GM Hikaru Nakamura emerged as the winner of Bullet Brawl for a record 66th time on Saturday, September 12. It was a dominant performance, with Nakamura's 184 points leaving him 42 points clear of IM Yoseph Theolifus Taher in second place. With Nak...
No, it’s not an April Fool's. More than six years after Chess.com joked that the pandemic-interrupted FIDE Candidates Tournament 2020 would resume in Antarctica, rated chess really is heading to the world’s coldest continent.
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GM Javokhir Sindarov beat GM Viswanathan Anand and made a draw against GM Alireza Firouzja as the FYERS American Gambits won both matches on day one of the 2026 Tech Mahindra Global Chess League. There were also wins for GM Magnus Carlsen's Alpine...
GM Veselin Topalov staved off a counterthrust from GM Garry Kasparov by winning both blitz games to win the 2026 Clutch Chess: The Legends Chess960 match at the end of the third and final day. In the final analysis, Topalov scored 11-1 in blitz ga...