Twelve-year-old IM Faustino Oro nearly claimed his first victory in 3 0 Thursday on February 12. He led with nine points out of 11 games in the final minute of the tournament, but GM Matthias Bluebaum scored a come-from-behind victory in his own g...
GM Magnus Carlsen scored 4.5/7 to top the Group Stage of the 2026 FIDE Freestyle Chess World Championship in Weissenhaus, Germany. He gets to pick his opponent in Saturday's Semifinals from GMs Vincent Keymer, Fabiano Caruana, and Nodirbek Ab...
GM Haik Martirosyan scored 10.5 points in Freestyle Friday on February 13, the most of anyone since last July. In the process, Martirosyan won the tournament—his first win ever in this event—by two whole points. IM Reza Mahdavi, GM Ale...