Playing solid chess on the final day of blitz, GM Levon Aronian won the 2025 Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz after securing first place with two rounds to go. A lackluster GM Fabiano Caruana said he "stopped being able to play chess" but still finis...
GM Vincent Keymer won the Quantbox Chennai Grand Masters 2025 by a full two points after beating GM Ray Robson in the final round, add crossing the 2750 Elo mark to his achievements. GM Anish Giri was the surprise player to sneak into second place...
Just days after stopping a Titled Tuesday sweep in its tracks, GM Magnus Carlsen won Freestyle Friday ahead of GM Hikaru Nakamura on August 15. It was the second straight Friday in which they finished in the top two, this time in the opposite orde...
The tug of war continues between GM Levon Aronian and GM Fabiano Caruana after day four in the 2025 Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz. After an underwhelming first day of blitz, Caruana has sunk to second place and Aronian has taken his place in the…
GM Vincent Keymer is the only player on a perfect 2/2 in either section of the Quantbox Chennai Grand Masters 2025 after winning a wild game with Black against GM Pranav Venkatesh. The other winner was GM Ray Robson, who won a thrilling time ...
GM Vincent Keymer has won the Quantbox Chennai Grand Masters 2025 and a prize of almost $30,000 with a round to spare after making a draw against GM Jorden van Foreest. All the other games were drawn as well, with GM Arjun Erigaisi held by…
GM-elect Divya Deshmukh dominated her first match in the Women's Speed Chess Championship and got off to a great start against GM Hou Yifan in her quarterfinal match on Wednesday. However, Hou fought back and the two played the closest WSCC match ...
GM Fabiano Caruana nearly set a new record in the Grand Chess Tour with a score of 16/18, but nerves got the better of him and he collapsed from a winning position against World Champion Gukesh Dommaraju. Despite that loss, he continues to lead th...
GM Ju Wenjun's undefeated match record in the Women's Speed Chess Championship faced its hardest challenge yet as she needed tiebreaks to overcome GM Bibisara Assaubayeva by a score of 10.5-8.5. In the second match of the day, GM Kateryna Lagno do...
GM Vincent Keymer defeated GM Awonder Liang in round seven of the Quantbox Chennai Grand Masters 2025 to break into the world top 10 for the first time. GM Arjun Erigaisi trails by 1.5 points after a quiet draw against GM Anish Giri and is jo...