The U.S. leads 5-3 against Uzbekistan after day one of the WR Chess Rapid & Blitz Miami 2026. GM Levon Aronian was the MVP, putting up the highest individual score on his team, 2.5/3. GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov's 3/4, the highest on team Uzbekis...
A run of 11 wins in 12 games saw 16-year-old IM Alice Lee overwhelm FM Anastasia Avramidou to reach the Final of the 2026 Women's Speed Chess Championship. She'll face the winner of GM Bibisara Assaubayeva vs. GM Hou Yifan, after the women's numbe...
GM Vladimir Akopian defeated top-seeded GM Alexander Onischuk in a blitz tiebreak playoff to win the 2026 U.S. Senior Championship held at the Saint Louis Chess Club, which concluded on Saturday, July 25. Akopian was awarded $26,000 for his effort...
Against all odds, Vietnamese GM Tuan Minh Le produced one of the most unexpected comebacks in Bullet Brawl after closing a 20-point gap in 16 minutes and edging out GM Hikaru Nakamura on tiebreaks on Saturday. In the final 16 minutes Le added...
GM Levon Aronian emerged as the winner of the Biel Masters—Grandmasters Triathlon event of the Biel Chess Festival, Switzerland, pocketing the top prize of CHF 10,000 (roughly €10,750 or $12,250). The 59th edition of the festival had a ...
IM Alice Lee upset Women's World Champion and reigning WSCC Champion GM Ju Wenjun on Friday in the 2026 Women's Speed Chess Championship Quarterfinals. Lee dominated all three portions and won the match with a shockingly one-sided 9.5-3.5 score.
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In chess slang, adoption means beating an opponent 10 games in a row. It's an impressive accomplishment against any strong player, but GM Vladimir Fedoseev managed it against a whole field of opponents in 3 0 Thursday on July 23. He won his first ...
Moscow-born Kazakh billionaire Timur Turlov has put himself forward as a candidate to become FIDE president, with GM Viswanathan Anand as his deputy. Turlov was planning to run for deputy president under Arkady Dvorkovich, but the European Union's...
The President of the International Chess Federation (FIDE), Arkady Dvorkovich, said Thursday could be his "last day" as head of the chess governing body. Hours later, he was included in the European Union's 21st sanctions package against Russia, f...
GM Anish Giri, the longtime top-10 chess player and instructional author, has signed with Basilisk Gaming (stylized BASILISK), the esports organization announced in a press release and on social media Thursday. Giri will begin representing Basilis...