GM Nodirbek Yakubboev won the 2024 Abu Dhabi Chess Festival's Masters tournament and the $30,000 check that belonged to it. The Uzbek grandmaster edged out GMs David Paravyan, Shamsiddin Vokhidov, Amin Tabatabaei, Leon Luke Mendonca, and IM Daniel...
GM Hikaru Nakamura successfully returned to the Bullet Brawl arena after a two-week hiatus, winning his 27th title and the $400 first prize with a commanding score of 69.5/77. GMs Andrew Tang and Jose Martinez rounded out the podium which was...
IM Alina Kashlinskaya beat GM Mariya Muzychuk in the final round to clinch sole first place in the 2024 Tbilisi FIDE Women's Grand Prix. Her win earned her €18,000 (~$20,000), 130 Grand Prix points, and a second GM norm. IM Bibisara Assaubaye...
The Community Championship Series returned on Monday with the 2024 Chess.com Bughouse Championship and two teams: GM Lars Oskar Hauge and NM Isaac Chiu along with GMs Jeffery Xiong and Awonder Liang, rose above 400 participating teams to book thei...
GM Alireza Firouzja is once again the sole leader of the 2024 Sinquefield Cup after beating GM Anish Giri in round five on Friday. The Dutchman is no longer in the world's top 20 for the first time in more than a decade.
With all…
IM Alina Kashlinskaya goes into the final round of the 2024 Tbilisi FIDE Women's Grand Prix level with IM Bibisara Assaubayeva in the lead after a long but convincing win over IM Lela Javakhishvili. Three players are just half a point behind after...
GM Alexandra Kosteniuk has joined IMs Bibisara Assaubayeva and Stavroula Tsolakidou in the lead of the 2024 Tbilisi FIDE Women's Grand Prix after pouncing on a mistake by the luckless IM Sara Khadem in round four. GM Anna Muzychuk could have joine...
IM Polina Shuvalova and GM Kateryna Lagno scored crucial wins in the 1+1 bullet segments to stage a comeback and win their respective matches to advance to the Quarterfinals of the 2024 Julius Baer Women's Speed Chess Championship.
Shuvalova rec...
GMs Awonder Liang and Jeffery Xiong have re-affirmed their status as the world's best bughouse team after winning the 2024 Chess.com Bughouse Championship and collecting the $2,000 first prize.
Following a Quarterfinal drubbing of GMs Arjun Erig...
GM Wesley So defeated GM Ian Nepomniachtchi at the 2024 Sinquefield Cup on Thursday, joining GM Alireza Firouzja in a tie for first. Firouzja himself narrowly survived GM Gukesh Dommaraju's sparkling tactical play in our Game of the Day.
The Sin...