After a victoryless day one, GM Ian Nepomniachtchi came back with a vengence today, winning all three of his games to join GMs Viswanathan Anand and Fabiano Caruana in the lead at the SuperUnited Rapid and Blitz Croatia 2023.
Caruana also ...
GM Jose Martinez and IM Emin Ohanyan won the Qualifier 1 Winners and Losers brackets, respectively, to qualify for the 2023 Bullet Chess Championship main event, which begins on July 17.
In the Winners Bracket, Martinez won a one-sided matc...
Challenger GM Lei Tingjie once again seized the initiative in game two of the 2023 FIDE Women's World Championship in Shanghai, but a lack of time, and precise defense from reigning champion GM Ju Wenjun, saw the game end in a 40-move draw. The sc...
GM Viswanathan Anand emerged as the early leader, defeating GMs Richard Rapport and Constantin Lupulescu on day one of the SuperUnited Rapid and Blitz Croatia 2023.
Rapport himself beat GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda, the previous leader, in the la...
Fourteen-year-old FM Brewington Hardaway earned his third and last norm required for the international master title on Tuesday after finishing with 6/9 points at the World Open 2023. His approximately 2472.7 rating performance left him at a 2390.4...
GM Magnus Carlsen became only the second player, and first in nearly two years, to score a perfect 11/11 in Titled Tuesday, achieving the feat in the late tournament on July 4, 2023. He won the event by two full points—a half-point better th...
Women's World Champion Ju Wenjun had to fight hard to hold a draw in game one of the 2023 FIDE Women's World Championship Match after challenger GM Lei Tingjie opened with an aggressive pawn sacrifice in her first-ever match at the very highest le...
A federal judge on Tuesday dismissed GM Hans Niemann's $100 million lawsuit against GMs Magnus Carlsen, Hikaru Nakamura, Chess.com, the Play Magnus Group, and IM Daniel Rensch. This means that, at least for the moment, the legal battle that follow...
GM Fabiano Caruana has been crowned the winner of the 2023 No Castling World Masters after scoring 4/6 in a double round-robin classical tournament in Dortmund, Germany, and finishing half a point ahead of GM Vladimir Kramnik.
As part of the 50t...
Chess.com’s blistering Bullet Chess Championship is back with a star-studded posse of the fastest gunslingers in the game ready to duel. This year’s quickfire one-minute chess tournament, which runs July 17 to 21, boasts its strongest ...