GMs Nodirbek Abdusattorov and Hikaru Nakmaura won both matches of the day to lead Groups A and B at the 2022 Fischer Random World Championship on Tuesday. Abdusattorov swept vs. GM Ian Nepomniachtchi and defeated GM Wesley So. Nakamura won vs. GM ...
The 2022 World Junior Chess Championships was a resounding success for Azerbaijan with IM Abdulla Gadimbayli winning the open section and WGM Govhar Beydullayeva grabbing gold in the girls' section. The event, which was for players 20 years old an...
GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda won the Aimchess Rapid tournament on Friday after beating GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov in a blitz tiebreak, necessary because Mamedyarov had levelled the score in the second match. It was Duda's second tournament victory in the t...
Scoring his third win in a row, GM Ray Robson completed a hat trick on Thursday at the 2022 U.S. Championship. The 27-year-old grandmaster beat GM Elshan Moradiabadi with the black pieces and is now trailing the leader, GM Fabiano Caruana, by half...
Instructive attacking chess, dazzling tactics, and a 10-move disaster game all came to the fore during the seventh round of the 2022 U.S. Chess Championships on Tuesday. GM Fabiano Caruana won his fourth game and remains ahead of his newest challe...
The Chess.com Global Championship Finals start on November 2, 2022! As our biggest tournament of the year reaches its thrilling conclusion, the live finals will now occur in two locations: Toronto, Canada, and Belgrade, Serbia. Check out the detai...
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GM Hans Niemann has filed a defamation lawsuit against GM Magnus Carlsen, GM Hikaru Nakamura, Chess.com, the Play Magnus Group, and IM Danny Rensch, seeking at least $100 million in damages. The lawsuit is the next episode in the chess cheating sc...
GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda took a big step towards winning the Aimchess Rapid tournament as he beat GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 3-1 on Thursday. 24-year-old Duda, who eliminated GM Magnus Carlsen in the semifinals, dominated the first of two matches in th...
WGM Jennifer Yu was crowned the winner of the 2022 U.S. Women's Chess Championship on Thursday after a thrilling tiebreaker that had to be decided by an armageddon game. After winning the opening game of the match against GM Irina Krush, Yu very n...