Starting from this upcoming Friday, GM Magnus Carlsen and GM Ian Nepomniachtchi will be enemies at the board—but they remained friends at today's opening press conference. The players expressed mutual respect and made jokes, while eagerly aw...
GM Hikaru Nakamura took home his second Titled Tuesday of the month on November 23. With a score of 9.5/11 on +8 =3, Nakamura claimed victory on tiebreaks over IM Minh Le. GM Jeffery Xiong took third place for the second straight week, finishing w...
With three days to go until the 2021 FIDE World Championship match, the chess world can't wait until GM Magnus Carlsen and GM Ian Nepomniachtchi finally sit down at the board on Friday in Dubai. The big question—who is going to win?—is...
The 2021 FIDE World Championship is quickly approaching and everyone is anxiously waiting for the first move of what could be one of the most thrilling matches in history. While you wait for the games to start, why not play chess with challenger G...
Ukraine won its first ever European Team Chess Championship in Brezice, Slovenia on Sunday. The gold medal winners edged out France on tiebreak, a team whose silver medals were largely the result of GM Alireza Firouzja's historic performance. Russ...
While there are currently over a thousand grandmasters in the world, only 14 players in history had crossed the 2800-rating barrier. GM Alireza Firouzja is the most recent addition to the 2800-club after scoring a sensational 8/9 at the European T...
After a nail-biting finish that went all the way to armageddon, GM Levon Aronian won the Tata Steel Chess India blitz tournament on Sunday. The playoff was necessary after he had finished in a tie with GM Arjun Erigaisi, who impressed once again a...
After making a great impression at the Lindores Abbey Blitz tournament last week, GM Arjun Erigaisi did even better in Kolkata, India as the winner of the Tata Steel Chess India rapid tournament. The talented 18-year-old Indian GM clinched the rap...
GM Hikaru Nakamura won the November 2 Titled Tuesday outright with 9.5/11, followed by a three-way tie for second place at 9 points out of 11. When the dust settled, that put GM Daniel Naroditsky in second place, GM Sergei Zhigalko in third, and G...
Profiting from a mistake by GM Evgeniy Najer in a rook endgame, GM Alireza Firouzja regained the sole lead in the FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss with four rounds to go. GM Lei Tingjie continues to lead the women's section and now has IM...