GM Wesley So won week 25 of the 2022 Rapid Chess Championship presented by Coinbase, defeating GM Ian Nepomniachtchi in a hard-fought final that culminated in an armageddon playoff.
GMs Hikaru Nakamura and Oleksandr Bortnyk made ...
GM Magnus Carlsen won the FTX Crypto Cup on Sunday despite losing his final match in a tiebreak to GM Praggnanandhaa R., who thereby secured second place in the tournament. GM Alireza Firouzja finished in third place.
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GM Ian Nepomniachtchi proved to be invincible, clinching the Grand Final of the 2022 Rapid Chess Championship presented by Coinbase on Sunday. He defeated GM Dmitry Andreikin, who had an incredible run, overcoming GMs Hikaru Nakamura and...
Chess has an incredible history that dates back more than a millennia. As one of the oldest board games, chess is surrounded by tradition and grand story. From it's origination in India to it's diffusion and evolution around the world, chess has c...
GM Magnus Carlsen increased his lead at the FTX Crypto Cup to two points on Saturday thanks to beating GM Alireza Firouzja in the tiebreak. The leader will face the runner-up in Sunday's final round: Praggnanandhaa R., who lost to GM Jan-Krzysztof...
Continuing with their good form in the event, Uzbekistan and Armenia prevailed over higher seeds Netherland and Spain respectively in the 11th and final round to tie for first-second places with 19 match points in the 44th FIDE Chess Olympiad, wit...
GM Ian Nepomniachtchi won the Winners Final of the 2022 Rapid Chess Championship presented by Coinbase on Saturday, defeating GM Hikaru Nakamura in an armageddon playoff. But it's not over yet! Nakamura will get a second chance in the Losers ...
The FTX Crypto Cup is no longer a two-horse race as both GMs Magnus Carlsen and Praggnanandhaa R. lost their matches in round five. Whereas Pragg went down in three games vs. GM Le Quang Liem, Carlsen took the sole lead as he got one…
GM Hans Niemann, ranked sixth in the world for juniors in live ratings, won week 24 of the 2022 Rapid Chess Championship presented by Coinbase, accomplishing the rare feat of winning both the knockout and Swiss in the same week.
GM Je...
The Winners Semifinals of the 2022 Rapid Chess Championship presented by Coinbase transpired on Friday in two colossal clashes that saw GMs Hikaru Nakamura and Ian Nepomniachtchi progress to the Winners Final.
GMs Wesley So and Vladimir Fed...