From the jaws of defeat, GM Ding Liren clutched a win over GM Ian Nepomniachtchi in the 12th game of the 2023 FIDE World Championship to bring the match right back into contention with two games to go. In his second-to-last game with the wh...
GM Ding Liren was able to hold GM Ian Nepomniachtchi to a draw in game 11, the tamest encounter of the 2023 FIDE World Championship so far. All eyes are now turning to the Chinese GM's second-to-last game with the white pieces on Wednesday. The ...
GM Ian Nepomniachtchi moved one step closer to the world championship title on Sunday after equalizing with Black and drawing in 45 moves in the 10th game of the 2023 FIDE World Championship. GM Ding Liren reverted to the English Opening and val...
A draw in the ninth round of the 2023 FIDE World Championship was welcomed by both challengers on Friday, who both had incentives to take half a point from the round. GM Ian Nepomniachtchi moved to two and a half points of the world champions...
GM Ding Liren almost bounced back in sensational fashion following a gutwrenching round-seven loss, falling just short after a herculean effort from GM Ian Nepomniachtchi, resulting in a draw in the eighth round of the 2023 FIDE World Championship...
GM Ding Liren produced the latest surprise in the seventh game of the 2023 FIDE World Championship. He opted for a French Defense to combat GM Ian Nepomniachtchi's 1.e4 but fell at the crucial moment after blundering under severe time pressure. Th...
GMs Aleksandra Goryachkina, Bibisara Assaubayeva, and Zhu Jiner tied for first in the recently concluded third leg of the 2022-2023 FIDE Women's Grand Prix with scores of 6/9 in New Delhi, with Goryachkina edging out the trio on tiebreaks. Follo...
GM Lei Tingjie scored an important win over GM Tan Zhongyi with White to push herself a point in front with two rounds to go in the final of the FIDE Women's Candidate's Tournament 2022-2023 on Sunday. Selecting a theoretical approach in the Cat...
GM Jose Martinez was crowned as the winner and won $1,000 in the March edition of Chess.com's newest titled arena, Bullet Brawl, after winning 59 of his 74 games during the two-hour event. Ukraine's GM Oleksandr Bortnyk and Armenian IM Emin Ohanya...
GM Irina Krush put herself within arm's reach of back-to-back American Cup victories after dispatching FM Alice Lee in the first game of their final matchup on Friday. Playing with the black pieces in a repeat of their 2022 final, Lee played a r...
GM Hikaru Nakamura is the first player to book his ticket to this year's finals of The American Cup after defeating GM Wesley So in a blitz playoff. So now has to play against GM Levon Aronian for a spot in the final after the latter won his secon...
GM Levon Aronian kept his tournament dreams alive in Saint Louis on Tuesday after defeating GM Fabiano Caruana in a monumental clash at The 2023 American Cup. Following six decisive results in their rapid and blitz encounters, an armageddon tiebre...
The 2023 American Cup continued in St. Louis on Monday with championship bracket semifinals that were won by GMs Hikaru Nakamura and Wesley So respectively. Nakamura was in fine form with the black pieces and outplayed GM Leinier Dominguez in the ...
GM Sam Shankland set The American Cup elimination bracket alight on Sunday after defeating GM Ray Robson in a marathon match that was decided after six games. With an armageddon game looming and the two-time world Puzzle Rush champion posing a ser...
GMs Fabiano Caruana, Leinier Dominguez, and Wesley So all managed to win their matches on Saturday in The 2023 American Cup in their second rapid playoff games to progress to the semifinals of the Champions bracket. Caruana struggled to subdue sta...
GM Hikaru Nakamura was the sole winner in the open section on the first day of The 2023 American Cup in St. Louis. He defeated GM Sam Sevian in a game that featured weak pawn structures and instructive endgame technique. Hard-fought draws materi...
GM Hikaru Nakamura was the convincing winner of the second edition of Chess.com's newest titled arena, Bullet Brawl, after scoring 65 wins, four draws, and 12 losses en route to claiming the $1,000 prize for first. Familiar faces in GMs Daniel N...
As the Pro Chess League's second week reached its conclusion on Friday, the Croatia Bulldogs and the Gotham Knights secured narrow match wins over the Berlin Bears and the California Unicorns respectively. Following a hard-fought loss in week on...
The Levitov Chess Wizards and the Garden State Passers recorded comfortable victories in the second week of the Pro Chess League on Wednesday after gaining momentum from their respective board-fours who defeated their opponents' board ones. Join...
The Indian Yogis and the Brazil Capybaras emerged victorious from their matches in the Pro Chess League on Tuesday after a day of grueling chess and an epic boilover. Staring down the barrel of a 5.5-6.5 deficit, the Yogis clutched up with a 4-0...
As the first week of the 2023 Pro Chess League came to a close, the Shanghai Tigers and the California Unicorns became the final teams to secure victories in their opening fixtures. The Shanghai Tigers, who fielded world number-29 GM Wei Yi as w...
The Pro Chess League returned on Wednesday with two thrilling matchups which the Levitov Chess Wizards and the Norway Gnomes won in contrasting styles. The number-one seed by average rating, the Wizards put on a strong performance against the Ga...
The Pro Chess League 2023 started with a bang on Tuesday with two high-octane matchups that resulted in convincing wins for the prodigious Indian Yogis and the GM Magnus Carlsen-led Canada Chessbrahs. The Yogis kicked off their campaign in the b...
GM Alexandra Kosteniuk was crowned as the winner of the second leg of the 2022/2023 FIDE Women's Grand Prix on Monday with a score of 7.5/11 despite losing her final game to WGM Zhu Jiner. Peace was the theme of the final round in Munich as five...
