Contrary to IM Levy Rozman's prediction the day before, IM Eric Rosen and WGM Nemo Zhou (Oh Yes My Queen) swept IM Sagar Shah and IM Tania Sachdev (Check De India) 2-0 in the 2024 Team Chess Battle 2 Semifinals. Game one was the critical...
GM Pepe Cuenca and IM David Martinez ("Ratata Spanish Squad") defeated IM Kostya Kavutskiy and IM David Pruess ("ChessDojo") 2-0 in the third quarterfinal match of the 2024 Team Chess Battle 2. They slew the King's Indian Defense with a slow squee...
GM Arjun Erigaisi is just one win away from crossing 2800 after winning the first game of his 2024 WR Chess Masters Cup Semifinal and then surviving a scare in the second when GM Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu missed a win on his last move. Arjun now…
The Saint Louis Chess Club has expelled GM Christopher Yoo from the 2024 U.S. Championship, saying in a statement after round five that the 17-year-old was guilty of "gross violations" of the event's "Code of Conduct" and the "US Chess Safe Play P...