WGM Jennifer Shahade says she was greeted with "hostility instead of support" and "constantly minimized or ignored" by US Chess when she came forward with allegations of sexual assault. The former U.S. Women's Chess Champion resigned as the Direct...
GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave played imaginatively to surge into the sole lead with 4.5 out of six points at the end of the second day of the 2023 Tata Steel Chess India Open Rapid. GM Teimour Radjabov was in the lead until he was outplayed by…
CM Aaron Mendes won the 4th ChessKid Youth Speed Chess Championship, defeating Antoni Radzimski in a riveting final between two rising talents. Throughout their clash, both prodigies displayed vast tactical expertise. Ultimately, it was Mendes's p...
GM Nihal Sarin is through to the Quarterfinals of the 2023 Chess.com Speed Chess Championship Presented by Coinbase. He defeated GM Alexey Sarana with a final score of 16-10 and he won all three segments despite a brief internet connectivity scare...
GM Alireza Firouzja won his third Titled Tuesday in the last two weeks on September 5, taking the late event with a score of 10/11 to follow up his sweep last week. GM Vugar Rasulov took home the early honors, scoring 9.5 points and winning…
For 37 years, Indian chess has had one unwavering constant: the legendary GM Viswanathan Anand is king. With the release of FIDE's latest official rating list on Friday, that has now changed. There is a new kid on the block.
GM Gukesh D, the 17-...
GM Wesley So won a surprisingly one-sided match against GM Levon Aronian in the round of 16 of the 2023 Chess.com Speed Chess Championship Presented by Coinbase. The final score was 15.5-12.5, but the margin was greater than five points for m...
GMs Teimour Radjabov, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Vincent Keymer and Gukesh D lead with two points from three rounds at the end of an intensely fought first day of the 2023 Tata Steel Chess India Open Rapid being held in Kolkata, India. GMs Praggnanan...
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GMs Magnus Carlsen and Alireza Firouzja will throw down in the Division I Winners Final of the 2023 Julius Baer Generation Cup after defeating, respectively, GMs Fabiano Caruana and Wesley So. Carlsen won the first two games with ease, essayi...