India, Spain, Poland, Azerbaijan, Netherlands, Ukraine, Germany, England, India-2, Armenia, Iran, Uzbekistan, India-3, and Croatia were the top teams to score clean 4-0 victories in the first round, while the top-seeded U.S. and third-seeded Norwa...
The 44th FIDE Chess Olympiad was inaugurated on July 28 at the Nehru Indoor Stadium in Chennai with fanfare, in the presence of Narendra Modi, the prime minister of India, and M.K. Stalin, the chief minister of the state of Tamilnadu, the main ini...
GM Hikaru Nakamura demonstrated his superiority in quicker time controls by defeating fellow-American GM Levon Aronian with a clean 2-0 score in the rapid chess tiebreak of the final to emerge as the winner of the 2022 FIDE Grand Prix first leg in...
The second game of the final between GM Levon Aronian and GM Hikaru Nakamura ended in a draw in only 29 moves after a threefold repetition, leaving the scores tied at the end of the classical games of the final of the 2022 FIDE Grand Prix first le...
GM Hikaru Nakamura and GM Levon Aronian were involved in a memorable clash in the first game of the 2022 FIDE Grand Prix first leg finals in Berlin. Both the players had the upper hand at different points of the game which ended in a draw by perpe...
GM Levon Aronian and GM Hikaru Nakamura comfortably neutralized the challenges of GM Leinier Dominguez and GM Richard Rapport respectively in the second game of the semifinal matches to set up an all-American clash in the final of the first leg of...
GM Levon Aronian and GM Hikaru Nakamura outplayed GM Leinier Dominguez and GM Richard Rapport respectively in the first game of the 2022 FIDE Grand Prix first leg semifinals in Berlin, both achieved with the white pieces in contrasting styles. The...
GM Leinier Dominguez and GM Richard Rapport defeated GM Wesley So and GM Radoslaw Wojtaszek respectively in the rapid tiebreak games with identical 1.5-0.5 victories to reach the semifinals of the 2022 FIDE Grand Prix in Berlin. Ironically, the ...
The last round of the group stage of the 2022 FIDE Grand Prix first leg produced high-voltage drama in Berlin with GM Hikaru Nakamura joining GM Levon Aronian for the semifinal lineup after winning Group A and Group C respectively. It was a day of...
GM Levon Aronian won a tense tactical game with the black pieces against GM Vincent Keymer to reach 4/5 and qualify with a round to spare from Group C to the semifinals of the 2022 FIDE Grand Prix first leg in Berlin. Though GM Hikaru Nakamura won...
GM Levon Aronian consolidated his position while GM Wesley So defeated GM Leinier Dominguez in a crucial game, as both opened a full point lead on 3/4 in Group C and Group D respectively at the end of the fourth round of the 2022 FIDE Grand Prix a...
The third round of the 2022 FIDE Grand Prix produced fighting games on all the boards in all the groups, though the leaders remain unchanged except for Group D, where GM Wesley So joined the lead with GM Leinier Dominguez on 2/3. In Group C, GM Le...
The second round of the the 2022 FIDE Grand Prix produced fierce battles in all the games except from Group C. GM Hikaru Nakamura, GM Radoslaw Wojtaszek, GM Levon Aronian, and GM Leinier Dominguez emerged as sole leaders in their respective groups...
The first round of the 2022 FIDE Grand Prix saw three decisive games in an intense start to the group stage of the event. After the first of the total six double round-robin games to be played among players of each group, GM Vladimir Fedoseev and ...
GM Wesley So defeated GM Nihal Sarin by a slender 15-14 margin in the first semifinal match of the 2021 Speed Chess Championship Main Event. So thus becomes the first player to reach the finals of the event; the other semifinal match is scheduled ...
It was a doubleheader Thursday at the 2021 Speed Chess Championship Main Event with two matches: GM Alexander Grischuk vs GM Nihal Sarin followed by GM Levon Aronian vs GM Daniil Dubov. Nihal upstaged Grischuk impressively and will face GM Richard...
The second match of the 2021 Speed Chess Championship Main Event went down to the wire as GM Ding Liren and GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov fought a hotly contested battle. The Chinese GM ultimately won with a final score of 14-12 (an identical result to...
GM Nihal Sarin defeated fellow-Indian GM Raunak Sadhwani 17.5-10.5 to retain his title at the Junior Speed Chess Championship presented by ChessKid. Sarin gained an entry into the 2021 Speed Chess Championship Main Event beginning in November. T...
Russia has defeated India 2.5-1.5 and 3-1 to confidently triumph in both rounds of the finals of the World Women's Team Championship that concluded in Sitges, Spain. If the semi-rapid event can be considered for historical continuity, this victory...
Tournament-favorites Russia defeated the Ukraine 2.5-1.5 and 3-1 in the two rounds of the semifinals to score a 2-0 win by match points to reach the finals of the World Women's Team Championship being held at Sitges, Spain. In the other semifina...
Russia and Georgia reached the semifinals of the 2021 World Women's Team Championship with solid performances, while India and Ukraine overcame their rivals in varying levels of difficulty and drama during the quarterfinals. While India's victory ...
Azerbaijan and FIDE Americas qualified to the knockout stage of the World Women's Team Championship from their respective pools in contrasting fashion after an eventful fifth and final round of the Round-Robin stage of the tournament. Russia and G...
After the first day of the 2021 FIDE World Women Team Championship at Sitges, it was no doubt that Russia was the dominant force of Pool A, while Pool B looked like a comparatively open race for all teams. The second day of the event was expected ...
The 2021 FIDE World Women Team Championship kicked off at Sitges, Spain on Monday, September 27, with favorite Russia showing brilliant form. The team scored the maximum 4 match points after the first two rounds in Pool-A. Known as "Jewel on the M...
