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...
In the final round before the rest day at the 2015 Sinquefield Cup, the players did anything but rest. For the first time all event, GM Veselin Topalov no longer has a piece of the lead. He lost today to GM Fabiano Caruana, who took 96 hours lon...
This year's World Rapid and Blitz Championship will be held October 9-14 in Berlin, Germany. This was announced earlier this week by FIDE's commercial partner Agon. The venue will be the Bolle Meierei. | Photo Wikipedia. Last Tuesday, 45 days ...
If Wesley Snipes provided commentary for round four of the 2015 Sinquefield Cup, his line would have been queued up: "Always bet on Black." Today GM Levon Aronian routed GM Wesley So with the black pieces, and in a similar attacki...
On Sunday, the Vienna Open was sensationally won by 16-year-old IM Francesco Rambaldi. Alongside the tournament, GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov beat GM Markus Ragger 3.5-2.5 in a friendly match. All photos by Gerhard Peyrercourtesy of the W...
Maybe we've been getting spoiled. Round three of the 2015 Sinquefield Cup produced "only" two winners and lacked any clock-banging or sudden finishes. It was more a day for lovers of endgames. GM Magnus Carlsen benefitted from being ab...
In a competition where several 2700s and one ex-FIDE world champion played, it was Solvay, with three Indian GMs, that emerged as the winner at the Spanish Team Championship. Although the famous tournament ceased to exist years ago, th...
If poker is long periods of boredom followed by moments of sheer terror, then today chess was too. GMs Fabiano Caruana and Magnus Carlsen proved it. "The position wasn't very complicated for a long time," Caruana said about his round-two game at...
Last Thursday, FIDE published the names of the 128 participants of the World Cup, next month in Baku, Azerbaijan. Of the top players only Carlsen and Anand are missing. Below we give the full list, as taken from the official website. Right aft...
So much for dipping your toes into the water. In the opening round of the 2015 Sinquefield Cup on Sunday, all fives games produced victories, giving the packed house of chess fans storylines at every turn. Choose your top happening of the day: ...
Although the pairings for the 2015 Sinquefield Cup in St. Louis didn't come out until Saturday evening, the 10 players each had several other obligations first. At noon local time, they each sat down for a two-hour autograph session with more th...
Tired of missing your favorite Chess.com television show? Don't know how to have a social life with shows on every evening? Chess.com has the fix. Starting next week, all Chess.com/TV programs will take place back-to-back-to-back ...
GM Li Chao of China defeated GM Peter Leko of Hungary 4-2 in a friendly match held in Szeged, Hungary. The Chinese player won two games and drew the other four. The match was organized by the city of Szeged and the Hungarian Chess Fede...
GM Evgeny Tomashevsky and WGM Aleksandra Goryachkina are the new Russian champions, as the winners of the Russian Championship Superfinal in Chita, Russia. Goryachkina's victory can be called sensational. The title of “best ...
With eight players from the current top 10, the third edition of the Sinquefield Cup will yet again be one of the strongest tournaments ever held. It is the second of three tournaments in the inaugural Grand Chess Tour. The third Sinquefie...
On Sunday, GM Alexei Shirov won the fifth edition of the Riga Technical University Open in Latvia. The Latvian grandmaster edged out Robert Hovhannisyan of Armenia on tiebreak after both finished on 7.5/9. Phot...
Both sections in the Russian Championship Superfinal have two clear leaders with three rounds to go: GM Evgeny Tomashevsky and WGM Aleksandra Goryachkina. The latter will face GM Alexandra Kosteniuk on Tuesday. Earlier t...
GM Wesley So, the wildcard in the Sinquefield Cup that starts next weekend, participated in the Turkish League where he scored three wins, six draws and one loss. All photos courtesy of the Turkish Chess Federation. A previ...
On August 9th Viswanathan Anand played a friendly (blindfold) blitz game against a blind opponent in Chennai, on the occasion of the launch of the Algorithms documentary. It was a fitting way to launch a documentary, from India, about...
In a recent interview for US Chess, Boris Gelfand shared some memories about training with Albert Kapengut. Below you'll find some quotes, and the full interview embedded. At the invitation of Long Island Chess Mates, which runs the Summer Chess...
Two teenagers are doing great at the 68th Russian Championship Superfinal in Chita. Both 17-year-old GM Vladislav Artemiev and 16-year-old WGM Aleksandra Goryachkina are in shared first place. The open gro...
He was the top seed by a small margin, but won convincingly. On Saturday, GM Baadur Jobava of Georgia finished in clear first place at the Hogeschool Zeeland tournament in Vlissingen, half a point ahead of Dutch IM Jorden ...
One experienced GM and one rising star top the field after four rounds at the 68th Russian Championship Superfinal in Chita, Russia. Evgeny Tomashevsky and Vladislav Artemiev are on 3.0/4. It's high time to return to the...
Most players wouldn't consider 8.5/9 to be "perfect" but don't tell that to GM Alex Shabalov. After missing two consecutive U.S. championships, one of the most decorated American players in recent memory made it his goal to return. He ...
