GM Magnus Carlsen needed a few rounds to get himself going in Titled Tuesday on January 20, but still ended up scoring 9.5/11 and winning the tournament outright. He has now won two of the three Titled Tuesdays of 2026 so far and his fourth…
We're thrilled to invite you to take part in yet another historic showdown against one of the living legends of the game! Face GM Judit Polgar, the strongest woman in history and one of the most influential players the game has ever seen, in the…
It was the day of the underdog in Wijk aan Zee as Dutch number two GM Jorden van Foreest beat Dutch number one GM Anish Giri and German number two Matthias Bluebaum did the same to German number one GM Vincent Keymer. The winners caught…
Norway Chess, one of the world’s most prestigious chess tournaments, will enter a new era in 2026, relocating from Stavanger to Oslo after 13 consecutive years on Norway's west coast. Meanwhile, GMs Magnus Carlsen and Bibisara Assaubayeva ha...
GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov won a pawn and ground down GM Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu in 60 moves to join GMs Hans Niemann and Arjun Erigaisi in the early 2026 Tata Steel Chess Masters lead on 1.5/2. The day's only other winner was GM Vladimir Fedoseev...
IM Levy Rozman explained that when he plays blitz, "I get very creative and my brain reacts very fast." He demonstrated those abilities by defeating IM Julien Song 6-2 in the blitz portion of their match. Combined with Rozman's 8-6 match lead...
Bullet Brawl's most prolific winner, GM Hikaru Nakamura, has started 2026 with a hat trick of victories. In Saturday's event, GM Jose Martinez built a 21-point lead, but with just over 20 minutes to go, Nakamura bolted to the finish line, not only...
World Cup winner GM Javokhir Sindarov pulled off a 78-move great escape against World Champion Gukesh Dommaraju to bring a dramatic first day of the 2026 Tata Steel Chess Masters to a close. The first moves were delayed 1.5 hours by an evironmenta...
IM Levy Rozman confessed between games that "I think my biggest strength is somehow getting it done in time scrambles." His ability with seconds on the clock saved him from losing positions in three different rapid games. After the rapid portion o...
After a wild battle to start their match in game one, IMs Levy Rozman and Julien Song played a very accurate and calm draw in their second classical game. Rozman played one of his favorite openings, the Queen's Gambit Accepted, and quickly equaliz...