GM Teimour Radjabov knocked out GM Arjun Erigaisi on Wednesday, securing the last spot into the round of 16 at the Chess.com Global Championship.
This was an especially electrifying matchup of experienced contender vs. up-and-comer. In this corn...
GM Magnus Carlsen is back in the lead at the Julius Baer Generation Cup after scoring three wins and a draw on the third day of the preliminaries. GM Hans Niemann is still in contention of qualifying for the knockout phase and might be paired…
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On the second day of the Julius Baer Generation Cup, GM Magnus Carlsen sent waves through the chess world by playing just one move vs. GM Hans Niemann in their anticipated game before resigning.
GM Arjun Erigaisi leads the event with 17 points, ...
GM Hikaru Nakamura pulled off another Titled Tuesday sweep, his third, by scoring 9.5/11 in both of the day's events. This one may be his most impressive of the three, as GM Magnus Carlsen joined the field for both events. Carlsen finished fifth i...
The International Chess Federation has removed GM Ilya Smirin from his commentary job at the FIDE Women's Grand Prix in Astana, Kazakhstan for making sexist comments during a live broadcast. FIDE called the Israeli grandmaster's remarks "completel...