Jynxzi, the celebrity protégé of IM Levy Rozman and one of Twitch's most subscribed streamers, was crowned as the champion of Friday's $100,000 PogChamps 6 7 tournament after he swept the top seed, ohnePixel, in the final.
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While his compatriot GM Javokhir Sindarov carves up at the 2026 FIDE Candidates Tournament, GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov has quietly moved into fourth position on the April FIDE classical rating list after a commanding victory at the 2026 Prague Inter...
The Freestyle Friday of April 10, 2026 was a curious affair where GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda led the field with a 100% score and two full points after the ninth round, only to lose to GMs Pranav Venkatesh and Parham Maghsoodloo in the last two rounds.…
The 2026 FIDE Candidates Tournament, after its 10th round, continues to be the GM Javokhir Sindarov show as he leads by two points. The Uzbek star scored his record-breaking sixth win against GM Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu and can now boast the most...
GM Anish Giri played a positional masterpiece to take down GM Fabiano Caruana and grab sole second place in the 2026 FIDE Candidates Tournament after round nine. GM Javokhir Sindarov could have scored a record sixth win, but slipped up against GM ...
GM Sina Movahed won his second Titled Tuesday of the spring split and third of his career on April 7, scoring 10/11 to win outright. Movahed also now leads the spring split standings. GM Alexey Sarana rode an 8/8 start to finish in sole second…
GMs Hikaru Nakamura and Anish Giri took revenge for first-half losses to shake up the 2026 FIDE Candidates Tournament standings. Nakamura's first win of the event came against GM Fabiano Caruana, who was caught in second place after Giri outplayed...
In Netflix’s Untold: Chess Mates, GM Hans Niemann shares new details about the extent of his online cheating, while GM Magnus Carlsen offers fresh insight into what sparked one of the most controversial scandals in modern chess.
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Finishing with two draws on the final day was just enough for GM Vincent Keymer to win the 60,000 euro first prize at the Grenke Chess Freestyle Open and qualify for the 2027 FIDE Freestyle World Championship. The 21-year-old German grandmast...
Everyone's favorite celebrity chess event is back! Get ready for the most nonsensical chess ever witnessed by humankind, as PogChamps 6 7 takes place on April 10. Eight of the world's biggest creators will bring the full force of their three-digit...