GMs Ian Nepomniachtchi and Hikaru Nakamura were confirmed on Saturday as the grand finalists for the 2022 Fischer Random World Championships after winning their respective semifinals by convincing margins.
Nakamura only needed three games ...
GM Fabiano Caruana was crowned the winner of the 2022 U.S. Chess Championships on Wednesday after scoring an unbeaten 8.5/13 in St. Louis. GM Ray Robson did all that he could to equal Caruana's score but couldn't break through against GM Jeffery X...
IM Michael Basman, a strong British player in the 1960s and 70s, founder of the UK Chess Challenge, prolific author, and most of all an innovator both on and off the chessboard, died of pancreatic cancer on Wednesday, aged 76. Most famous for his ...
On June 19, 1996, GM Bobby Fischer, hoping to enhance the creative potential of chess, announced his invention―a brand new version of the game―Fischer Random.
Twenty-six years later on the 50th anniversary of his world championship victory...
By reaching the semifinals of the Aimchess Rapid tournament, GM Magnus Carlsen has secured overall victory in the 2022 Meltwater Champions Chess Tour. The world champion knocked out GM Arjun Erigaisi and will face GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda next. The o...
On Wednesday GM Humpy Koneru missed a great chance to take a 2-0 lead in her match with GM Anna Muzychuk in the 2022-23 FIDE Women's Candidates Tournament in Monaco. The game ended in a draw, which also happened in GM Mariya Muzychuk vs. GM L...
GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov swept both matches vs. GM Hjorvar Gretarsson to increase his lead in group A of the 2022 Fischer Random World Championship on Wednesday. GM Magnus Carlsen also won two matches to join Hikaru Nakamura―who was held to t...
Tensions are sky-high in St. Louis after a high-voltage 11th round of the 2022 U.S. Chess Championship featured three decisive results. GM Sam Sevian scored a blistering win over GM Dariusz Swiercz with black to move into third place, while the le...
GM Sam Shankland began Titled Tuesday with a 9/9 score before winning the early event with a score of 10/11. In the late event, a six-way tie for first place on nine points was not completely broken, leaving GMs Alexey Sarana and Bogdan-Daniel Dea...
It wasn't a good first day for the Muzychuk sisters at the 2022-23 FIDE Women's Candidates Tournament in Monaco, as both lost their games as Black. GM Humpy Koneru found a nice tactic to quickly beat GM Anna Muzychuk, while GM Lei Tingjie defeated...