It took tiebreaks to decide a winner in Freestyle Friday on November 21, with GM Pranesh M squeaking by GM Magnus Carlsen to claim his second Freestyle Friday in as many months.
Carlsen was the last perfect player in the field of 120, reac...
Nineteen-year-old GM Javokhir Sindarov's relentless pressure finally gave him a win over GM Frederik Svane as round five of the 2025 FIDE World Cup began. All the remaining games were drawn, with GM Levon Aronian surviving a fierce attack by GM Ar...
GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda, GM Hikaru Nakamura, and IM Renato Terry won the second week of 3 0 Thursday events, which were held on November 20. GM Magnus Carlsen almost secured his first 3 0 Thursday victory in the first session, but a final-round...
GM Wei Yi found a brilliant sacrificial line to escape against GM Andrey Esipenko in what GM David Howell called "one of the most fun draws I’ve seen throughout the whole 2025 FIDE World Cup so far." The other semifinal was also drawn, as GM...