GM Fabiano Caruana won the 2025 Grand Chess Tour Finals to earn $150,000, with the runner-up GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave taking the second $100,000 prize. Vachier-Lagrave won the first game, but Caruana went on a rampage to win three games in a row ...
GM Pranesh M won Freestyle Friday (his first) with a round to spare on October 3, gliding to a 9.5/10 start in the field of 116 players. GM Oleksandr Bortnyk finished in second place with nine points after becoming the first player to finally beat...
WFM Anna Cramling is about to go around the world in four boards in the next episode of Kids vs. Stars! The popular streamer from Sweden will take on four kids from different continents in a clock simul on October 6, starting at 12 p.m.…
GM Judit Polgar, the greatest female chess player of all time, scored a 6-0 clean sweep in a simultaneous display as her Global Chess Festival celebrated its 11th edition. The event, staged on September 30 in Budapest, attracted thousands of visit...
Both matches in the 2025 Grand Chess Tour Finals enter the rapid and blitz portion with even scores. In the title match, GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave squeezed for a bit but got no advantage against GM Fabiano Caruana in a rook endgame. GM Praggnanand...