The 2022 Champions Showdown: Chess 9LX commenced at the Saint Louis Chess Club on Wednesday with three rounds of electrifying Chess960 (or Fischer Random) games, pitting the world's best chess players against each other on unfamiliar playing field...
The Chess.com Global Chess Championship commenced on Wednesday with the first batch of round of 64 matches. Former world champion Vladimir Kramnik and GM Sam Sevian swept their matches with perfect 3-0 scores. GM Eric Hansen upset World Number 21 ...
GM Jeffery Xiong and GM Dmitry Andreikin, the two players with more Titled Tuesday victories than anyone not named GM Hikaru Nakamura, both won another event on September 13. Meanwhile, brothers IM Mykola and GM Oleksandr Bortnyk finished second a...
This is a flash report to summarize the results. The full report will be published on this page soon.
After nine eventful rounds of play and lots of surrounding tumult, the 2022 Sinquefield Cup came to a conclusion on Sunday in Saint Louis.
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BOOM! If the somewhat flaccid round seven at the 2022 Sinquefield Cup was a disappointment, then round eight delivered in a big way.
Tournament leader GM Wesley So was taken down in a dramatic game by GM Alireza Firouzja. As GMs Ian Nepomniachtc...
The Chess.com Global Championship Knockout phase begins on September 14. An event that started with thousands of participants is down to a field of 64. In the next few weeks, there will only be 32, then 16, and then eight hopefuls. By November? On...
Kicking off Sept. 14, the Chess.com Global Chess Championship will see legendary chess players such as GM Viswanathan Anand, GM Vasyl Ivanchuk, GM Vladimir Kramnik, and GM Veselin Topalov compete against today's best (online) players, including GM...
GMs Matthias Bluebaum and David Navara advanced to the Qualifier 2 final of the 2022 Fischer Random World Championship on Tuesday. Practically every matchup featured wild games—from four queens roaming the board, to compelling rook sacrifice...
Round seven at the 2022 Sinquefield Cup seemed like the complete counterpoint to the exciting sixth round. Leader GM Wesley So had a bye but with no winners in Friday's round, nobody caught up to him.
So leads with four points from six games. GM...
It was a lively day at round six of the 2022 Sinquefield Cup. The first to put a full point on the scoreboard was GM Alireza Firouzja. Eventually, also GMs Levon Aronian and leader GM Wesley So scored victories.
This means that So remains i...