India's most prominent esports organization has entered the chess esports scene with the double signing of GMs Aravindh Chithambaram and Nihal Sarin, two of the nation's biggest stars. The grandmasters will now represent S8UL as they try to qualif...
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 Ju Wenjun claimed her fourth straight victory against GM Tan Zhongyi in game eight of the 2025 FIDE Women's World Championship. With a dominant 6-2 lead with just four games to go, she is on the brink of securing her fifth Women’s World C...
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...
GM Ju Wenjun is on the verge of defending her title for the fourth time after she beat GM Tan Zhongyi with White in game seven of the 2025 FIDE Women's World Championship, her third consecutive win in the match. The reigning champion extended...
GM Oleksandr Bortnyk, Bullet Brawl's third most prolific winner, added an 11th career title to his trophy cabinet after topping the 205-player arena on Saturday. Bortnyk turned back challenges from GMs Daniel Naroditsky, Jose Martinez, and Ediz Gu...
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...
Russian esports organization Team Spirit has entered the world of esports with a splash, signing not one but two of the top speed chess specialists on the planet. GMs Daniil Dubov and Vladislav Artemiev will now attempt to qualify for the $1.5 mil...
Like a phoenix from the ashes, Serbian IM Teodora Injac recovered from a first-round loss at the 2025 European Women's Championship, winning nine games in a row and claiming her first continental title with a round to spare. A nine-move draw in ro...
The Semifinals of the 2025 Paris Freestyle Chess Grand Slam got off to a quiet start, as GMs Fabiano Caruana and Magnus Carlsen drew their game, as did GMs Hikaru Nakamura and Vincent Keymer. Meanwhile, the matches to determine 5th-8th place heate...
Freestyle Friday on April 11 came down to the final round, where GM Christopher Yoo defeated a pressing GM Magnus Carlsen to reach 10/11 and lock up the event by a full point ahead of GM Sam Sevian, GM Leon Luke Mendonca, and IM Jakub Kosakowski. ...
GMs Magnus Carlsen, Fabiano Caruana, Hikaru Nakamura, and Vincent Keymer advanced to the Semifinals of the 2025 Paris Freestyle Chess Grand Slam. The day started with an awkward setup as IM Danny Rensch drew position 73 for the second round of the...
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...
The 2025 Paris Freestyle Chess Grand Slam entered the knockout stage today in a day dominated by a gambit that its creator didn't even get a chance to play! During joint analysis before the round GM Ian Nepomniachtchi realized that Black could mee...
Just days after celebrating his ninth birthday, CM Luca Protopopescu from France has made chess history. The prodigy from Marseille has become the youngest player ever to cross the 2200 FIDE classical rating mark, an achievement made by beating hi...
Hope you were watching Titled Tuesday on April 8, where GM Magnus Carlsen won the second tournament with a perfect 11/11 score. It was Carlsen's third perfect Titled Tuesday, moving him into the sole lead in that statistic ahead of GM Hikaru Nakam...
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 Ian Nepomniachtchi scored 4.5/5 to catch his World Blitz Co-Champion GM Magnus Carlsen and tie for first place in the Round-Robin stage of the 2025 Paris Freestyle Chess Grand Slam. They will be joined in the Quarterfinals by GMs Maxime V...
The 2025 Paris Freestyle Chess Grand Slam started with a bang on Monday. The first day featured six rounds of rapid chess and only six of the 36 games ended in draws! World number-one Magnus Carlsen and late addition GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov emerg...
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...
Fridrik Olafsson, Iceland’s first grandmaster, two-time Nordic Champion, six-time Icelandic champion, the oldest living candidate for the world chess championship, and former FIDE President, passed away on Friday April 4 aged 90 after enduri...
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-...
Less than 48 hours before the Paris Freestyle Chess Grand Slam kicks off in the French capital, GM Hans Niemann has withdrawn from the tournament for "personal reasons." The U.S. grandmaster is the second player to be replaced, after GM Alireza Fi...
16-year-old Turkish GM Ediz Gurel added a third Bullet Brawl title to his trophy cabinet on Saturday after a tense battle with his compatriot, 13-year-old GM Yagiz Erdogmus, and the nine-time Bullet Brawl winner, GM Andrew Tang. Two hours o...
