The first round of this year's edition of the Superbet Chess Classic in Bucharest, Romania saw only one win. GM Wesley So defeated GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov in a nice positional game, while the other four games ended in draws after varying amounts ...
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GM Hikaru Nakamura won the Arena Kings Season 9 Championship Final on Wednesday, defeating GM Oleksandr Bortnyk 3-1 in the final round of the knockout—after also finishing first in the qualifying arena. GM Jose Martinez and IM Tuan Minh Le f...
GM Hikaru Nakamura nearly swept Titled Tuesday again, tying for first place in both tournaments but only holding better tiebreaks in the late tournament. In the early tournament, he was edged out by GM Dmitry Andreikin on the tiebreaks. Nakamura a...
GM Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa is again the sole leader of the event after day five. After him comes GM Magnus Carlsen with nine points, closely followed by GMs Jan-Krzysztof Duda, Le Quang Liem and Jorden van Foreest with eight points.
Both GMs A...
The 2022 Junior Speed Chess Championship by SIG returned today with a high-octane quarterfinal between GMs Brandon Jacobson and GM Awonder Liang where viewers were graced with yet another stellar comeback in the championship.
Liang wa...
It's almost time for the 2022 edition of the I'M Not A GM Speed Chess Championship, which begins Monday, May 9. But it's not just the players who get to enjoy the thrill of competition this year: We're running a free-to-play, cash prize bracket co...
After day four—halfway through the event—GM Magnus Carlsen shares the lead with GM Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa at nine points after defeating him in their match today. GMs Jan-Krzysztof Duda and Le Quang Liem&nbs...
The May FIDE rating list has GM Ding Liren back as the world's number two player, 58 points behind World Champion Magnus Carlsen and just two points ahead of GM Alireza Firouzja, who was in second place before. Meanwhile, the list reflects that a ...
GM Ian Nepomniachtchi won week 12 of the 2022 Rapid Chess Championship presented by Coinbase, defeating GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov in the knockout final, after also finishing first in the Saturday Swiss.
GM Hikaru Nakamura finished ...