GM Tan Zhongyi beat IM Sara Khadem in round six to score her first win of the 2025 Monaco FIDE Women's Grand Prix. The day's other winner was GM Aleksandra Goryachkina, who exploited a time-trouble mistake by GM Koneru Humpy to move into second pl...
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Young French GM Marc'Andria Maurizzi delivered a masterclass at the Djerba Chess Festival, producing one of the most stunning tournament performances of 2025 so far. The 17-year-old grandmaster was seeded only ninth in the 10-player round-robin ...
Following an eventful fortnight, GM Hikaru Nakamura returned to the Bullet Brawl arena to capture his 36th title and the $400 first prize, scoring 65/74 and finishing with a score of 232 ahead of 228 other titled players. The event was headlined...
GM Kateryna Lagno continues to lead the 2025 Monaco FIDE Women's Grand Prix before the rest day after all games were drawn in round five. GM Koneru Humpy let a big chance slip in a long game against GM Tan Zhongyi, while GM Aleksandra Goryachkina ...
GM Kateryna Lagno said, "It’s been a long time since I played such a beautiful game" after defeating GM Elisabeth Paehtz to take the sole lead in the 2025 Monaco FIDE Women's Grand Prix on 3/4. The remaining games were drawn, with GM Aleksan...
GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda won Freestyle Friday on February 21, becoming the fifth player to win one in the first five weeks of the event. More notably, this victory comes on the heels of a win in the late Titled Tuesday on February 18, making Duda the...
It took just about one hour for GM Magnus Carlsen to win the Grand Final against GM Hikaru Nakamura and thus the 2025 Chessable Masters, the first event of this year's Champions Chess Tour. He defeated the U.S. number-one for the second time in th...
India's chess stars continue to receive well-deserved recognition for their achievements, with two of the nation's brightest players, IMs Divya Deshmukh and Tania Sachdev, being honored with awards this week. The national teams were also cele...
World number-one GM Magnus Carlsen made an appearance on The Joe Rogan Experience where he openly addressed the infamous controversy with GM Hans Niemann for the first time. The controversial Joe Rogan, a comedian, UFC commentator, and former TV...
GM Alexandra Kosteniuk won a sharp battle in round three of the 2025 Monaco FIDE Women's Grand Prix to knock GM Tan Zhongyi down to world number-four. The other win was a 5.5-hour marathon that saw GM Aleksandra Goryachkina return to 50 percent by...
GM Hikaru Nakamura defeated GM Ian Nepomniachtchi in the Losers Final by holding a draw with the black pieces in the armageddon tiebreak. He has earned his second match against GM Magnus Carlsen in the 2025 Chessable Masters Grand Final on the las...
IM Sara Khadem pounced on a time-trouble blunder by GM Harika Dronavalli to pick up the only win of round two of the 2025 Monaco FIDE Women's Grand Prix. She joins GM Kateryna Lagno, GM Koneru Humpy, and IM Batkhuyag Munguntuul in the lead on...
World number-one GM Magnus Carlsen punched his ticket to the Grand Final of the 2025 Chessable Masters. With Black in armageddon, he drew GM Arjun Erigaisi and then beat GM Hikaru Nakamura 2.5-0.5 with a game to spare. Both Arjun and Nakamura will...
You can now own a truly unique piece of chess history while also supporting a charitable cause. GM Magnus Carlsen recently announced the auction of the famous pair of jeans that led to his forfeit at the FIDE World Rapid Championship in Decem...
GM Matthias Bluebaum won the early Titled Tuesday on February 18 with a near-perfect score (the second straight week someone scored 10.5 points) and took the lead in the Titled Tuesday Grand Prix standings. GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda then took the late...
GM Koneru Humpy defeated fellow Indian GM Harika Dronavalli and GM Kateryna Lagno took down GM Aleksandra Goryachkina in round one of the 2025 Monaco FIDE Women's Grand Prix. The day's other winner was IM Batkhuyag Munguntuul, who beat former Wome...
GMs Magnus Carlsen, Arjun Erigaisi, Hikaru Nakamura, and Alireza Firouzja are the players left in the Winners Bracket after day one of the 2025 Chessable Masters Playoffs. Firouzja's match against GM Fabiano Caruana was the longest and closest, on...
Team Falcons, the winner of the 2024 Esports World Cup, has announced the signing of none other than world number-two GM Hikaru Nakamura. Meanwhile, Serbian esports organization Aurora Gaming also picked up the World Blitz Champion GM Ia...
In week four of the Collegiate Chess League Spring 2025 (CCL) the powerful University of Missouri—Columbia team showed why they're favorites to make it back to the league finals with a dominant victory against a prestigious Yale University t...
GMs Andrey Esipenko, Yu Yangyi, Vladislav Artemiev, Wei Yi, Alexander Grischuk, Jan-Krzysztof Duda, Sam Sevian, and Anish Giri qualified, through the Play-in, for the 2025 Chessable Masters Playoffs. Wei qualified directly by winning the Swiss tou...
Ukrainian esports organization Natus Vincere (NAVI) has entered the competitive chess scene with a bang by snapping up star grandmasters Wesley So, Nodirbek Abdusattorov, and Oleksandr Bortnyk. Meanwhile, world number-nine GM Wei Yi has also been ...
In the week that top chess players signed with esports organizations, GM Sam Sevian made a statement by winning Saturday's Bullet Brawl and the $400 top prize, 24 hours after claiming his first Freestyle Friday victory. Sevian outsc...
Global esports powerhouse Team Liquid has announced the signings of not just one, but two superstars of chess. Five-time World Champion and world number-one Magnus Carlsen and the 2018 challenger, world number-two Fabiano Caruana will represent th...
