World Chess, the organizer and owner of the commercial rights of the FIDE Grand Prix, has contacted participants about their personal sponsorship. GMs Anish Giri and Vidit Gujrathi reacted on Twitter, suggesting World Chess is trying to get "a cut...
GM Ray Robson won the 2022 Puzzle Battle World Championship that concluded on Sunday.
By doing so, the 27-year-old grandmaster from St. Louis defended his title, which he has been holding since the 2020 Championship, and clinched a prize of $4,5...
15-year-old Eline Roebers became the first-ever female winner of the Untergrombach Open on Saturday. Still untitled, the very talented Dutch player defeated GM Vyacheslav Ikonnikov in the final round to finish in sole first place with 6.5/7.
Roe...
Chess.com is excited to announce the winners of the 2021 Chess.com awards! It was a year of massive growth for chess. In February, PogChamps 3 set the Chess.com record for the biggest live-streamed event ever—at one point even breaking the 1...
GM Hikaru Nakamura and GM Wesley So contested their third Speed Chess Championship Final match today, a much-anticipated duel after each secured thrilling semi-final victories. Nakamura defeated GM Ding Liren in armageddon in likely the most epic ...
GM Fabiano Caruana and GM Viswanathan Anand are the biggest names at the seventh Vugar Gashimov Memorial which got underway on Saturday. This year, the tournament is a combination of rapid and blitz chess.
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College chess is starting off the new year with an exciting annual classic: the Pan-American Intercollegiate Team Championship. This year, the tournament is returning to over-the-board just outside of Washington DC. Top college chess teams will be...
The first Titled Tuesday of 2022 went to GM David Howell on January 4. He scored 10/11 for an outright victory. In second place, also untied at 9.5/11, was GM Alexey Sarana. Meanwhile, seven players tied with nine points, with IM Pranav V in third...
Shortly after recovering from Covid, GM Nigel Short is back at the board in a tournament in Italy. He survived a lost position against a 14-year-old 1900-player whose phone went off. Meanwhile, top seed GM Anton Korobov has been showing some nice ...