Colin McGourty led news at Chess24 from its launch until it merged with Chess.com a decade later. An amateur player, he got into chess writing when he set up the website Chess in Translation after previously studying Slavic languages and literature in St. Andrews, Odesa, Oxford, and Krakow.
GM Alireza Firouzja lost on time just when he seemed to have escaped against GM Aravindh Chithambaram and was set to be the sole leader of the 2025 Superbet Rapid & Blitz Poland going into the 18 rounds of blitz. Instead he was caught by Aravi...
GM Alireza Firouzja pounced on a blunder by GM Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu to win the battle of the players who started day two in second place and catch GM Vladimir Fedoseev in the 2025 Superbet Rapid & Blitz Poland lead. GM Aravindh Chithambar...
Wildcard GM Vladimir Fedoseev is the sole leader of the 2025 Superbet Rapid & Blitz Poland, the first event on the 2025 Grand Chess Tour, after scoring 5/6 on day one. It could have been 6/6, but GM Alireza Firouzja escaped in the first r...
Indian GM Humpy Koneru has won the 2025 Pune FIDE Women's Grand Prix after beating IM Nurgyul Salimova in 84 moves in the final round to finish on an unbeaten 7/9. GM Zhu Jiner also won, against IM Polina Shuvalova, but missed out on first place o...
GM Zhu Jiner bounced back right away to outplay IM Divya Deshmukh and regain the lead in the 2025 Pune FIDE Women's Grand Prix going into the final round. Zhu would have been the sole leader if IM Alina Kashlinskaya had converted a completely winn...
GM Humpy Koneru is the new sole leader of the 2025 Pune FIDE Women's Grand Prix on 5.5/7 after beating GM Zhu Jiner in a dramatic round-seven clash. Zhu is now joined half a point back by IM Divya Deshmukh, who won a fourth game of the event as sh...
GM Zhu Jiner won a fourth game in six rounds of the 2025 Pune FIDE Women's Grand Prix, beating GM Vaishali Rameshbabu to retain the sole lead and climb above GM Tan Zhongyi to world number-five on the FIDE women's rating list. GM Humpy Koneru is s...
GM Vaishali Rameshbabu beat IM Batkhuyag Munguntuul to score the only win of round five of the 2025 Pune FIDE Women's Grand Prix, but we were a move or two away from seeing leader GM Zhu Jiner toppled. The Chinese star was hit by a fine queen...
GM Zhu Jiner beat IM Alina Kashlinskaya in round four to retain the sole lead in the 2025 Pune FIDE Women's Grand Prix on 3.5/4. Just half a point back are local heroes GM Humpy Koneru and IM Divya Deshmukh, who picked up wins against IMs Polina S...
GM Ju Wenjun has beaten GM Tan Zhongyi 6.5-2.5 to win the 2025 FIDE Women's World Championship and become only the fourth woman in history to win the title five times. The title holder since 2018 wrapped up the match with three games to spare afte...
World number-one Magnus Carlsen beat world number-two Hikaru Nakamura 1.5-0.5 in the Final to win the 2025 Paris Freestyle Chess Grand Slam and take the Tour lead with 40 points and $300,000 in prize money. Let's look at some conclusions from the ...
GM Magnus Carlsen has won the 2025 Paris Freestyle Chess Grand Slam after what he called "a very nice, professional job" secured a draw and a 1.5-0.5 match victory over GM Hikaru Nakamura. The world number-one takes the $200,000 top prize, Nakamur...
GM Magnus Carlsen sacrificed a pawn on move four and went on to defeat GM Hikaru Nakamura in the first game of the 2025 Paris Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Final. It was a brilliant win that puts Carlsen a draw away from the title and $200,000, but N...
World numbers one and two GMs Magnus Carlsen and Hikaru Nakamura will compete for the $200,000 top prize in the Final of the 2025 Paris Freestyle Chess Grand Slam. Carlsen overcame GM Fabiano Caruana, who fought valiantly in a difficult position b...
Defending champion GM Ju Wenjun has scored a third win in four games to take a commanding 4-2 lead over GM Tan Zhongyi into the second half of the 2025 FIDE Women's World Championship. Ju took over just after the opening and had winning chanc...
GM Ju Wenjun has taken a 3-2 lead in the 2025 FIDE Women's World Championship after GM Tan Zhongyi's ambitious opening play backfired in game five. Ju dodged her opponent's preparation and was soon able to pick up a pawn. Tan almost got ...
GM Ju Wenjun survived heavy pressure on the board and on the clock to make a five-hour, 80-move draw against GM Tan Zhongyi that leaves the scores level at 2-2 after game four of the 2025 FIDE Women's World Championship. Both players competed to s...
GM Ju Wenjun ground out a win in a pawn-up endgame to defeat GM Tan Zhongyi and level the scores at 1.5-1.5 after three games of the 2025 FIDE Women's World Championship. Tan played fast in a Sicilian to pressure her opponent, but in the run-...
GM Tan Zhongyi has taken a 1.5-0.5 lead in the 2025 FIDE Women's World Championship after World Champion GM Ju Wenjun collapsed in a rook endgame that seemed headed for an inevitable draw. She fought on after the time control had passed, but Tan m...
Challenger GM Tan Zhongyi played the Sicilian Defense and made a comfortable 39-move draw against World Champion Ju Wenjun as the 2025 FIDE Women's World Championship began in Shanghai. "From the first game I think Tan is going to be a very t...
Defending Women’s World Champion Ju Wenjun is striving to become only the fourth player in history to win the title five times as she takes on challenger and former champion GM Tan Zhongyi in the 2025 FIDE Women's World Championship in Shang...
GM Arjun Erigaisi is back to world number-four on the April 2025 FIDE rating list after two wins in the German League saw him leapfrog GM Fabiano Caruana, who lost to GM Hikaru Nakamura in The American Cup. The truly spectacular Indian achievement...
GM Anna Muzychuk has won the 2025 Nicosia FIDE Women's Grand Prix on tiebreaks ahead of GM Zhu Jiner, though both players take 117.5 Grand Prix points and €15,500 (~$16,750) each. The last round ended in five draws, but only after IM Olga Bad...
GM Anna Muzychuk's fourth win, over GM Elisabeth Paehtz, saw her catch GM Zhu Jiner in the lead going into the final round of the 2025 Nicosia FIDE Women's Grand Prix. GMs Harika Dronavalli, Aleksandra Goryachkina, and Mariya Muzychuk are within s...
GM Zhu Jiner has regained the sole lead in the 2025 Nicosia FIDE Women's Grand Prix after brilliantly beating IM Divya Deshmukh while GM Anna Muzychuk missed a tactical blow that gave IM Olga Badelka her first win. GM Nana Dzagnidze scored the day...
