GM Jorden van Foreest has now beaten both the top seed and the world champion in Prague after sacrificing a rook to defeat GM Gukesh Dommaraju in round three of the 2026 Prague Chess Festival Masters. Van Foreest moved into a four-way tie for firs...
IM Reza Mahdavi followed up his win in the final 3 0 Thursday the previous week by winning the opening 3 0 Thursday on February 26. Not to be outdone, IM Renato Terry won the second tournament of the day with his record seventh title…
Argentinian prodigy IM Faustino Oro continues to break barriers. In recent weeks, he climbed to fifth on the Chess.com blitz leaderboard. On Saturday, the youngster begins his hunt for his final grandmaster norm, which could make him the youngest ...
IM Renato Terry won Freestyle Friday on February 27, the second week of the Freestyle Friday Championship, with a 9.5/11 score. Last week's winner GM Oleksandr Bortnyk finished second on 8.5/11, giving him a commanding early lead on the Championsh...
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GMs Fabiano Caruana, Lorenzo Lodici, and Vasif Durarbayli lead the 2026 Saint Louis Masters with 3.5 points apiece after four rounds. It's nearly the halfway point of the nine-round tournament, and there are no fewer than nine players in the chasi...
Defending Champion GM Aravindh Chithambaram looked to be in trouble again in round two of the 2026 Prague Chess Festival Masters, but GM Hans Niemann couldn't find a hidden winning resource on low time and slumped to defeat. It was a similar story...
GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov beat Defending Champion GM Aravindh Chithambaram in round one of the 2026 Prague Chess Festival Masters to oust GM Vincent Keymer as world number four. Keymer fell to GM Jorden van Foreest for a second event in a row, whil...
The lineup for Norway Chess 2026 has been finalized, setting the stage for another clash between world number-one Magnus Carlsen and reigning World Champion Gukesh Dommaraju.
The 14th edition of the prestigious tournament will take place p...