GM Zhu Jiner beat IM Alina Kashlinskaya in round four to retain the sole lead in the 2025 Pune FIDE Women's Grand Prix on 3.5/4. Just half a point back are local heroes GM Humpy Koneru and IM Divya Deshmukh, who picked up wins against…
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Drawing her game with IM Salome Melia was enough for GM Zhu Jiner to become the sole leader at the 2025 Pune FIDE Women's Grand Prix with 2.5/3. That was because co-leader IM Divya Deshmukh lost her first game, with the black pieces to GM…
GM Bogdan Daniel Deac and GM Magnus Carlsen took home the Titled Tuesday first-place prizes on April 15 (it may have been tax day in the United States, but they're not due in either Romania or Norway yet). Both players scored 10 points, although D...
GM Ju Wenjun has beaten GM Tan Zhongyi 6.5-2.5 to win the 2025 FIDE Women's World Championship and become only the fourth woman in history to win the title five times. The title holder since 2018 wrapped up the match with three games to spare…
World number-one Magnus Carlsen beat world number-two Hikaru Nakamura 1.5-0.5 in the Final to win the 2025 Paris Freestyle Chess Grand Slam and take the Tour lead with 40 points and $300,000 in prize money. Let's look at some conclusions from the ...
GM Zhu Jiner and IM Divya Deshmukh won their second games on Tuesday and lead the 2025 Pune FIDE Women's Grand Prix with a perfect 2/2 score. Whereas Zhu needed 66 moves to grind down IM Batkhuyag Munguntuul in a rook endgame, Divya was the f...
The 2025 Pune FIDE Women's Grand Prix saw an action-packed first round on Monday with four decisive games. GM Zhu Jiner, IM Polina Shuvalova, IM Divya Deshmukh, and IM Batkhuyag Munguntuul all won against GM Harika Dronavalli, IM Alina Kashlinskay...
India's most prominent esports organization has entered the chess esports scene with the double signing of GMs Aravindh Chithambaram and Nihal Sarin, two of the nation's biggest stars. The grandmasters will now represent S8UL as they try to qualif...
GM Magnus Carlsen has won the 2025 Paris Freestyle Chess Grand Slam after what he called "a very nice, professional job" secured a draw and a 1.5-0.5 match victory over GM Hikaru Nakamura. The world number-one takes the $200,000 top prize, Nakamur...