Three Indian players—GMs Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa, Dommaraju Gukesh, and Arjun Erigaisi—will play in the quarterfinals of the 2023 FIDE World Cup after scoring 1.5/2 in their respective round-five matches on Sunday. The trio will be...
On the first day of round five of the 2023 FIDE World Cup, GMs Dommaraju Gukesh and Arjun Erigaisi led the way for India's young stars after both scored wins with Black over GMs Wang Hao and Nils Grandelius, respectively. GMs Magnus Carl...
GM Daniel Naroditsky won Saturday's Bullet Brawl and the $400 first prize for the second week in a row ahead of a stacked field of titled players after scoring 63 wins, nine draws, and 13 losses (226 points). His closest rivals were unsurprisingly...
World number-two GM Hikaru Nakamura is out of the 2023 FIDE World Cup after losing to GM Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu in round four tiebreaks. The event is also over for Women's World Champion GM Ju Wenjun after she missed a trick against GM Elisabet...
World number-one Magnus Carlsen won on demand to keep his 2023 FIDE World Cup hopes alive despite gifting GM Vincent Keymer a huge chance to seal their match. GM Wesley So is out after failing to mount a comeback against GM Alexey Sarana, while GM...
GM Aleksandar Matanovic, the oldest living chess grandmaster, one of the great players during the golden age of Serbian chess, and co-founder of Chess Informant, died on Wednesday at the age of 93. Matanovic was born on May 23, 1930 in Belgrade,...
GM Magnus Carlsen is in danger of tumbling out of the 2023 FIDE World Cup after 18-year-old GM Vincent Keymer pounced on a blunder to beat the world number-one for the first time. GM Wesley So is also in a must-win position in Thursday's second ga...
WIM Sabrina Chevannes is exposing sexual harassment and misogyny in the chess world and says it caused her to quit playing the game professionally. A group of women players last week published a powerful message in an open letter where they say ...
What do GM Dmitry Andreikin, GM Denis Lazavik, GM Fabiano Caruana, GM Magnus Carlsen, GM Maksim Chigaev, GM Vladimir Fedoseev, GM Jose Martinez, FM Ivan Yeletsky, GM Levon Aronian, GM Alexey Sarana, GM David Paravyan, and IM Mahdi Gholami Orimi ha...
The wait is finally over—we finally know the pairings of the live in-person Finals of PogChamps 5. QTCinderella and Wirtual are the Consolation Bracket finalists, having defeated Daily Dose of Internet and Squeex. In the Championship Brack...
A 16-year-old Indian player has catapulted himself into the world elite and become an international master in a matter of just two months in what is described as an "exceptional" feat. Aaditya Dhingra from Gurugram, a city southwest of New Delhi...
It was a day of sad goodbyes as five players were eliminated from PogChamps 5. xQc won a tight match against Papaplatte, followed by three not-so-close match wins by Wirtual, QTCinderella, and I did a thing against Sykkuno, Jinnitty, and Tyler1 ...
The round three tiebreaks led to an unpleasant day for many of the higher-rated players in the 2023 FIDE World Cup, especially for GM Anish Giri, who was knocked out of the event by GM Nijat Abasov. GM Teimour Radjabov also fell at the hands of GM...
Chess in England is being given a massive boost in a move that is said to be "potentially transformational" for a nation where chess has struggled to gain attention for years. "The Great British Chess Revival" could begin this month, as U.K Prim...
In a dramatic affair, GM Javokhir Sindarov knocked GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave out of the 2023 FIDE World Cup in the second game of round three, while GM Fabiano Caruana and Women's World Champion GM Ju Wenjun came dangerously close to exiting the e...
GM Peter Svidler glided to victory over GM Jorden van Foreest, GM Magnus Carlsen displayed his incredible endgame skills, and GMs Daniele Vocaturo and Ivan Schitco pulled off wins against their higher-rated opponents in the third round of the 2023...
GM Daniel Naroditsky won first place and $400 in August's first Bullet Brawl on Saturday after scoring 74 wins and amassing a score of 275 in the two-hour arena. Previous winners GMs Jose Martinez and Oleksandr Bortnyk, who finished in second and ...
It was a day that seesawed between inspiration and shock at PogChamps 5. As the players fought it out in their brackets, some rose from the ashes of their former selves to emerge victorious while others played their final moves of the event. ...
It was a bad day for the world's strongest chess couple as GMs Alexander Grischuk and Kateryna Lagno were both knocked out of the 2023 FIDE World Cup in round-two tiebreaks. Grischuk lost to 17-year-old Iranian GM Bardiya Daneshvar, while Women's ...
Warning: This article mentions instances of sexual abuse that may be triggering for readers. A group of women chess players are fed up with sexist behavior and sexual violence in the chess world and decided to send a strong message in an open le...
PogChamps 5 continued with another action-packed day. QTCinderella fought for redemption by checkmating Papaplatte twice to win their match. xQc then proved that chess is harder than League of Legends as he defeated Tyler1 in a possible prequel ...
Singapore's GM Tin Jingyao, seeded 120 in the 2023 FIDE World Cup, knocked out ninth seed GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov in a dramatic day of round-two action. A dark horse to win the event, GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov, fell to 112th seed GM Vahap Sanal, w...
The sixth day of PogChamps 5 was full of mercilessness and confusion—it also featured some of the most unbelievable moments in chess history. Wirtual defeated Daily Dose of Internet in a "meaningless match." Papaplatte defeated Fuslie, and...
World top-five GMs Magnus Carlsen, Fabiano Caruana, and Ian Nepomniachtchi all won, while Hikaru Nakamura was frustrated with a draw, as round two of the 2023 FIDE World Cup began. It was a good day for Indian chess, with GM Praggnanandhaa Rameshb...
