For the 12th time in 2026, GM Hikaru Nakamura triumphed in the Bullet Brawl arena after he won 50, drew eight, and lost 11 games on Saturday. With a score of 172 points, Nakamura finished 27 points clear of the second placed GM Arjun Erigaisi,…
GM Arjun Erigaisi followed up his Titled Tuesday victory this week by winning the first 3 0 Thursday on July 9. GM Emin Ohanyan completed a come-from-behind victory in the second tournament of the day. At the end of the day, GM Volodar Murzin won…
The favorites, GMs Divya Deshmukh and Bibisara Assaubayeva, advanced to the Quarterfinals of the 2026 Women's Speed Chess Championship on Friday. Between the two of them, the winners lost only a single game. Divya defeated IM Rose Atwell with an u...
GM Kateryna Lagno and IM Alice Lee advance to the Quarterfinals of the 2026 Women's Speed Chess Championship after winning their Round of 16 matches on Wednesday. Lagno's victory was never in doubt as she scored 10.5-3.5 on the way to elimina...
Local hero GM Jaime Santos has won the 2026 Leon Masters after celebrating his 30th birthday by beating 12-year-old Argentinian GM-elect Faustino Oro 3-1 in the Semifinals, before overcoming Vietnamese defending champion GM Liem Le 3.5-0.5 in...
GM Benjamin Bok has qualified for the 2026 Esports World Cup after defeating GM Vidit Gujrathi in the 2026 India Rising Finals in Mumbai on July 4. The match reached the maximum number of possible games, with all three sets going to armageddo...
By taking the July 7 tournament outright on 9.5/11, GM Arjun Erigaisi has broken into the Titled Tuesday winners column in 2026, ahead of seven players who tied on nine points. GM Hikaru Nakamura took second place among that group just ahead of GM...
Top grandmasters, content creators, and fans from around the world came to Charlotte from July 3-5 to honor the legacy of the late GM Daniel Naroditsky. The next world championship challenger, GM Javokhir Sindarov, won both the rapid and blitz tou...
Women's World Champion Ju Wenjun and two-time Women's Blitz World Champion Anna Muzychuk advanced to the Quarterfinals of the 2026 Women's Speed Chess Championship on Monday. Ju handily defeated IM Le Thao Nguyen Pham 9.5-4.5, while Muzychuk went ...
GM Alireza Firouzja has won the 2026 Super Rapid & Blitz Croatia after beating GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov in a nerve-wracking armageddon game. Such a finale looked unlikely when Firouzja started the day with a three-point lead, but after scoring...