A heavily decisive round one with four victories out of five games commenced the Cairns Cup 2023 on Saturday. GM Alexandra Kosteniuk scored her first-ever classical victory vs. GM Humpy Koneru, the second-highest-rated woman in the world. GM ...
GM Fabiano Caruana continues to surge in Norway Chess 2023 and in the world rankings after defeating GM Alireza Firouzja with Black in the classical game. He leads the tournament by four points (!) with 10.5/12 and overtakes Firouzja as number two...
Pavel Kirs, the organizer of one of the biggest open tournaments in the Czech Republic, was forced to make a U-turn after facing heavy criticism and intervention by FIDE as he initially refused to accept registrations from Ukrainians with military...
After winning his second classical game, against GM Aryan Tari, GM Fabiano Caruana extends his lead in Norway Chess 2023 to a point and a half above the field with 7.5/9.
Besides the aforementioned game, Thursday was a good day to play the ...
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Meet the Chesstice League: Mighty Martin, The Green Pawn, Deadlost, Blunder Woman, ...
After both winning with Black in their classical games, GMs Nodirbek Abdusattorov and Hikaru Nakamura are half a point behind GM Fabiano Caruana, who takes the sole lead in Norway Chess 2023 with 4.5 points after defeating GM Anish Giri in armaged...
GM Nihal Sarin won the early Titled Tuesday event on May 30 for his second tournament victory in a row after winning last week's late tournament as well. This week he scored 10.5 out of 11 points, one of the few players to achieve that score…
GMs Fabiano Caruana and Gukesh D, respectively, defeated the world number-one and number-two, GMs Magnus Carlsen and Alireza Firouzja, in the first round of Norway Chess 2023. With wins in the classical portion, they lead the tournament with 3 poi...
Chess.com is hosting a star-studded charity event with Lidé Haiti, a non-profit organization dedicated to empowering at-risk adolescent girls in Haiti. The June 2 event will be live-streamed on Twitch and bring together, among others, The O...
Just days after winning the ChessKid Cup, GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov finished in clear first at the Norway Chess Blitz 2023 on Monday. After a rocky start in half of the event with losses to GMs Magnus Carlsen and Hikaru Nakamura, Abdusattorov score...