GM Aravindh Chithambaram's fast rise to the highest echelons in chess continued last week in Jermuk, Armenia, where the 25-year-old Indian grandmaster edged out GM Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu on tiebreaks to win the Stepan Avagyan Memorial. Aravindh...
GM Magnus Carlsen has won his seventh Norway Chess title after escaping and then almost winning a lost position against GM Arjun Erigaisi in the final round. With seconds to spare, he took a draw, which seemed to guarantee the title as GM Fabiano ...
The perfect 11/11 score doesn't exis—well, it's only happened seven times in hundreds of Titled Tuesdays over several years, but in just a few months' time, Freestyle Friday has its first 11/11 performance in the record books. The mark belon...
World number-one Magnus Carlsen leads World Champion Gukesh Dommaraju by half a point going into the final round of Norway Chess 2025 after both stars won their classical games in round nine. Carlsen sacrificed a pawn against GM Fabiano Caruana bu...
We're excited to announce the next edition of BlitzChamps, the viral online tournament where NFL stars go head-to-head in blitz chess. BlitzChamps IV returns on June 16, starting at 4 p.m. ET / 22:00 CEST. This year’s showdown features a $10...
GMs Levon Aronian and Alireza Firouzja are your winners for the first Titled Tuesdays in June 2025. Aronian doesn't play Titled Tuesday very often, so it is always a treat when he does; this was his first win in the event since December 2023. Firo...
The June 2025 FIDE rating list saw world champion GM Gukesh Dommaraju drop 11 points and two spots after the SuperBet Chess Classic, while the winner of the event, GM Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu, saw a nine-point gain to jump one spot to seventh. GM...
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A team of GM Benjamin Bok and Ronnyberger convincingly won 5-0 in the final of the Grand Chess Gala at TwitchCon EU in Rotterdam on Sunday, hosted by none other than WFM Anna Cramling..
Chess was prominently featured at the biggest event in the ...
GM Fabiano Caruana continues to lead Norway Chess 2025 after round eight, even after his classical loss to GM Arjun Erigaisi in the time scramble. It was a heartbreaker, as Caruana had been pressing for the entire game. GM Magnus Carlsen a half-po...