GM Ding Liren produced the latest surprise in the seventh game of the 2023 FIDE World Championship. He opted for a French Defense to combat GM Ian Nepomniachtchi's 1.e4 but fell at the crucial moment after blundering under severe time pressure. Th...
There can be no complaints of "boring draws" in this year’s FIDE World Championship, as GM Ding Liren and GM Ian Nepomniachtchi continued to trade blows in game six to reach the fourth decisive result of the match.
This time it was D...
Players and officials were surprised by snowfall, freezing temperatures, and heavy winds in Astana on Saturday, but the 2023 FIDE World Championship is heating up. In game five, GM Ian Nepomniachtchi broke away once again as he exploited his openi...
GM Hikaru Nakamura returned to the winner's column in the early Titled Tuesday on April 25, and GM Nihal Sarin followed with his first win of the year in the late tournament. Both scored 9.5 points out of a possible 11 and won on the…
The next event in Chess.com’s blockbuster $2 million Champions Chess Tour has been revealed as the inaugural ChessKid Cup.
Qualifying for the event will kick off with a Play-In on Monday, May 1, to decide the final lineup. The five-day Kno...
From the jaws of defeat, GM Ding Liren clutched a win over GM Ian Nepomniachtchi in the 12th game of the 2023 FIDE World Championship to bring the match right back into contention with two rounds to go.
In his second-to-last game with the w...
GM Levon Aronian won the Satty Zhuldyz Rapid 2023 and Satty Zhuldyz Blitz 2023, which concluded on Tuesday. Finishing second in both events, he was the most consistent player in the field of 12 world-class players including a handful of former wor...
GM Ian Nepomniachtchi shook up the third round of the 2023 FIDE World Championship by beginning his game against GM Ding Liren with a new first move, setting the stage for a fresh opening battle with 1.d4. Ding chose the Queen's Gambit Declined in...
Congratulations to Saint Louis University (SLU) for winning the fifth season of the Collegiate Chess League (CCL). SLU fielded a strong roster of talented chess players, including GM Benjamin Bok, GM Nikolas Theodorou, GM Robby Kevlishvili, IM Sta...
The Trials Phase of the Olympic Esports Series 2023 concludes with the following players qualifying for the next stage: GMs Shant Sargsyan, Christopher Yoo, Oleksandr Bortnyk, Aleksandr Rakhmanov, Maksim Chigaev, and 17-year-old IM Yahli Sokolovsk...