GM Sergey Karjakin moved to shared second place at the Grand Prix in Khanty-Mansiysk after beating GM Evgeny Tomashevsky in 99 moves. A big blunder from GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave cost him the game against GM Dmitry Jakovenko. Phot...
On Saturday, GM Garry Kasparov received an honorary doctor of law degree from Saint Louis University. The former chess champion addressed this year's graduates during SLU's spring commencement. “If you always have a dream, t...
Going into the first rest day GM Fabiano Caruana is the sole leader at the Khanty-Mansiysk Grand Prix. On Sunday the 22-year-old grandmaster beat GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave with black. All other games were drawn. Photo Kirill Merkurev. ...
In round three of the Khanty-Mansiysk Grand Prix GM Evgeny Tomshevsky lost his first ever game in the GP series. He faced a strong novelty by GM Fabiano Caruana and was gradually outplayed. Later GM Peter Svidler jo...
GM Jon Ludvig Hammer has qualified for the 2015 Norway Chess tournament by winning the EnterCard Chess Qualifier in Oslo on Friday night. A four-move draw in the final round was a small letdown in an otherwise very successful e...
In round two of the Khanty-Mansiysk Grand Prix GM Leinier Dominguez joined GM Evgeny Tomashevsky in the lead. The Cuban beat GM Dmitry Jakovenko whereas Tomashevsky missed a clear win (even mate in 10!) in time trouble against GM Alexand...
Earlier this week FIDE threatened to exclude the Bulgarian Chess Federation after Silvio Danailov called them “not competent and professional enough.” Meanwhile, he has appealed at CAS to a ruling from the FIDE Ethics Commission. ...
The winner of the previous Grand Prix, GM Evgeny Tomashevsky, started with a lucky win today against GM Baadur Jobava in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia. He leads together with his compatriot GM Dmitry Jakovenko, who beat GM Anish Giri. The other ...
The final stage of the 2014-2015 FIDE Grand Prix series takes off today in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia. At stake are two spots in the 2016 Candidates Tournament. You can watch this tournament every day on www.chess.com/tv with commentary by GMs...
After three rounds GMs Laurent Fressinet and Jon Ludvig Hammer top the standings at the EnterCard Chess Qualifier for the 2015 Norway Chess tournament. GM Magnus Carlsen has a new role there: he is a commentator. Since it is ...
GM Anish Giri beat Chess.com members 9-1 in his Nepal fundraiser simul on Sunday. More important, over $5,000 of donations were collected. On Sunday top grandmaster Anish Giri played a simul on the Chess.com server against ten opponents. These C...
[See two updates below the article.] GM Fabiano Caruana will switch federations from Italy to the USA. This was announced by the USCF and later confirmed by Caruana on Twitter. Half a year after GM Wesley So changed federations to the USA, it...
An off-form GM Hou Yifan dropped 10.5 Elo points at the Nakhchivan Open. In the live ratings she's still ahead of GM Judit Polgar, who was in Spain this weekend promoting chess. With almost 100 Elo points more than her female rivals, i...
“Arguably the best-ever chess-themed film,” wrote GM Ian Rogers about The Dark Horse, a film about courage and hope (and chess!) that is currently playing in European cinemas. The Dark Horse (IMDB, 2014) is a New Zealand drama f...
FIDE has announced that GM Sebastien Feller, who was banned from chess for three years after a cheating scandal, can participate in FIDE rated events again. Photo Wikipedia. On Wednesday a short statement was published on the FIDE websit...
With GM Vladimir Kramnik and GM Levon Aronian on top boards, Siberia of Novosibirsk won the Russian Team Championship on Thursday. All photos Vladimir Barsky courtesy of the Russian Chess Federation. After the second Anand-Carlsen ma...
To share something with only six people in the world is quite special. IM Yochanan Afek can say so: he has earned the grandmaster title for endgame composition. IM Yochanan Afek is a well-known player, trainer, endgame study composer and wr...
GM Hikaru Nakamura and the "other" Kacparov, IM Kacper Drozdowski, tied for first with 7.5/9 in Titled Tuesday 9 today. Without a bit of fortune, or in Nakamura's case, misfortune, Nakamura would have been clear of everyone. The field today incl...
More than 7,000 people lost their lives in the devastating earthquake in Nepal. You can help the recovery effort, and play chess at the same time: On May 10, Chess.com will host an online fundraiser simul by top GM Anish Giri. One hun...
Obiettivo Risarcimento won the Italian Team Championship on Sunday, but less convincingly than expected. A last-minute substitute worked out well: GM Hikaru Nakamura won an important game as Black in a King's Indian. A number of top GMs are...
The two strong tournaments in Biel and Dortmund, both traditionally held in July, have announced their field of participants well in advance. The Sparkassen Chess Meeting will take place 27 June - 5 July (so a bit earlier than normal) in Do...
“People are too inconsistent, but I don’t understand why,” said GM Magnus Carlsen yesterday in an interview with NRK. He still did not want to reveal his new second — a 2700 player who...plays decent basketball. A p...
GM Viswanathan Anand climbed to second place in the May 1 FIDE rating list. GM Magnus Carlsen is getting close to his all-time best rating. Now that a super tournament is just behind us, it's interesting to look at the new FIDE rating ...
A chess player was caught cheating at the Dr. Hedgewar Open in New Delhi. The 1500-player, who beat several much stronger opponents, was caught after round five carrying two mobile phones strapped to his legs. Photos by...
