GM Anish Giri scored a crushing win over GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov as top-seed Bayegan Pendik Chess Sports Club beat defending champion SuperChess Romania 3.5-2.5 to win the 2026 European Chess Club Cup. Novy Bor Chess Club missed out on gold on ti...
GM Hans Niemann won his third Freestyle Friday on October 23, scoring nine points and defeating last week's winner, GM Sina Movahed, on tiebreaks, as well as in their individual encounter in round 10. Like Movahed, the win was Niemann's first in t...
GM Hikaru Nakamura played the GOAT Horns Variation, referencing a recent advertisement featuring soccer star Lionel Messi, on his way to winning the first 3 0 Thursday tournament on October 22. GMs Fabiano Caruana and Parham Maghsoodloo won the se...