Grandmasters, the documentary offering an inside look at GMs Magnus Carlsen, Wesley So, Hans Niemann, and the struggle over chess's future, has reached movie theaters across the United States. The film screened at 92 AMC locations on October 11 an...
GM Sina Movahed won Freestyle Friday on October 16, riding a 7/7 start to sole first place on nine points. GM Haowen Xue finished second with 8.5/11, surpassing GM Ian Nepomniachtchi on tiebreaks. The win was Movahed's sixth in Freestyle Friday, t...
GM Parham Maghsoodloo won the first two 3 0 Thursday tournaments on October 15, the first player to win consecutive events since GM Jose Martinez did it in back-to-back weeks in March and April. Maghsoodloo tried to become the first player to ever...
The last two league champions, Saint Louis University (SLU) and the University of Texas at Dallas (UTD), are the two undefeated teams after two matches each in the 2026 fall season of the Collegiate Chess League. SLU has dominated both matches tha...
Both tournaments are wide open after six decisive games on Thursday. Four players lead the 2026 U.S. Chess Championship: GM Wesley So, GM Andy Woodward, GM Fabiano Caruana, and GM Awonder Liang. Caruana scored a bounce-back win against GM Sam Shan...