The Esports World Cup qualifiers may have already been decided, but there was still much to play for in Titled Tuesday on June 2, with a new prize fund of $10,000. The new prizes attracted a field of more than 500 players for the first…
Round eight of Norway Chess 2026 will go down as one of the most shocking, with two decisive classical games. GM Wesley So leads after making the only draw against GM Vincent Keymer and then winning in armageddon, but we saw world number-one GM&nb...
The qualitative trading firm Jane Street won the North American Corporate Chess League's 13th season on May 28, winning three rounds of playoff matches, including an exciting final against JPMorgan Chase. The NACCL is the largest corporate chess c...
Calling all speed addicts! The world's fastest players will meet again to battle in the next edition of the Bullet Chess Championship starting June 22. With a $50,000 prize fund and the most dangerous bullet players in the world, drama is all but ...
GM Arjun Erigaisi lost a tight tiebreak match to GM Magnus Carlsen in the TePe Sigeman Chess Tournament in May. While he couldn't quite take first place, Arjun's strong 5/8 performance earned him 10 rating points, raising his rating to 2761. That ...
GM Wesley So leads Norway Chess 2026 after round seven, with GM Alireza Firouzja 2.5 points behind. World Champion Gukesh Dommaraju achieved a winning position against So but couldn't see it through in the classical game; despite winning the armag...