The 2025 Paris Freestyle Chess Grand Slam entered the knockout stage today in a day dominated by a gambit that its creator didn't even get a chance to play! During joint analysis before the round GM Ian Nepomniachtchi realized that Black could mee...
Just days after celebrating his ninth birthday, CM Luca Protopopescu from France has made chess history. The prodigy from Marseille has become the youngest player ever to cross the 2200 FIDE classical rating mark, an achievement made by beating hi...
Hope you were watching Titled Tuesday on April 8, where GM Magnus Carlsen won the second tournament with a perfect 11/11 score. It was Carlsen's third perfect Titled Tuesday, moving him into the sole lead in that statistic ahead of GM Hikaru Nakam...
GM Arjun Erigaisi is back to world number-four on the April 2025 FIDE rating list after two wins in the German League saw him leapfrog GM Fabiano Caruana, who lost to GM Hikaru Nakamura in The American Cup. The truly spectacular Indian achievement...
GM Ju Wenjun has taken a 3-2 lead in the 2025 FIDE Women's World Championship after GM Tan Zhongyi's ambitious opening play backfired in game five. Ju dodged her opponent's preparation and was soon able to pick up a pawn. Tan almost got compensati...