GM Wei Yi found a brilliant sacrificial line to escape against GM Andrey Esipenko in what GM David Howell called "one of the most fun draws I’ve seen throughout the whole 2025 FIDE World Cup so far." The other semifinal was also drawn, as GM...
GM Alireza Firouzja won his Speed Chess Championship 2025 quarterfinal match against GM Ian Nepomniachtchi 19-9 to book his ticket to the Live Finals in London. There, he will face GM Hikaru Nakamura in the Semifinals.
The last quarterfinal matc...
GM Magnus Carlsen is officially among the 360 players registered for the 2025 World Rapid & Blitz Championship, to be held in Doha, Qatar, on December 26-30, the International Chess Federation (FIDE) announced Thursday.
FIDE said 233 players...
GMs Wei Yi, Javokhir Sindarov, and Andrey Esipenko will join GM Nodirbek Yakubboev in the 2025 FIDE World Cup Semifinals after winning their matches in tiebreaks. Respectively, they defeated GMs Arjun Erigaisi, Jose Martinez, and Andrey Esipenko. ...
GM Hikaru Nakamura began Titled Tuesday on November 18 with 10/10 to lock up first place with a round to spare. He was held to a draw in the last round by GM Jeffery Xiong, but Nakamura's dominant 10.5/11 score—nearly accomplishing the same ...
The Charlotte Chess Center, the Charlotte Chess Center Foundation, along with GM Daniel Naroditsky's family, have launched the Naroditsky Memorial and Fellowship Fund today, to honor the memory and legacy of the grandmaster.
Naroditsky's tragic ...
Three matches go to tiebreaks after four draws in game two of the Quarterfinals in the 2025 FIDE World Cup. One match did end, with GM Nodirbek Yakubboev advancing to the Semifinals after holding a draw against GM Alexander Donchenko, making good ...
The higher seeds dominated in the quarterfinal and semifinal rounds of the Collegiate Chess League (CCL) Playoffs. SRM Institute of Science and Technology handled Texas Tech 11-5, while the University of Missouri, Columbia (Mizzou) moved past the ...
GM Hikaru Nakamura has booked his ticket for the Speed Chess Championship 2025 Semifinals in London after a nail-biting match against GM Wesley So went down to the wire. Nakamura built up four and three-point leads, but So twice hit back with thre...
The Ukrainian Chess Federation has filed a last-minute complaint against the participation of "Team FIDE" in the FIDE Women's World Team Championship, which begins Tuesday in Linares, Spain.
The tournament brings together 12 of the world's top w...