GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave won Division II of the of the Champions Chess Tour Chess.com Classic 2024, earning $15,000, 50 tour points, and automatic entry into Division I of the next event. Although GM Wesley So won on demand to reach the match res...
The hardest hitting event in chess is back: the mighty BlitzChamps, which pits NFL superstars against each other to find football’s top chess player.
BlitzChamps III kicks off on May 22 with $100,000 at stake for charity, and that all-impo...
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GM Alireza Firouzja eliminated GMs Jan-Krzysztof Duda and Vincent Keymer to reach the Champions Chess Tour Chess.com Classic 2024 Division I Grand Final. On Wednesday, he ...
GM Levon Aronian recently wrote, “the FIDE Circuit is kind of a joke,” with GM Anish Giri replying to describe it as “completely broken.” 2023 FIDE Circuit Winner GM Fabiano Caruana, described the system, which will determi...
GM Pranav V won the strong Masters section of the inaugural Dubai Police Global Chess Challenge, held May 4-12 in Dubai. The 17-year-old grandmaster from Bangalore edged out GM Aravindh Chithambaram on tiebreak, both with seven points, to win the ...
GM Magnus Carlsen defeated GM Vincent Keymer in the Champions Chess Tour Chess.com Classic 2024 Division I Winners Final. In the Losers Semifinals, GMs Alireza Firouzja and Jan-Krzysztof Duda respectively eliminated GMs Denis Lazavik and Ian Nepom...
World number-one Magnus Carlsen posted an incredible 10-game winning streak to overhaul GM Wei Yi and win the 2024 Superbet Rapid & Blitz Poland despite starting the day 2.5 points behind. Carlsen caught Wei by beating him in the fourth round ...
GM Hikaru Nakamura's commanding Bullet Brawl run continued after the now-24-time winner picked up his third straight $400 first prize on Saturday. Facing a field of bullet chess titans including GMs Oleksandr Bortnyk, Nihal Sarin, and Daniel Narod...
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GMs Magnus Carlsen and Vincent Keymer prevailed in the Winners Semifinals in Division I of the Champions Chess Tour Chess.com Classic 2024. Carlsen won with his uncanny ability to turn draw...
"I just sucked, honestly" said GM Magnus Carlsen about his play after losing his first game in the 2024 Superbet Rapid & Blitz Poland, to GM Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu. He blundered a queen and lost the next game as well, but his 6/9 blitz scor...