IM Mai Narva of Estonia convincingly triumphed in the second qualifier of the 2024 Julius Baer Women's Speed Chess Championship by winning the Knockout stage of the second Play-In after defeating WFM Hong Nhung Nguyen of Vietnam in the finals with...
GM Hikaru Nakamura will lead the new American Gambits team when the Global Chess League returns for a second season, to be held this October in London. The other Icon players leading their teams are GMs Magnus Carlsen, Viswanathan Anand, Ian Nepom...
GMs Jose Martinez and Jeffery Xiong were the victors in the August 13 editions of Titled Tuesday, Martinez finally breaking into the TT winners column in 2024 after coming close several times. "Ready for London," an apparent reference to his ...
GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave led the 2024 Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz after day one, but GMs Alireza Firouzja and Ian Nepomniachtchi caught up to him to join a three-way tie after six rounds. Of the other seven players, GM Fabiano Caruana was the o...