The Taliban government has suspended chess in Afghanistan. Currently reviewing the game over gambling concerns, the Taliban has also suspended the Afghanistan National Chess Federation (ANCF). It is far from the first time that the game of kings i...
GM Anna Muzychuk retains the sole lead in the 2025 Grosslobming FIDE Women's Grand Prix after making the only draw in round six, against GM Nana Dzagnidze, but wins for GM Zhu Jiner (her fourth in a row!) and GM Vaishali Rameshbabu saw them m...
The standings remain unchanged after round five of the Superbet Chess Classic Romania 2025. After a day of all draws, we still have three leaders: GMs Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Fabiano Caruana, and Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu, with four players a...
The all-time leading Bullet Brawl title winner, GM Hikaru Nakamura, returned to the top of the standings on Saturday and won the $400 first prize, winning 66 games, drawing six, and losing five. Nakamura's score of 242 saw him finish ahead of fell...
If the 2025 Grosslobming FIDE Women's Grand Prix ended today, GM Zhu Jiner's joint second place would give her overall victory in the Grand Prix series. In round five she scored a third win in a row, this time over GM Vaishali Rameshbabu, allowing...
GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave joined the three-way tie for first, with GMs Fabiano Caruana and Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu, in the Superbet Chess Classic Romania 2025 after round four. He won a surprisingly one-sided game against World Champion Gukesh D...
GM Anna Muzychuk's third win in a row has given her the sole lead on 3.5/4 in the 2025 Grosslobming FIDE Women's Grand Prix. She's also on course to win the whole series, but GM Zhu Jiner's second win in a row puts her half…
GMs Fabiano Caruana and Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu lead the Superbet Chess Classic Romania 2025 after three rounds, both winning for the first time in the tournament. Caruana toppled the previous leader, GM Alireza Firouzja, while Praggnanandhaa wo...
GM Christopher Yoo won the May 9 Freestyle Friday in a runaway, scoring 10.5 points and securing outright victory with a round to spare. Only a draw in round five against GM Ian Nepomniachtchi kept Yoo from the first perfect 11/11 score in tournam...
[Edited on 4/30/2025:] Please note that DrLupo will be replaced in the Consolation Bracket, as per our announcement.
DrLupo has been closed for a fair play violation that occured during today’s Pogchamps event. He will be replaced i...