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GM Magnus Carlsen won his fourth title at the Speed Chess Championship 2024, defeating GM Alireza Firouzja in front of a live audience in Paris. It was a dominant performance with a final score of 23.5-7.5; he lost just five games in four hours, d...
GM Hikaru Nakamura finished third in the Speed Chess Championship 2024 after defeating GM Hans Niemann in the consolation match 21-9. He won all three segments, making his greatest gains in the 3+1 and 1+1 segments. Nakamura earns $13,500 for winn...
Note: During the conclusion of the Carlsen vs. Niemann match, the players experienced browser performance issues. Chess.com Events Commissioner Michael Brancato shared a statement clarifying the issue and resolution. For the first time ever...
Four-time Women's World Champion Ju Wenjun won the 2024 Julius Baer Women's Speed Chess Championship after defeating IM Polina Shuvalova in the Final. The match score was 12.5-9.5, and Ju won every one of the three segments by a point. The Chine...
IM Polina Shuvalova and four-time World Champion Ju Wenjun are the two finalists of the 2024 Julius Baer Women's Speed Chess Championship. Shuvalova defeated GM Vaishali Rameshbabu 11.5-9.5 in a close match, while Ju nearly doubled GM Kateryna Lag...
Reigning World Champion Ju Wenjun and three-time Women's World Blitz Champion Kateryna Lagno will face each other in the Semifinals of the 2024 Julius Baer Women's Speed Chess Championship. Ju defeated IM Alice Lee 9.5-5.5, while Lagno eliminated ...
GM Hans Niemann has surged to number 16 in the world on the live rating list after a series of matches he's organized entitled "Hans Niemann Against The World." He's won all of the matches so far, starting with an exhibition blitz match against GM...
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 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...
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 ...
GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave led the 2024 Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz after day one, but GMs Alireza Firouzja and Ian Nepomniachtchi caught up to him to join a three-way tie after six rounds. Of the other seven players, GM Fabiano Caruana was the o...
GM Hikaru Nakamura is the last player to make it to the Speed Chess Championship 2024 Finals. On Friday, he defeated GM Ian Nepomniachtchi in the Quarterfinals with a 14.5-9.5 score. Nepomniachtchi got off to a three-point lead in the first segmen...
GM Magnus Carlsen qualified for the Speed Chess Championship 2024 Semifinals, live in Paris on September 6, after defeating GM Arjun Erigaisi with a 12-9 score. He will play GM Hans Niemann in the next match, the first time they will meet for a ga...
GM Hans Niemann can buy his ticket to Paris, as he's made it to the Speed Chess Championship 2024 Semifinals which will be live in France. He won his quarterfinal match against GM Wesley So 13-10. Notably, he gave a 30-minute interview after the m...
GM Alireza Firouzja defeated GM Fabiano Caruana in the first quarterfinal match of the Speed Chess Championship 2024 with an overwhelming score of 14.5-8.5. He is the first player to qualify for the Semifinals that will be held live in Paris. Th...
The State of Chess returned on Thursday with several important updates. Chief Chess Officer Danny Rensch led the discussion that focused on community updates, fair play changes, site updates, and big media developments. You can watch the fu...
GMs Hans Niemann and Fabiano Caruana move on to the Quarterfinals of the Speed Chess Championship 2024 after defeating, respectively, GMs Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and Alexey Sarana in the last two Round of 16 matches of the season. Bullet chess se...
With just over half the year behind us, 2024 has already treated us to several masterpieces on the 64 squares. In this article, we review the seven best games of the year so far. The games are listed in sequential order, starting with the beginn...
GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave just won Division I of the CrunchLabs Masters 2024 on Wednesday, while GM Alexander Grischuk won Division II and GM Arjun Erigaisi Division III. We'll go over the five biggest takeaways from the third leg, of four, of the...
GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave won Division I of the CrunchLabs Masters 2024 after defeating GM Alireza Firouzja in the Grand Final. After four draws, he won on demand in the armageddon game to claim $30,000, 100 tour points, and a return to the season...
Divisions II and III of the CrunchLabs Masters 2024 came to a close on Tuesday. GM Alexander Grischuk rose from the ashes of the Losers Bracket and defeated GM Vidit Gujrathi in two matches to win Division II, while GM Arjun Erigaisi beat GM ...
GM Alireza Firouzja has succeeded in setting up another all-French clash with GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave in the CrunchLabs Masters 2024 Division I Grand Final. GM Ian Nepomniachtchi defeated GM Magnus Carlsen 2-1 in the Losers Semifinals, but the F...
The French numbers one and two will face off in the Division I Winners Final of the CrunchLabs Masters 2024. GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave once again proved to be GM Magnus Carlsen's kryptonite, while GM Alireza Firouzja overcame GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda...
GM Alireza Firouzja may have suffered a "once-in-a-lifetime" nine-move loss against GM Fabiano Caruana, but he still won his Division I Winners Quarterfinal match in the CrunchLabs Masters 2024. He'll play GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda in the Winners Semi...
