GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov leads his home supertournament, the 2025 UzChess Cup Masters, on 4/5 after defeating GMs Shamsiddin Vokhidov, Richard Rapport, and Aravindh Chithambaram. He's trailed by half a point by GM Arjun Erigaisi and also GM Parham...
A dramatic showdown between GM Alireza Firouzja and GM Hikaru Nakamura during Saturday's Bullet Brawl culminated in Firouzja edging out Nakamura on tiebreaks, marking the first time in history that first has been decided this way.
Firouzja ...
GM Hans Niemann celebrated his birthday by winning two matches to qualify for the Las Vegas Freestyle Grand Slam next month. After winning two rounds yesterday, Niemann survived two more difficult matches against GMs Yu Yangyi and Denis Lazavik to...
While several players were battling it out in a qualifier for the rights to play in Vegas at the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Las Vegas, Freestyle Friday continued on with 229 participants. In what turned out to be an intense fight, two players scor...
GM Magnus Carlsen created a viral hit when he slammed the table in rage following his loss against GM Gukesh Dommaraju.
The 2025 Norway Chess captured the world's attention on and off the board at a scale unlike any of the other 12 previou...
IM Carissa Yip won the Cairns Cup 2025 on Thursday after drawing a dramatic final game with IM Alice Lee, who needed a win for a GM norm. A draw was enough for Yip to score her second GM norm instead, with a 2614 performance…
GMs Yu Yangyi, Hans Niemann, Vladimir Fedoseev, and Denis Lazavik are two steps closer to booking a spot at the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Las Vegas tournament, having progressed to Friday's Play-In semifinals.
Niemann, who defeated former world...
GM Magnus Carlsen tops the first-ever Freestyle Chess rating list, hitting the 2900 barrier after dominating the chess variant in his latest events.
Already the world number-one in FIDE's official classical, rapid, and blitz ratings, the 3...
Round eight of the Cairns Cup 2025 has set up a dramatic final round. After putting up her fourth consecutive win, against GM-elect Bibisara Assaubayeva, IM Carissa Yip leads the event. She'll face her compatriot and friend, IM Alice Lee, in a bit...
Grandmasters Rasmus Svane, Denis Lazavik, Pranesh M, and Martyn Kravtsiv advanced from the Swiss stage to the knockouts in the hopes of reaching the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Las Vegas tournament. In tomorrow's knockout stage, they will be joined...