Defending Champion GM Magnus Carlsen said he was "in no shape to play chess," but he still beat GMs Andrey Esipenko and Hans Niemann 1.5-0.5 to reach Friday's Playoffs of the $1.5 million 2026 Esports World Cup. He's joined by GMs Hikaru Naka...
The Kenyan chess community is mourning the loss of Hawi Kaloki, one of the country's leading chess players and a former national number one. He passed away at the age of 19, just weeks before he was due to make his Olympiad debut.
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Round two of the 2026 Sinquefield Cup featured wins on four out of five boards, with the white pieces scoring every point. GM Levon Aronian came back from the dead to beat GM Vincent Keymer, GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave beat GM Sam Sevian in a compli...
GM Shreyas Royal became the youngest British Champion in history at 17, while 11-year-old FM Bodhana Sivanandan broke the age record for the British Women’s title. Fellow prodigy FM Supratit Banerjee, 12, also completed his third IM norm.
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As the main chess event at the Esports World Cup began in Paris on August 11, Titled Tuesday continued apace. FM Artin Ashraf, who plays most weeks and has recorded multiple top-five finishes before, was the victor outright on 10/11 points.
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GMs Wei Yi and Andrey Esipenko are through to tomorrow's 16-player Group Stage of the $1.5 million 2026 Esports World Cup where they'll take on the likes of GMs Magnus Carlsen, Hikaru Nakamura, and Alireza Firouzja. Wei needed just six games in th...
NBA star Victor Wembanyama, Wemby to his fans, loves chess almost as much as basketball. For the second straight year, Wembanyama organized a summer Hoop Gambit Festival, combining his two favorite activities. The festival was held on the outskirt...
GM Fabiano Caruana took sole lead of the 2026 Sinquefield Cup after round one on Monday after beating GM Jorden van Foreest with the white pieces. All other games ended in draws—that is, GM Javokhir Sindarov vs. GM Levon Aronian, GM Vincent ...
Indian prodigy FM Aarit Kapil has taken another major step toward the International Master title, scoring his second norm with a round to spare before going on to win a round-robin tournament in Serbia ahead of three GMs and three IMs.
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NMs Isaac Chiu and Janak Awatramani are the first duo to win the Bughouse Championship twice. Their biggest rivals were 2024 champions GMs Jeffery Xiong and Awonder Liang. The super-grandmasters lost the first match, won the second encounter, but ...