World number-one Magnus Carlsen beat world number-two Hikaru Nakamura 1.5-0.5 in the Final to win the 2025 Paris Freestyle Chess Grand Slam and take the Tour lead with 40 points and $300,000 in prize money. Let's look at some conclusions from the ...
GM Zhu Jiner and IM Divya Deshmukh won their second games on Tuesday and lead the 2025 Pune FIDE Women's Grand Prix with a perfect 2/2 score. Whereas Zhu needed 66 moves to grind down IM Batkhuyag Munguntuul in a rook endgame, Divya was the f...
The 2025 Pune FIDE Women's Grand Prix saw an action-packed first round on Monday with four decisive games. GM Zhu Jiner, IM Polina Shuvalova, IM Divya Deshmukh, and IM Batkhuyag Munguntuul all won against GM Harika Dronavalli, IM Alina Kashlinskay...
India's most prominent esports organization has entered the chess esports scene with the double signing of GMs Aravindh Chithambaram and Nihal Sarin, two of the nation's biggest stars. The grandmasters will now represent S8UL as they try to qualif...
GM Magnus Carlsen has won the 2025 Paris Freestyle Chess Grand Slam after what he called "a very nice, professional job" secured a draw and a 1.5-0.5 match victory over GM Hikaru Nakamura. The world number-one takes the $200,000 top prize, Nakamur...
GM Ju Wenjun claimed her fourth straight victory against GM Tan Zhongyi in game eight of the 2025 FIDE Women's World Championship. With a dominant 6-2 lead with just four games to go, she is on the brink of securing her fifth Women’s World C...
GM Magnus Carlsen sacrificed a pawn on move four and went on to defeat GM Hikaru Nakamura in the first game of the 2025 Paris Freestyle Chess Grand Slam final. It was a brilliant win that puts Carlsen a draw away from the title and…
GM Ju Wenjun is on the verge of defending her title for the fourth time, as she beat GM Tan Zhongyi with White in game seven of the 2025 FIDE Women's World Championship, her third consecutive win in the match. The reigning champion extended h...
GM Oleksandr Bortnyk, Bullet Brawl's third most prolific winner, added an 11th career title to his trophy cabinet after topping the 205-player arena on Saturday. Bortnyk turned back challenges from GMs Daniel Naroditsky, Jose Martinez, and Ediz Gu...
World numbers one and two GMs Magnus Carlsen and Hikaru Nakamura will compete for the $200,000 top prize in the Final of the 2025 Paris Freestyle Chess Grand Slam. Carlsen overcame GM Fabiano Caruana, who fought valiantly in a difficult position b...