The Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis is hosting the U.S. Championship and U.S. Women's Championship for the seventh straight year, but they don't seem to be running out of locations for the opening ceremonies. They've used various...
A thrilling playoff on Tuesday decided that the final of the Women's World Championship in Sochi will be played between WGM Natalija Pogonina and IM Mariya Muzychuk. Photo Eteri Kublashvili. If we follow their titles, GM Harika Drona...
For the third time in a row Webster University won the Final Four College of Chess. It was held March 28-29 in New York. The winning team included GM Le Quang Liem, GM Ray Robson, GM Ilia Nyzhnyk and GM Vasif Durar...
On Monday GM Natalia Pogonina managed to level the score in her match with GM Pia Cramling. Both semifinals of the Women's World Championship in Sochi will be decided in tomorrow's playoff. Photo Eteri Kublashvili. “At the star...
The top group of the Aeroflot Open continues to see attacking chess. After three rounds GM Krishnan Sasikiran is the sole leader with three victories. Photo Boris Dolmatovsky. We saw two nice attacking wins for white in the report on...
On the first day of the Women's World Championship's semi-finals GM Pia Cramling defeated WGM Natalija Pogonina, who needs a win tomorrow to stay in the tournament. IM Mariya Muzychuk and GM Harika Dronavalli drew their game. Photo Nastja K...
It's hard to put it differently: GM Georg Meier wiped the floor with GM Sam Shankland in one of the most one-sided encounters in Death Match history. The German GM dominated in all three segments. Meier won Saturday's 31st Death Match ...
Top seed GM Humpy Koneru was eliminated by IM Mariya Muzychuk in today's playoff at the Women's World Championship in Sochi, Russia. WGM Natalija Pogonina and GM Pia Cramling also went through; they knocked out GM Zhao Xue and GM...
The resurrected Aeroflot Open took off on Friday in Moscow. Top seed GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov got off to a flying start, crushing GM Boris Savchenko in just 19 moves. Sponsored by Russia's airline Aeroflot, this open tournament has been hel...
GM Harika Dronavalli qualified for the semifinals of the Women's World Championship in Sochi, Russia. On Friday the Indian grandmaster made an end to IM Meri Arabidze's Cinderella story. The two players who needed a win both manag...
This is no April Fool's joke. The world's oldest national championship will commence with its strongest field ever on April 1 in St. Louis, Missouri. The 2015 U.S. Championship and 2015 U.S. Women's Championship will be twin 12-player round robi...
She seemed well on her way to score 7.0/7, but a blunder resulted in GM Humpy Koneru's first loss at the Women's World Championship in Sochi, Russia. The top seed was defeated today by IM Mariya Muzichuk of Ukraine. Russia is...
Women's World Champion GM Hou Yifan scored 5.5/6 on the second day of the 2015 Hawaii Chess Festival's GM Challenge. She won with 9.0/12. GM Hovhannes Gabuzyan took the first prize in the open. All photos ...
In the third round of the Women's World Championship in Sochi, Russia ex-world champions GM Alexandra Kosteniuk and GM Antoaneta Stefanova were among the eliminated players. Top seed GM Humpy Koneru started with six straight wins. ...
On Monday, chess world champions GM Magnus Carlsen and GM Garry Kasparov addressed the Norwegian parliament to promote chess in schools. All photos Sverre Chr. Jarild/Stortinget, CC. Norway's capital Oslo was the venue for a Monday m...
GMs Ju Wenjun, Irina Krush, Anna Ushenina and Tatiana Kosintseva are the biggest names who were eliminated in the second round of the Women's World Championship in Sochi, Russia. Photo Eteri Kublashvili. On Friday the SCC Galact...
One of the most interesting events of the year is currently taking place in beautiful Hawaii, where organizers have launched the 2015 Hawaii Chess Festival. The festival includes a strong open tournament, many chess related activities and side e...
GMs Elina Danielian, Hoang Thanh Trang, Natalia Zhukova and IM Elisabeth Paehtz were eliminated in the first round of the Women's World Championship in Sochi, Russia. The tournament, a 64-player knockout, started on Tues...
Calling it “a once-in-a-lifetime thing,” a modest GM Erwin l'Ami scored his career's best performance at the Reykjavik Open. With a splendid 8.5/9 the 29-year-old Dutch grandmaster secured tournament victory with a round to go, and s...
He loves to play in Reykjavik and this time it's going really well for GM Erwin l'Ami. With two rounds to go the amiable Dutch grandmaster is a full point clear of the pack. Every morning around 9 a.m., IM Alina l'Ami enters the top floor ...
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The Women's World Championship will be opened tomorrow in Sochi, Russia. In this 64-player knockout reigning world champion GM Hou Yifan is not defending her title. The Women's World Championship will run 17 March-7 April. The reason for th...
World Champion GM Magnus Carlsen visisted the Reykjavik Open today and joined the Chess.com live show for almost 45 minutes. After six rounds GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, GM Erwin l'Ami and GM Alexander Fier are tied for first place. Fo...
The annual Reykjavik Open is under way in the capital of Iceland. After four rounds, six players are tied for first place, including top seed GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov. GM Pavel Eljanov, GM Hjorvar Steinn Gretarsson, IM Jacek Stopa, GM&...
