The $10,000 weekly prize fund isn't quite here yet in Titled Tuesday, but participation was up significantly on May 12, to 436 players after last week's 343 participants. GM Ian Nepomniachtchi won a dramatic tournament on tiebreaks ahead of GM Jef...
GM Javokhir Sindarov pounced on a mistake by leader GM Vincent Keymer to grab his first classical win since the FIDE Candidates and transform the Super Chess Classic Romania 2026 standings with two rounds to go. Keymer was caught by GM Fabiano Car...
Plenty of footballers enjoy chess. But few, if any, can match the level of Major League Soccer star Dejan Joveljić. Recently, the Serbian forward showed off his skills in a match against IM Levy Rozman, better known as GothamChess.
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GM Judit Polgar demonstrates her thought process and tells amazing stories in her new Chessable course, Judit Polgar Teaches Chess 2: GM To Top 10. Polgar, the star of the recent Netflix documentary, Queen Of Chess, publishes this cours...
GMs Fabiano Caruana and Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus have added their names to the $50,000 Naroditsky Memorial Rapid & Blitz this July, joining an already spectacular lineup that includes GMs Hikaru Nakamura, Wesley So, Javokhir Sindarov, Hans Niemann,...
FIDE has officially announced the star-studded team lineups for the upcoming FIDE World Rapid & Blitz Team Chess Championships 2026. Descending upon Hong Kong’s iconic Queen Elizabeth Stadium from June 17-21, this high-stakes festival of...
GM Vincent Keymer increased his lead to a full point over the Super Chess Classic Romania 2026 field after GM Alireza Firouzja's withdrawal from the event gave him a forfeit win. All the other games in round six were drawn, with GMs Wesley So (vs....
GMs Aravindh Chithambaram, Andrey Esipenko, Liem Le, and Alexey Sarana were the four players to qualify, through DreamHack Atlanta 2026, for the 2026 Esports World Cup Play-in. There, they will face the four other players who finish at the top of ...
GM Alireza Firouzja has withdrawn from the Super Chess Classic Romania 2026 following an ankle injury sustained during the event, the Grand Chess Tour announced on Wednesday. Despite the withdrawal, the 22-year-old is expected to travel to Oslo th...
GM Alexey Sarana was your winner in Titled Tuesday on May 19, scoring 9.5 points and coming out ahead of GM Christopher Yoo in tiebreaks. GM Hikaru Nakamura finished third for a second straight week, while GM Arjun Erigaisi took fourth place, havi...