IM Renato Terry won the first Freestyle Friday of April by a full point, scoring 9.5/11. Even with the FIDE Candidates and the Grenke Chess Festival occurring at the same time, the Freestyle Friday Championship continued apace, and Terry moved int...
19 players are still on a perfect score after three rounds in the Grenke Chess Freestyle Open, including big names such as GMs Magnus Carlsen, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Hans Niemann, and Vincent Keymer. In round 3, Carlsen seemed to be close to dropping...
The Collegiate Chess League Spring 2026 Season Playoffs are upon us, and you can join in on the excitement by predicting who wins!
Will SLU defend their championship title, or will UT Dallas get their revenge and their first ever CCL Champ...
GM Javokhir Sindarov's dream run continued after GM Hikaru Nakamura thought for 67 minutes on move 13, chose badly, and sank without a trace in round five of the 2026 FIDE Candidates Tournament. Sindarov, now world number five, is on 4.5/5, with o...
Two newly-released clips from Netflix’s upcoming Untold: Chess Mates documentary offer glimpses into both sides of the Carlsen vs. Niemann saga, featuring candid reflections from GMs Magnus Carlsen, Hans Niemann, and Hikaru Nakamura, just da...
It's the tournament GM Magnus Carlsen won with 9/9 last year and on Thursday evening he started the new edition with another win: the Grenke Chess Freestyle Open. It is part of the Grenke Chess Festival that boasts over 3,500 participants in Karls...