GM Hikaru Nakamura became the first player to win five Freestyle Friday on July 4 after scoring an undefeated 10/11, following his first perfect run in last week's edition. Nakamura has now gone 29 games without a loss in Freestyle Fridays, with h...
World Champion Gukesh Dommaraju has done it again, beating world number-one Magnus Carlsen from a losing position to take the sole lead in the 2025 SuperUnited Croatia Rapid & Blitz. "Now we can question Magnus' domination," said 13th World Ch...
Armenian chess is in mourning following the passing of GM Tigran Nalbandian, a beloved coach and player who played a central role in the rise of chess in his nation over the last two decades.
Nalbandian died of a heart attack last week in ...
World Champion Gukesh Dommaraju and world number-one Magnus Carlsen will meet again on day two of the 2025 SuperUnited Croatia Rapid & Blitz after ending day one tied for the lead on 4/6 together with GMs Wesley So and Jan-Krzysztof Duda. Guke...
With summer now in full swing (in the northern hemisphere), the July 1 Titled Tuesday events were both heated competitions, each ending in a three-way tie. After tiebreaks, GM Pranav Venkatesh and GM Parham Maghsoodloo emerged as the victors. GM P...
GM Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu, on the way to winning the 2025 UzChess Cup, has gained 12 points to rise to world number-four and Indian number-one. At Norway Chess 2025 earlier in the month, GM Fabiano Caruana gained seven points to jump back to wo...
The FIDE Ethics & Disciplinary Commission (EDC) has upheld the US Chess Federation's one-year suspension of GM Christopher Yoo, and extended it to a global level, barring him from all FIDE-rated events until November. In addition, the 18-year-...
GM Hikaru Nakamura cruised to victory in Saturday's Bullet Brawl, posting a score of 184 to finish 40 points ahead of IM Renato Terry and a further two ahead of GM Eric Hansen. The win, which earned Nakamura $400, brought up 42 career titles, eigh...
GM Alireza Firouzja defended his title as the bullet chess champion by defeating GM Oleksandr Bortnyk 19.5-5.5 in the 2025 Bullet Chess Championship Grand Final. It was a dominant showing, as the French number-one won every match by a margin of 10...
GM Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu is Indian number-one and world number-four after a stunning comeback saw him beat GMs Arjun Erigaisi and Nodirbek Abdusattorov in the final rounds before winning the 2025 UzChess Cup Masters in tiebreaks over GM Javokh...