15th World Chess Champion Viswanathan Anand defeated one of his great rivals GM Veselin Topalov 2.5-1.5 on Friday to reach the Final of the 2024 Leon Masters. He'll face the winner of Saturday's Semifinal between GM Arjun Erigaisi and local hero G...
Despite lots of action on the boards, all of Friday's games in the third round of the Superbet Chess Classic Romania ended in draws. GMs Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu will be somewhat disappointed after spoiling winning posi...
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GM Denis Lazavik sailed through day two of the 2024 Speed Chess Championship Play-in, winning all three of his matches to qualify for the main event. He played 14 games…
After his painful loss in the opening round, GM Alireza Firouzja recovered with a victory against GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov on Thursday at the Superbet Chess Classic Romania. This time it was GM Fabiano Caruana's turn to spoil a winning position as...
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GM M Pranesh finished with the highest score, 9.5/11, in the Swiss stage of the 2024 Speed Chess Championship Play-in. He and seven other players advance to a double-elimi...
GMs Awonder Liang and Denis Lazavik won Titled Tuesday on June 25, and several more players locked up a spot in the 2024 Speed Chess Championship after their highly successful Titled Tuesday performances this year to date: GMs Jan-Krzysztof Duda, ...
The Superbet Chess Classic Romania, the second leg of the 2024 Grand Chess Tour, started on Wednesday in Bucharest with wins for GMs Gukesh Dommaraju and Fabiano Caruana. In his first classical game since winning the Candidates, Gukesh defeated wi...
It's a common problem among chess players: You played a good opening and developed all your pieces. But what do you do next?
If you're among the many players who struggle to find the right plan in the middlegame, it's because you're missing the ...
10-year-old Argentinian prodigy FM Faustino Oro missed his final IM norm by a hair's breadth but broke the 2400 barrier for the first time. Meanwhile, he also reached a remarkable milestone on Chess.com.
The 'Messi of Chess,' as he's been dubbed...
The 2024 FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Championships are scheduled to take place in the last week of December in New York, FIDE announced on Monday. The two championships, traditionally held over five days between Christmas and the New Year, are the ...