IM Carissa Yip won the Cairns Cup 2025 on Thursday after drawing a dramatic final game with IM Alice Lee, who needed a win for a GM norm. A draw was enough for Yip to score her second GM norm instead, with a 2614 performance…
GMs Yu Yangyi, Hans Niemann, Vladimir Fedoseev, and Denis Lazavik are two steps closer to booking a spot at the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Las Vegas tournament, having progressed to Friday's Play-In semifinals.
Niemann, who defeated former world...
GM Magnus Carlsen tops the first-ever Freestyle Chess rating list, hitting the 2900 barrier after dominating the chess variant in his latest events.
Already the world number-one in FIDE's official classical, rapid, and blitz ratings, the 3...
Round eight of the Cairns Cup 2025 has set up a dramatic final round. After putting up her fourth consecutive win, against GM-elect Bibisara Assaubayeva, IM Carissa Yip leads the event. She'll face her compatriot and friend, IM Alice Lee, in a bit...
Grandmasters Rasmus Svane, Denis Lazavik, Pranesh M, and Martyn Kravtsiv advanced from the Swiss stage to the knockouts in the hopes of reaching the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Las Vegas tournament. In tomorrow's knockout stage, they will be joined...
A week after GMs Hans Niemann and Magnus Carlsen won Titled Tuesday on June 10, Titled Tuesday on June 17 was won by... Carlsen and Niemann. This week, Carlsen scored 10.5 points in the early event, winning by a full point ahead of GMs A...
After yet another shakeup at the Cairns Cup 2025, we have three leaders: GM Koneru Humpy, IM Carissa Yip, and IM Alice Lee. Yip defeated Humpy, while Lee took down second-place IM Alina Kashlinskaya.
All three draws featured a winning advantage ...
Justin Reid moved from the Chiefs to the Saints in the offseason, but over the chessboard, nothing has changed. He confidently defended his title to become the first ever repeat winner of BlitzChamps IV, the tournament to decide the NFL's best che...
After a rest day, the players returned to the Cairns Cup 2025 ready to fight in round six. Every game was decisive, and the bloodbath left GM Koneru Humpy on top. She defeated her co-leader and countrywoman GM Harika Dronavalli, while the other co...
Players can now register for their last shot at making it to this year's Esports World Cup (EWC). Featuring a whopping $1,500,000 prize fund, the inaugural chess event in the Esports World Cup arena is attracting some of the world's strongest play...