Anish Giri stormed into the lead with three wins and a draw on Day 3 of the Chessable Masters, while Magnus Carlsen is 2nd after beating Vidit with 1.d3 and almost taking down Wei Yi with 1.h4. It was a day of reversals, with Jorden van Foreest going from top scorer on Day 2 to losing all four games on Day 3. Wei Yi also suffered, while winless Arjan Tari suddenly won three games in a row as the race to finish in the Top 8 heated up.
“The future of Indian chess looks bright!” tweeted Anish Giri after 52-year-old Vishy Anand got off to a brilliant start in the Superbet Rapid & Blitz Poland tournament in Warsaw. Vishy beat his former second Radek Wojtaszek, th...
Magnus Carlsen and Aryan Tari celebrated Norway’s Constitution Day together on Tuesday, but they’ll be facing off against each other when the Chessable Masters starts on Thursday May 19th at 18:00 CEST (12:00 ET, 21:30 IST). Ding Li...
"Make a move that surprises Nepomniachtchi, gets him out of book — I guess that’s the main idea!" says Jan Gustafsson on the reason for playing a particular chess opening, referring of course to the 2021 World Chess Championship mat...
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave beat Alireza Firouzja, then Wesley So, then Levon Aronian on the final day to complete a remarkable comeback victory in the Superbet Chess Classic. Maxime defeated an over-ambitious Firouzja, while the leaders...
Levon Aronian admitted “I’m toast!” about his position against Ian Nepomniachtchi in the penultimate round of the Superbet Chess Classic, but, as against Alireza Firouzja, he went on to pull off a miraculous escape. That kept him le...
Magnus Carlsen and Ding Liren, the chess world numbers 1 and 2, will be in action as the 3rd edition of the Chessable Masters starts May 19th at 18:00 CEST. The 16-player $150,000 tournament is the 4th stage on the $1.6 million Melt...
Alireza Firouzja is back in the hunt for the Superbet Chess Classic title after winning a thrilling game against Leinier Dominguez. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov also grabbed his 1st win of the event, but only after Ian Nepomniachtchi misse...
Levon Aronian beat Maxime Vachier-Lagrave with Black in just 25 moves in Round 6 to catch Wesley So in the Superbet Chess Classic lead with three rounds to go. A 5-player pack is a full point behind the leaders, including Leinier Do...
Fabiano Caruana bounced back from losing to Maxime Vachier-Lagrave to beat Shakhriyar Mamedyarov in Round 5 of the Superbet Chess Classic and go into the rest day on 50%. The other games were drawn, so that Wesley So continues to be...
Wesley So is the sole leader of the Superbet Chess Classic in Bucharest after Ian Nepomniachtchi finally cracked under the pressure of being a pawn down for most of their Round 4 game. Levon Aronian also converted an extra pawn, aga...
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