GM Daniel Naroditsky picked up right where he left off in the previous edition of Bullet Brawl, scoring 233 points and winning Saturday's event in a field featuring the world number-four, GM Arjun Erigaisi, and 246 other titled players.
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GM Volodar Murzin, the newly crowned World Rapid Chess Champion, has shared the harrowing story about how he and his family escaped the violent grip of his abusive father.
The 18-year-old grandmaster sensationally became the second-youngest rapi...
At just nine years old, FM Roman Shogdzhiev has broken the record to become the youngest player in history to score an international master (IM) norm. He is also one of just three players to break the 2300 barrier before age 10.
The exceptional ...
GM Zhu Jiner, the world's 10th highest-rated female player, has called out FIDE for giving her a fine for allegedly violating the dress code policy, claiming it disrupted her performance and contributed to her being knocked out of the 2024 Women's...
GM Vladimir Fedoseev beat GM Ian Nepomniachtchi in the Semifinals and then GM Javokhir Sindarov in a thrilling Final to clinch the last spot in next month's $750,000 2025 Weissenhaus Freestyle Chess Grand Slam. 19-year-old Sindarov inflicted the o...
The first Titled Tuesdays of 2025 were held on January 7, and they were doozies, featuring record-level participation, big scores, and stacked podiums... all as players begin to scramble to qualify for the 2025 Speed Chess Championships through th...
The top eight players of the FIDE World Blitz Chess Championship and FIDE Women's World Blitz Chess Championship have qualified for their respective knockout tournaments on day two.
The following eight players advance in the Open: Russian ...
GM Magnus Carlsen has made a sensational U-turn and confirmed that he will participate in the 2024 FIDE World Blitz Championship in New York. The seven-time World Blitz Champion has now received the green light to play with jeans.
The announceme...
GM Hans Niemann knocked out GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and won the first game against GM Ian Nepomniachtchi, but he's out of the 2025 Weissenhaus Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Play-In after blundering mate-in-one at the end of a thrilling blitz playof...
GM Magnus Carlsen will no longer participate in the 2024 FIDE World Rapid Chess Championship or the FIDE World Blitz Chess Championship after a dress-code disagreement with FIDE. He finishes the Rapid with a 5/8 score and will not defend his doubl...