GM Hikaru Nakamura's 2800+ live rating was short-lived as he lost today at the Zurich Chess Challenge to GM Viswanathan Anand, who took over the lead. Both Aronian-Caruana and Kramnik-Karjakin ended in draws. Anand defends his one-poin...
GM Alexander Grischuk suffered his first loss at the Tbilisi Grand Prix. The world number-two went down against GM Evgeny Tomashevsky, who is now the sole leader. GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov bounced back with a win as Black against G...
After winning his second game at the Zurich Chess Challenge, GM Hikaru Nakamura became the 10th player in history to break the 2800 mark in the live ratings. Nakamura defeated GM Sergey Karjakin in a tremendously sharp variation of the...
His first-round loss was quickly forgotten as GM Rustam Kasimdzhanov defeated GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov in round two of the Tbilisi Grand Prix. The other five games ended in draws. After two rounds, GM Alexander Grischuk, GM Evgeny...
For the first time in his career GM Anish Giri crossed the 2800 mark in the live ratings. The Dutchman defeated GM Peter Svidler in the first round of the Tbilisi Grand Prix. The other winners were GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, GM Evgeny T...
On Sunday GM Viswanathan Anand joined GM Hikaru Nakamura in the lead at the Zurich Chess Challenge. The Indian beat GM Levon Aronian. The games Kramnik-Nakamura and Karjakin-Caruana ended in draws. In the morning, chess ...
GM Fabiano Caruana was doing well, but then completely spoilt it and so GM Hikaru Nakamura was the only winner in the first round of the Zurich Chess Challenge. GM Levon Aronian missed a good chance in the final position and went for ...
GM Levon Aronian won the inaugural blitz tournament of the Zurich Chess Challenge on Friday. The classical part of the tournament begins on Saturday. Aronian won the small round robin with 4.0/5. He finished half a point ahead of GM Fabiano Caru...
Following the trend of top GMs participating in open tournaments, Azerbaijan's number-one GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov is the top seed at this year's Reykjavik Open. Mamedyarov is one of the two 2700 GMs who have already registered; t...
Just a few hours after he won the Gibraltar Masters, GM Hikaru Nakamura sat down with Chess.com for an interview. The U.S. grandmaster, who is back to being America's number-one player in the live ratings, looks back at his tournament. At t...
It was one of the strongest opens of the year, and one man was in fantastic shape. GM Ernesto Inarkiev won the Moscow Open with a splendid 8.0/9 score. Inarkiev won the main event of what was a huge festival in the Russian capital, held January ...
It wasn't the most convincing victory but it counts: GM Magnus Carlsen won the Grenke Chess Classic on Monday after beating GM Arkadij Naiditsch in a blitz playoff. The playoff was necessary after both players drew their games in the f...
After two unfortunate losses, GM Viswanathan Anand was the only winner in the penultimate round of the Grenke Chess Classic on Sunday. The Indian grandmaster defeated GM David Baramidze with the white pieces in what was the longest gam...
GM Magnus Carlsen defeated GM David Baramidze on Saturday and is now the co-leader at the Grenke Chess Classic together with GM Arkadij Naiditsch. GM Viswanathan Anand was doing well against GM Levon Aronian but again stumbled as he mi...
There must be something in the water in Baden-Baden, as today's round of the Grenke Chess Classic once again featured some fascinating struggles and daring play. Without a doubt the most anticipated matchup of the round was the reprise of the 20...
Drawing his final two games didn't stop GM Hikaru Nakamura from finishing clear first at the Gibraltar Masters. The American GM also won the tournament eight years ago. Photo John Saunders Nakamura finished on 8.5/10 (and earned £2...
Although today's round of the Grenke Chess Classic featured three (!) decisive games, the most exciting by far was Magnus Carlsen's wild affair against GM Arkadij Naiditsch. The Norwegian world champ continued his experimentation with the ...
Despite a field of more than 250 players in the "masters" section of the 2015 Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival, GM Hikaru Nakamura (7.5/8) is looking to shrink the 10-round Swiss into a 9-round affair. By winning today in round seven over...
Magnus Carlsen scored the first win of the 2015 Grenke Chess Classic super tournament today in Baden-Baden, Germany. Carlsen notched the tournament’s only full point in round two, defeating English GM Michael Adams in -- appropriatel...
Americans aren't supposed to be comfortable at "The Rock." The nickname for Alcatraz Island, formerly an impenetrable prison, luckily is also the moniker for another tiny landmass's most distinguishing feature. American GM Hikaru Nakamura surely...
GM Hikaru Nakamura started with 5.0/5 at the Gibraltar Masters. He leads alone at the half-way point. The Masters section of the 2015 Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival took off on Tuesday, January 27th — only two days after the Tata Steel...
The second edition of Millionaire Chess will return to Las Vegas from October 8-12, 2015 and now there are newer and cheaper ways to play for the $1,000,000 guaranteed prize fund. Organizers GM Maurice Ashley and Amy Lee have adopted "satellite"...
What's an instant cure to a last-place finish at Tata Steel Chess? Turn right around and win the fourth Titled Player Tuesday event on Chess.com -- and thanks to some issues with Chess.com's live chess server, win one more! Pocketing $1,000...
The Gibraltar Chess Festival is under way with GM Veselin Topalov, GM Hikaru Nakamura and GM Peter Svidler as the top seeds. Not a bad lineup at all. It's the 13th edition of the annual chess festival at “The Rock.” It...
