Aerial Powers, WNBA Champion and co-owner of Team Liquid (who will be represented at the Esports World Cup this summer by GMs Magnus Carlsen and Fabiano Caruana), appeared with FM James Canty III and others at the Center of Science and Industry (C...
GM Anna Muzychuk has won the 2025 Grosslobming FIDE Women's Grand Prix on tiebreaks over GM Zhu Jiner, but said afterward, "it has never been so sad to win an event." Anna made a draw against GM Vaishali Rameshbabu which would have given her ...
GM Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu broke into the sole lead just before the final round of the Superbet Chess Classic Romania 2025. He defeated GM Wesley So from the black side of a Benko Gambit. There was one more decisive result: World Champion Gukesh...
GM Christopher Yoo won the May 9 Freestyle Friday, scoring 10.5 points and securing outright victory with a round to spare. Only a draw in round five against GM Ian Nepomniachtchi kept Yoo from the first perfect 11/11 score in tournament history. ...
Draws for the leading trio of GMs Anna Muzychuk, Zhu Jiner, and Tan Zhongyi in the penultimate round of the 2025 Grosslobming FIDE Women's Grand Prix left the standings unchanged, but mean Zhu has booked a FIDE Candidates spot, while Tan miss...
GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov defeated GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda in the only decisive game of round seven in the Superbet Chess Classic Romania 2025. He is now in a group of four players who are a half-point behind the leaders. With draws in all the other ...
At Titled Tuesday on May 13, GM Magnus Carlsen tied for first place in both events, winning the first one on tiebreaks before GM Hans Niemann took home the second tournament. GM Hikaru Nakamura, meanwhile, broke one of his own (and Chess...
The Czech-German grandmaster Vlastimil Hort, the strongest Czech-born chess player between the eras of GMs Richard Reti and David Navara, a former world number-six, a candidate for the world championship, and a commentator renowned for his wit and...
It's the first tournament of its kind: CoachChamps, where eight coaches select will each draft four students with the goal of guiding their students to victory! We previously announced half of the coaching field and the format, but now it's time t...
The International Chess Federation (FIDE) has introduced significant changes for the 2025 World Blitz Championship in Doha, Qatar, most notably, a new rule to ensure the tournament ends with a clear winner.
FIDE's move, announced Tuesday, comes ...