Trials 1 through 8 of the Olympic Esports Series 2023 saw eight winners: GMs Ngoc Truong Son Nguyen, Frederik Svane, Hikaru Nakamura, Yu Yangyi, Jaime Santos Latasa, Alexey Sarana, and IMs M Pranesh and Emin Ohanyan.
While many of the "usu...
GM Ding Liren almost bounced back in sensational fashion after a gutwrenching round-seven loss, falling just short after a herculean effort from GM Ian Nepomniachtchi that resulted in a draw in the eighth round of the 2023 FIDE World Championship....
GMs Aleksandra Goryachkina, Bibisara Assaubayeva, and Zhu Jiner tied for first in the recently concluded third leg of the 2022-2023 FIDE Women's Grand Prix with scores of 6/9 in New Delhi, with Goryachkina edging out the trio on tiebreaks.
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Titled Tuesday on April 18 featured several storylines beyond GM Tuan Minh Le winning the early event and GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave winning the late event. GM Igor Kovalenko, who has been on the front lines in Ukraine's attempt to fight off Russia...
GM Ding Liren produced the latest surprise in the seventh game of the 2023 FIDE World Championship, opting for a French Defense to combat GM Ian Nepomniachtchi's 1.e4 but fell at the crucial moment after blundering in time pressure. Though Di...
There can be no complaints of "boring draws" in this year’s FIDE World Championship, as GM Ding Liren and GM Ian Nepomniachtchi continued to trade blows in game six to reach the fourth decisive result of the match.
This time it was D...
Players and officials were surprised by snowfall and freezing temperatures in Astana on Saturday, but the 2023 FIDE World Championship is heating up. In game five, GM Ian Nepomniachtchi broke away once again as he exploited his opening and time ad...
Romanian GM Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu has returned to his native country after nine years playing for Germany. The 46-year-old becomes the third top grandmaster to switch to Romania in less than a year.
"Welcome back, Dieter! We're happy to have yo...
The 2023 FIDE World Championship continues to deliver exciting chess as a confident GM Ding Liren levelled the score against GM Ian Nepomniachtchi by winning game four. Ding exerted pressure from the opening, and just as the position appeared to b...
GM Alexey Sarana and GM Fabiano Caruana won Titled Tuesday on April 11. Caruana stole the show, scoring 10.5 points out of 11 and winning the late event by a nearly unprecedented 1.5 points. Just a draw with Chess.com's own GM Rafael Leitao stood ...