The 2022 Junior Speed Chess Championship presented by SIG commenced today with a series of hard-fought matches where IMs reigned supreme. IM Aronyak Ghosh was the deserving winner after taking down WGM Zhu Jiner and IM Rahul Sr...
The March 30 Arena Kings featured one of the more entertaining knockout rounds of the season, although it ended fairly predictably with a victory for GM Hikaru Nakamura. He defeated IM Le Tuan Minh in the final in a 3-0 sweep. The s...
The 2022 President's Cup returns to over-the-board for the first time since 2019, and the best four teams from the 2022 Pan-American Intercollegiate Team Championship have been invited to Texas Tech University to compete for the U.S. College Champ...
The first round of the final leg of the 2022 FIDE Grand Prix saw four decisive games. Each group has a clear leader, with GMs Levon Aronian, Leinier Dominguez Perez, Alexandr Predke, and Nikita Vitiugov all leading their respective group...
After yesterday's tiebreaks, GMs Hikaru Nakamura, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Wesley So, and Amin Tabatabaei were ready for the semifinals in the 2022 FIDE Grand Prix with Nakamura facing Mamedyarov in one match and So meeting Tabatabaei in t...
On a well-deserved off day in the 2022 FIDE Grand Prix after becoming a candidate for the world championship for the first time since 2016, GM Hikaru Nakamura won the early Titled Tuesday tournament on March 29.
Meanwhile, GM Dmitry Andreikin co...
Yesterday's results at the 2022 FIDE Grand Prix third leg awarded chess fans with a bonus day of chess with two tiebreak matches on Tuesday to decide who should make it through from Groups B and C.
In Group B, GM Shakhriyar Mamed...
Before the knockout phase of the 2022 FIDE Grand Prix's third leg in Berlin even started, the fight for the FIDE Candidates tournament was decided today: GMs Hikaru Nakamura and GM Richard Rapport made it.
Winning his third game i...
GM Dmitry Andreikin won week seven of the 2022 Rapid Chess Championship presented by Coinbase, defeating GM Le Quang Liem in a hard-fought final blitz playoff. GM Fabiano Caruana won the Swiss tournament and made it to the semifinal...
GM Ding Liren started a 12-game tournament in Hangzhou, China with three wins in two days, which brought him back to second place in the world rankings. According to the Chinese GM's upcoming schedule, he will reach the 30 rated games that he...