such as GM Dmitry Andreikin and GM Laurent Fressinet. A total of 114 pla...
“Levon Aronian is back,” was a much-heard phrase after the Armenian GM won the Sinquefield Cup. Back in the top 10 that is — he is the new world number seven. Hikaru Nakamura climbed to the number two spot with a n...
"They say the third time counts." GM Levon Aronian's numerology and precise play ended any drama in the final round of the 2015 Sinquefield Cup. That was just fine with him. "I should be the one playing for a win, but I'm very pragmatic," he sai...
Round eight of the 2015 Sinquefield Cup brought inclement weather. The rain washed away all the wins, which had been floating in all fortnight. Also gone were the queens -- none remained after 90 minutes. The "do nothing" round was just fine f...
On Sunday GM Nils Grandelius scored his career's best result, winning the strong Abu Dhabi Masters on tiebreak. The 22-year-old Swedish GM edged out GMs Martyn Kravtsiv, Baadur Jobava, Alexander Areshchenko and R...
The first two-thirds of the 2015 Sinquefield Cup portended a photo finish, but round seven suggested you may need a wide-angle lens. GM Levon Aronian used a painful lesson from two years ago to beat GM Hikaru Nakamura after a surprisingly l...
In round six of the 2015 Sinquefield Cup, the matchup of the leaders fizzled, but the race among the peloton exploded. Three players notched wins, but only one through resignation! GM Hikaru Nakamura played in the recent style of GM Levon A...
At the strong Abu Dhabi Masters, five players are tied for first place with three rounds to go: GMs Nils Grandelius, Martyn Kravtsiv, Alexander Areshchenko, Richard Rapport and Abhijeet Gupta. All photos courtesy of the Abu D...
