GMs Shakhriyar Mamedyarov and Oleksandr Bortnyk found the keys to victory in Titled Tuesday on May 16. Mamedyarov won on tiebreaks over GMs Hikaru Nakamura and Nitzan Steinberg, while Bortnyk won outright by half a point over GM Matthias Bluebaum....
Every single game of the first round of the Nicosia FIDE Women's Grand Prix 2022-2023 ended decisively. With imaginative and fearless play, GM Tan Zhongyi defeated her fellow women's world champion GM Alexandra Kosteniuk. WGM Dinara Wagner's deter...
On the morning of Thursday, May 11, the chess world woke up to the unbearably sad news of the untimely death of 32-year-old WIM Sue Maroroa Jones, who represented New Zealand and England on the international stage.
In a heartbreaking announcemen...
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GM Caruana Fabiano won clear first at the Superbet Classic Romania 2023. Entering the last round a half point ahead of the field, he drew comfortably vs. GM Richard Rapport. The four compet...
The penultimate round of the Superbet Classic Romania 2023 ended on Sunday with one win and four draws, leaving GM Fabiano Caruana as the sole leader on 5/8 after GM Alireza Firouzja was defeated by GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda.
Threefold repetiti...
Eight players won the Olympic Esports Series 2023 Preliminaries after accumulating three match wins on Thursday and Friday: GMs Shant Sargsyan, Samvel Ter-Sahakyan, Oleksandr Bortnyk, Alexey Sarana, Bassem Amin, Maksim Chigaev, Ngoc Truong Son Ngu...
Chess.com’s premier online event showcasing the world’s top young talent, the Junior Speed Chess Championship, is back for 2023—and now with a record $50,000 prize fund.
The fourth edition of this fast and furious tournam...
Gotham Knights overcame Shanghai Tigers with a dominating score of 9.5-6.5 in the finals of the 2023 Pro Chess League. The Knights won the top prize of $25,000 while the Tigers settled for $20,000.
GM Vladimir Fedoseev sizzled for the Knights in...
In round seven of the Superbet Classic Romania 2023, GM Alireza Firouzja caught GM Fabiano Caruana, the tournament leader for the most of the event, defeating GM Ian Nepomniachtchi by breaking down his attempt at a fortress. The two are now tied f...
Shanghai Tigers convincingly routed Indian Yogis with a strong 9-7 score in spite of off-the-board inconveniences, while Gotham Knights crushed Team MGD1 in just three rounds to move into the finals of the 2023 Pro Chess League.
It was a poor da...