When GM Magnus Carlsen began with 5.5/6, crossed 2900, and took the sole lead in the 2024 Tata Steel Chess India Open Blitz it looked like another perfect day at the office, but the world number-one ended with a 20-move loss to GM Arjun Erigaisi…
Eight players have qualified for the Seirawan Chess Championship 2024 Knockout, the penultimate event of the Community Chess Championships. They are, in chronological order of when they qualified: Arian Rahimpour, IM Kacper Drozdowski, GM Mitrabha...
GM Aleksandra Goryachkina has won the 2024 Shymkent FIDE Women's Grand Prix, 130 Grand Prix points, and €18,000 after making a draw with IM Nurgyul Salimova in the final round for a 7/9 score. GM Tan Zhongyi finished just half a point behind ...
GM Anish Giri defeated IM Alice Lee, IM Ryo Chen, GM Shreyas Royal, and GM Andy Woodward 2.5-1.5 in the third edition of Kids vs. Stars 2024, a simul where he played all four of them at the same time. Never before has the Star…