GM Gukesh Dommaraju scored his second consecutive victory by outwitting GM Sanan Sjugirov, with the black pieces and aggressive play, to jump into the sole lead with three and a half points from five rounds in the Chennai Grand Masters 2023. Overn...
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GM Alexey Sarana's sole first place in the European Rapid Chess Championship 2023 in Zagreb means he's achieved a remarkable triple—winning the European Individual, Team, and Rapid events in the same year. GM David Navara prevented a quadrup...
FM Faustino Oro defeated IM Levy Rozman in the much-awaited edition of ChessKid Stars vs. Streamers: Fausti vs. GothamChess. On Monday, Oro and Rozman proved to be an extremely close matchup. After many lead changes, the prodigy scored a must-win ...
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GM Gukesh Dommaraju scored his first victory of the tournament over GM Alexandr Predke to join GM Pentala Harikrishna in the lead with two and a half points from four rounds of the Chennai Grand Masters 2023. Harikrishna looked to be in a spot of…
GM Leinier Dominguez has pulled out of the Chessable Sunway Sitges Chess Festival 2023 at halfway, explaining, “I’ve come to a point where I’m simply risking too much if I continue.” The U.S. star travelled to Spain hunting...
The World Chess Federation (FIDE) has approved a controversial motion to scrap presidential term limits leaving Arkady Dvorkovich, a former deputy prime minister of Russia, free to run for a third term in 2026.
Delegates from 108 national federa...
British chess prodigy WCM Bodhana Sivanandan continues her remarkable chess journey with a sensational result in the European Blitz Championship where she won the prize for the best woman player.
In late October, the eight-year-old prodigy made ...
GM Arjun Erigaisi showed his defensive skills in a slightly difficult middlegame position to outwit GM Alexandr Predke later in a long endgame, scoring his maiden win of the event in the third round of the Chennai Grand Masters 2023. Erstwhile joi...