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GM Andrey Esipenko recovered from his heartbreaking blunder the day before to beat GM Nodirbek Yakubboev. He now leads the battle for both third place in the 2025 FIDE World Cup and the final spot in the 2026 FIDE Candidates Tournament. In the tit...
After nearly four decades, cult classic musical Chess returned to Broadway last weekend, this time to a wave of mixed reviews.
As Chess.com reported back in May, the revival marks the first Broadway production of the musical since its shor...
GM Andrey Esipenko was on course to qualify for the 2025 FIDE World Cup final and the Candidates but first missed a win and then blundered a whole rook against GM Wei Yi to lose 1.5-0.5. The Chinese star will face GM Javokhir Sindarov in…
Turkey's prodigious GM Ediz Gurel won his second Bullet Brawl of the month on Saturday after posting a 22-game unbeaten streak and staving off a late challenge from GM Nihal Sarin. Gurel scored 157 points, three more than the Indian super-GM, and ...
The Semifinals of the 2025 FIDE World Cup will be decided in tiebreaks after the second classical games both ended in draws. GM Andrey Esipenko tried to massage a risk-free edge against GM Wei Yi's Petroff, while GM Javokhir Sindarov took an early...
GM Denis Lazavik has booked his spot in the semifinals of the 2025 Speed Chess Championship and will play GM Magnus Carlsen live in London after defeating GM Hans Niemann 15.5-9.5 on Friday. Lazavik won 11 games and lost only five against Niemann,...
It took tiebreaks to decide a winner in Freestyle Friday on November 21, with GM Pranesh M squeaking by GM Magnus Carlsen to claim his second Freestyle Friday in as many months.
Carlsen was the last perfect player in the field of 120, reac...
Nineteen-year-old GM Javokhir Sindarov's relentless pressure finally gave him a win over GM Frederik Svane as round five of the 2025 FIDE World Cup began. All the remaining games were drawn, with GM Levon Aronian surviving a fierce attack by GM Ar...
GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda, GM Hikaru Nakamura, and IM Renato Terry won the second week of 3 0 Thursday events, which were held on November 20. GM Magnus Carlsen almost secured his first 3 0 Thursday victory in the first session, but a final-round...