GM Vladimir Kramnik defeated GM Jose Martinez 19-17 on Wednesday in their 36-game Clash of Blames blitz match in London. The event was a follow-up to the Clash of Claims match held in June of this year in Madrid. Martinez (25), the Peruvian blit...
There are two leaders, GM Ian Nepomniachtchi and GM Alireza Firouzja, at the 2024 Sinquefield Cup after three rounds. Five decisive results were possible on this tempestuous day, but we saw two. Nepomniachtchi's risky opening paid off against GM...
GM Andrew Tang became the latest GM to book his spot in the 2024 Chess.com Bughouse Championship knockouts after he and his partner "BughouseKnight" won the sixth qualifier on Wednesday. Scoring an unassailable 255 points, the pair will look to to...
IM Alina Kashlinskaya said she was "in a good mood to play a fighting game" and ended up as the only winner in Wednesday's sixth round at the 2024 Tbilisi FIDE Women's Grand Prix. Kashlinskaya defeated GM Vaishali Rameshbabu and with the other fou...
Two weeks after a perfect 11/11 score and one week after finishing in second place twice, GM Magnus Carlsen was back in the Titled Tuesday win column on August 20, taking the late event with 9.5 points. Winning early was GM Jaime Santos, also on 9...
The 2024 Chess.com Bughouse Championship continued on Tuesday with the third and fourth qualifiers and IM Mark Plotkin, NM Jalen Wang, GM Guillermo Vasquez, and Grace "Helmsknight" Ferguson qualified for the Knockout ahead of 240 other teams. Fo...
In an all-draw day, GM Alireza Firouzja kept his half-point lead on the field at the 2024 Sinquefield Cup in round two. GM Gukesh Dommaraju generated the most winning chances as he clashed vs. GM Ian Nepomniachtchi in our Game of the Day.&nbs...
GM Alireza Firouzja gained the sole lead at the 2024 Sinquefield Cup by defeating GM Fabiano Caruana in round one. GM Ding Liren hinted at attacking intentions vs. GM Gukesh Dommaraju. Yet, when the 18-year-old challenger created counterpl...
The Community Championship Series returned on Monday with the 2024 Chess.com Bughouse Championship and two teams: GM Lars Oskar Hauge and NM Isaac Chiu along with GMs Jeffery Xiong and Awonder Liang, rose above 400 participating teams to book thei...
GMs Nana Dzagnidze and Mariya Muzychuk have joined the leaders of the 2024 Tbilisi FIDE Women's Grand Prix after scoring dramatic first wins to beat GMs Alexandra Kosteniuk and Vaishali Rameshbabu in round five. There was also a first win for IM S...
Round one of the 2024 Sinquefield Cup will offer a sneak peek of the upcoming world championship match: GM Ding Liren and GM Gukesh Dommaraju will meet for the first time since Gukesh became the challenger. As the finale of the Grand Chess Tour,...
GM Alexandra Kosteniuk has joined IMs Bibisara Assaubayeva and Stavroula Tsolakidou in the lead of the 2024 Tbilisi FIDE Women's Grand Prix after pouncing on a mistake by the luckless IM Sara Khadem in round four. GM Anna Muzychuk could have joine...
Bullet Brawl saw the crowning of a new champion on Saturday after 15-year-old Turkish prodigy GM Ediz Gurel scored 265 points and finished ahead of American GMs Andrew Tang (261) and Daniel Naroditsky (211). The winner of the $100 top women's pr...
GM Vaishali Rameshbabu smoothly outplayed IM Sara Khadem in round three of the 2024 Tbilisi FIDE Women's Grand Prix to recover from a tough start and move up into the seven-player pack on 50 percent. All the other games were drawn, so that IMs Bib...
IM Anastasia Bodnaruk emerged as the winner of the fourth and final Play-In tournament for the 2024 Julius Baer Women's Speed Chess Championship in what turned out to be the most exciting and memorable of all the qualifiers. Bodnaruk defeated Azer...
GM Alireza Firouzja captured first with two rounds to spare at the 2024 Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz on Friday. Leading the event during the entire last day, his victory was never in doubt, echoing his convincing performance at the same tournamen...
IM Levy Rozman, also known as "GothamChess," has taken another step towards the GM title after playing in the Spilimbergo Open and scoring 6/9. While Rozman's 2370 rating performance saw him break even in terms of points, a win over GM Alberto Dav...
GMs Vaishali Rameshbabu and Nana Dzagnidze both played the same line of the French Defense, and though their games diverged on move seven they both missed huge winning chances in round two of the 2024 Tbilisi FIDE Women's Grand Prix. All five game...
GM Alireza Firouzja leads the 2024 Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz by a point and a half after the first nine rounds of blitz. Behind him is the top-scorer of the blitz portion, GM Wesley So, who scored 7/8, and GM Ian Nepomniachtchi, both on 16 poi...
IM Eline Roebers of the Netherlands revealed after qualifying for the 2024 Julius Baer Women's Speed Chess Championship that she competed for the whole of the Swiss part in a train, using her phone. She reached home "just in time" as the Knockout ...
A one-move blunder cost Indian GM Vaishali Rameshbabu a loss against Greek IM Stavroula Tsolakidou as the 2024 Tbilisi FIDE Women's Grand Prix got underway. The day's other winner was Kazakh IM Bibisara Assaubayeva who sprang a surprise on move on...
The 2024 FIDE World Championship between Chinese defending champion GM Ding Liren and his Indian challenger GM Gukesh Dommaraju will take place in Resorts World Sentosa, a resort complex that includes Universal Studios Singapore, on an island off ...
The three leaders from the day before remained in the same position after the final day of rapid chess in the 2024 Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz. GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave won the last round to re-join the lead, while GM Alireza Firouzja drew and ...
IM Mai Narva of Estonia convincingly triumphed in the second qualifier of the 2024 Julius Baer Women's Speed Chess Championship by winning the Knockout stage of the second Play-In after defeating WFM Hong Nhung Nguyen of Vietnam in the finals with...
