GM Hikaru Nakamura's Fyers American Gambits beating GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave's upGrad Mumba Masters 16-1 was the standout result of day seven of the Tech Mahindra Global Chess League 2025. That meant the Mumba Masters failed to catch the leaders,...
Queen of Chess, a new documentary about the legendary GM Judit Polgar, has been selected for the prestigious 2026 Sundance Film Festival. Days after the announcement, it was also revealed that streaming giant Netflix has acquired the rights and wi...
The rivals of GM Alireza Firouzja finally struck back on day six, with GM Fabiano Caruana ending a five-game winning streak before Firouzja also lost to World Champion Gukesh Dommaraju. Triveni Continental Kings still won that second match to lead...
GM Magnus Carlsen is not inevitable but, more often than not, he seems to be. The December 19 edition of Freestyle Friday was no exception, as Carlsen won his last four games in a come-from-behind victory. Carlsen won with 9.5 points, outlast...
IM Karina Ambartsumova has won a prize as the top woman in a 3 0 Thursday all six weeks since the event began, while IM Renato Terry has won one of the three weekly tournaments for each of the last five weeks. Both players continued…
The International Chess Federation (FIDE) approved the lifting of sanctions on Russia and Belarus following an online General Assembly, but the proceedings have been criticized by several federations, and the world governing chess body could face ...
There's no stopping for GM Alireza Firouzja, who won his fifth game in a row on Thursday at the Tech Mahindra Global Chess League 2025, taking down his compatriot GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave. With draws on all other boards, this game helped Triveni ...
GM Alireza Firouzja won his fourth consecutive game in the Tech Mahindra Global Chess League 2025 as he took down GM Viswanathan Anand to help Triveni Continental Kings to an 11-6 bounce-back win over the Ganges Grandmasters. That came despite GM ...
Another year has gone by, and chess keeps getting bigger and bigger! Coming from a sequence of record-breaking years for chess, it was hard to believe that 2025 could be even better. But after a year of dramatic events, newsworthy viral moments, a...
Twelve-year-old Argentinian chess prodigy IM Faustino Oro is one step closer to making history by becoming the youngest-ever grandmaster. On Tuesday, he scored another fantastic performance and achieved his second norm in Buenos Aires, Argentina. ...