Bullet Brawl saw the crowning of a new champion on Saturday after 15-year-old Turkish prodigy GM Ediz Gurel scored 265 points and finished ahead of American GMs Andrew Tang (261) and Daniel Naroditsky (211).
The winner of the $100 top women's pr...
GM Vaishali Rameshbabu smoothly outplayed IM Sara Khadem in round three of the 2024 Tbilisi FIDE Women's Grand Prix to recover from a tough start and move up into the seven-player pack on 50 percent. All the other games were drawn, so that IMs Bib...
IM Anastasia Bodnaruk emerged as the winner of the fourth and final Play-In tournament for the 2024 Julius Baer Women's Speed Chess Championship in what turned out to be the most exciting and memorable of all the qualifiers. Bodnaruk defeated Azer...
GM Alireza Firouzja captured first with two rounds to spare at the 2024 Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz on Friday. Leading the event during the entire last day, his victory was never in doubt, echoing his convincing performance at the same tournamen...
IM Levy Rozman, also known as "GothamChess" has taken another step towards the GM title after playing in the Spilimbergo Open and scoring 6/9. While Rozman's 2370 rating performance saw him break even in terms of points, a win over GM Alberto Davi...
Famed commentator and GM Daniel Naroditsky added a 22nd Bullet Brawl title to his resume on Saturday after outscoring Turkish prodigies GM Ediz Gurel and IM Yaqiz Erdogmus, whose combined age of 28 is the same as the winner's. A 23-game unbea...
GMs Vaishali Rameshbabu and Nana Dzagnidze both played the same line of the French Defense, and though their games diverged on move seven they both missed huge winning chances in round two of the 2024 Tbilisi FIDE Women's Grand Prix. All five game...
GM Alireza Firouzja leads the 2024 Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz by a point and a half after the first nine rounds of blitz. Behind him is the top-scorer of the blitz portion, GM Wesley So, who scored 7/8, and GM Ian Nepomniachtchi, both on…
Niemann Advances To SCC Finals In Paris & Potential Match With Carlsen, Blasts ‘Chess Establishment’
GM Hans Niemann can buy his ticket to Paris, as he's made it to the Speed Chess Championship 2024 Semifinals which will be live in France. He won his quarterfinal match against GM Wesley So 13-10. Notably, he gave a 30-minute interview after the m...
IM Eline Roebers of the Netherlands revealed after qualifying for the 2024 Julius Baer Women's Speed Chess Championship that she competed for the whole of the Swiss part in a train, using her phone. She reached home "just in time" as the Knockout ...