It took tiebreaks to decide a winner in Freestyle Friday on November 21, with GM Pranesh M squeaking by GM Magnus Carlsen to claim his second Freestyle Friday in as many months.
Carlsen was the last perfect player in the field of 120, reac...
Nineteen-year-old GM Javokhir Sindarov's relentless pressure finally gave him a win over GM Frederik Svane as round five of the 2025 FIDE World Cup began. All the remaining games were drawn, with GM Levon Aronian surviving a fierce attack by GM Ar...
GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda, GM Hikaru Nakamura, and IM Renato Terry won the second week of 3 0 Thursday events, which were held on November 20. GM Magnus Carlsen almost secured his first 3 0 Thursday victory in the first session, but a final-round...
GM Wei Yi found a brilliant sacrificial line to escape against GM Andrey Esipenko in what GM David Howell called "one of the most fun draws I’ve seen throughout the whole 2025 FIDE World Cup so far." The other semifinal was also drawn, as GM...
GM Alireza Firouzja won his Speed Chess Championship 2025 quarterfinal match against GM Ian Nepomniachtchi 19-9 to book his ticket to the Live Finals in London. There, he will face GM Hikaru Nakamura in the Semifinals.
The last quarterfinal matc...
GM Magnus Carlsen is officially among the 360 players registered for the 2025 World Rapid & Blitz Championship, to be held in Doha, Qatar, on December 26-30, the International Chess Federation (FIDE) announced Thursday.
FIDE said 233 players...
GMs Wei Yi, Javokhir Sindarov, and Andrey Esipenko will join GM Nodirbek Yakubboev in the 2025 FIDE World Cup Semifinals after winning their matches in tiebreaks. Respectively, they defeated GMs Arjun Erigaisi, Jose Martinez, and Andrey Esipenko. ...
GM Hikaru Nakamura began Titled Tuesday on November 18 with 10/10 to lock up first place with a round to spare. He was held to a draw in the last round by GM Jeffery Xiong, but Nakamura's dominant 10.5/11 score—nearly accomplishing the same ...
The Charlotte Chess Center, the Charlotte Chess Center Foundation, along with GM Daniel Naroditsky's family, have launched the Naroditsky Memorial and Fellowship Fund today, to honor the memory and legacy of the grandmaster.
Naroditsky's tragic ...
Three matches go to tiebreaks after four draws in game two of the Quarterfinals in the 2025 FIDE World Cup. One match did end, with GM Nodirbek Yakubboev advancing to the Semifinals after holding a draw against GM Alexander Donchenko, making good ...