Argentinian prodigy IM Faustino Oro came within one victory of making chess history before losing the final round of the Aeroflot Open last week. Despite the loss, the youngster ended the tournament with a rating gain and remained positive about a...
GM Wesley So, trailing by a point against GM Fabiano Caruana in the The American Cup 2026 Champions Final, needed to win on demand just to stay alive. He did just that, in an opposite-color bishop endgame, and then won the blitz playoffs to ...
GM Fabiano Caruana picked up a win against GM Wesley So in the first game of the The American Cup 2026 Champions Final. In the Elimination Bracket, GMs Sam Sevian and Leinier Dominguez were eliminated by GMs Levon Aronian and Awonder Liang, respec...
GM Oleksandr Bortnyk is $400 richer and has added a 15th Bullet Brawl title to his name after coming out on top of what he described as "one of the hardest" Bullet Brawls he has won. With a score of 150 points, Bortnyk finished two…
GMs Fabiano Caruana and Wesley So advance to the Champions Final of The American Cup 2026. After making draws in the classical portion, they overcame GMs Awonder Liang and Sam Sevian in blitz tiebreaks 1.5-0.5 each, respectively. In the Eliminatio...
IM Renato Terry extended his 3 0 Thursday win record to eight titles after winning the second tournament with a commanding score of 9.5/11 on March 5. Adding to a growing stockpile of IM victories, Reza Mahdavi won his third title in consecutive w...
GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov is the first player to win the Prague Chess Festival Masters twice after an effortless draw against GM Hans Niemann in the final round was enough to win by a full point. Long-term leader GM Jorden van Foreest crashed and b...
GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda scored 9.5 points and took his second-ever Freestyle Friday on March 6, after his first came more than a year ago. He finished ahead of GM Martyn Kravtsiv, IM Almas Rakhmatullaev, and GM Oleksandr Bortnyk, who finished second...
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GMs Ray Robson and Abhimanyu Mishra were the first to leave The American Cup 2026 after matches in the Elimination Bracket didn't go their way. The quadragenarian GMs Levon Aronian and Leinier Dominguez won respectively and advanced, while GM...