India's chess stars continue to receive well-deserved recognition for their achievements, with two of the nation's brightest players, IMs Divya Deshmukh and Tania Sachdev, being honored with awards this week. The national teams were also cele...
GM Vincent Keymer has taken the lead in the 2025 Weissenhaus Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Final after winning game one against GM Fabiano Caruana. He is a draw away from winning the $200,000 prize on Friday. In the match for third place, GM&nbs...
World number-one GM Magnus Carlsen made an appearance on The Joe Rogan Experience where he openly addressed the infamous controversy with GM Hans Niemann for the first time.
The controversial Joe Rogan, a comedian, UFC commentator, and former TV...
GM Alexandra Kosteniuk won a sharp battle in round three of the 2025 Monaco FIDE Women's Grand Prix to knock GM Tan Zhongyi down to world number-four. The other win was a 5.5-hour marathon that saw GM Aleksandra Goryachkina return to 50 percent by...
GMs Vincent Keymer and Fabiano Caruana won two grueling matches and advance to the 2025 Weissenhaus Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Final. In the shorter match, Keymer ended GM Magnus Carlsen's hopes of earning the $200,000 first prize by drawing game ...
GM Hikaru Nakamura defeated GM Ian Nepomniachtchi in the Losers Final by holding a draw with the black pieces in the armageddon tiebreak. He has earned his second match against GM Magnus Carlsen in the 2025 Chessable Masters Grand Final on the las...
IM Sara Khadem pounced on a time-trouble blunder by GM Harika Dronavalli to pick up the only win of round two of the 2025 Monaco FIDE Women's Grand Prix. She joins GM Kateryna Lagno, GM Koneru Humpy, and IM Batkhuyag Munguntuul in the lead on...
World number-one GM Magnus Carlsen punched his ticket to the Grand Final of the 2025 Chessable Masters after drawing GM Arjun Erigaisi with Black in armageddon and beating GM Hikaru Nakamura 2.5-0.5 with a game to spare. Both Arjun and Nakamura wi...
You can now own a truly unique piece of chess history while also supporting a charitable cause. GM Magnus Carlsen recently announced the auction of the famous pair of jeans that led to his forfeit at the FIDE World Rapid Championship in Decem...
GM Matthias Bluebaum won the early Titled Tuesday on February 18 with a near-perfect score (the second straight week someone scored 10.5 points) and took the lead in the Titled Tuesday Grand Prix standings. GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda then took the late...