It took GM Axel Smith more than 29 hours to complete a 49-board blindfold simul this weekend. The Swedish grandmaster scored a dominant 41-8—but said afterward that raising awareness for a climate cause mattered more than the result or any r...
Titled Tuesday is getting its biggest prize fund ever. Starting June 2, the event will feature a weekly $10,000 prize fund, bringing its yearly total to more than $500,000—more than three times the current purse.
Titled Tuesday has become ...
Another path to the prestigious Esports World Cup (EWC) has been revealed. Players can now participate in India Rising for a $30,000 prize fund and, most importantly, one spot at the EWC in Riyadh. The event mixes online qualifiers with a thrillin...
History was made when IM Faustino Oro sealed his final grandmaster norm with a round to spare at the Sardinia World Chess Festival in Italy on Saturday. The Argentinian "Messi of Chess" becomes the second-youngest player ever to earn the title.
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Bullet Brawl was set alight on Saturday by another junior talent, GM Andy Woodward, who blazed his way to a debut title ahead 191 titled players. Fresh off a solid performance at TePe Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament 2026, Woodward put on an...
GM Hans Niemann won the 2026 Super Rapid & Blitz Poland, the biggest tournament win of his career so far, to earn the $50,000 first prize. Following up on last year's winner, GM Vladimir Fedoseev, it's the second year in a row that a wildcard…
GM Dmitry Andreikin has been crowned as the winner of the 2026 Chess.com King of the Hill Championship on Friday, marking the first time that a former super-GM has won a Chess.com Community Chess Championship event.
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Even by ending the day with three losses, GM Hans Niemann leads the 2026 Super Rapid & Blitz Poland after the first nine rounds of blitz. GM Wesley So wasn't able to catch up as he lost two out of the last four games himself,…
GM Vincent Keymer won Freestyle Friday on May 8 by a full point, scoring 9.5/11 ahead of IM Marco Materia and GM Pranav Venkatesh. Keymer only scored 0.5/2 against Materia and Pranav individually, but won every other game to become the first playe...
GMs Jose Martinez and Alexey Sarana have been scoring victories in 3 0 Thursday tournaments since the very first day of the event, and both players added to their trophy cases on May 7. Sarana won the first tournament of the day before finishing h...