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...