Fabiano Caruana drew a sharp game against Richard Rapport to finish in clear first place in the Superbet Chess Classic, taking the $100,000 top prize and the maximum 13 Grand Chess Tour points. His pursuers could all only draw, though that was a good result for Anish Giri after he stumbled into a lost position against Ian Nepomniachtchi. Ding Liren regained the world no. 3 spot after ending with a fine win over Bogdan-Daniel Deac.
Magnus Carlsen’s last move in a major tournament as the classical World Chess Champion may have been to mouse-slip and blunder away his queen, as Hikaru Nakamura won an Armageddon thriller to set up a Grand Final rematch against Fab...
Hikaru Nakamura blundered mate-in-1 as he lost 2.5:0.5 to Fabiano Caruana in the final of the Winners Bracket of the Chessable Masters. That’s not the end of the road for Hikaru, however, since he’ll get a second chance against eith...
Magnus Carlsen survived his first brush with elimination on the 2023 Champions Chess Tour to beat Liem Le in Armageddon and set up a battle on Wednesday against Wesley So which will leave the loser having to qualify for the next eve...
Vladislav Artemiev was the first player to win a match against Magnus Carlsen in the 2023 Champions Chess Tour as he won in Armageddon to leave Magnus needing to plot a way to win the tournament via the Losers bracket. Hikaru Nakamu...
Lei Tingjie has beaten Tan Zhongyi with a game to spare to earn a Women’s World Championship match against her Chinese compatriot Ju Wenjun this July. 26-year-old Lei Tingjie lost the first game of the FIDE Women’s Candidates Final,...
Hikaru Nakamura described a 40-game match against Magnus Carlsen as "one of the biggest mistakes" of his career, but the triple world champion doesn't believe his explanation.
Former FIDE World Chess Champion Alexander Khalifman was asked for predictions about the upcoming World Championship match between Ian Nepomniachtchi and Ding Liren. He talks about their strengths and weaknesses, and also about Magn...
Tan Zhongyi sacrificed two pawns and looked in grave danger in Game 1 of the FIDE Women’s Candidates Final in Chongqing, China, but Lei Tingjie blundered with seconds on her clock and fell to defeat. That was a huge step towards Tan...
Hikaru Nakamura admitted “today Wesley was clearly the better player”, but after three tense draws Wesley So grabbed a poisoned pawn in Game 4 and was immediately put to the sword. That meant Hikaru had won the American Cup and the ...
Irina Krush suffered her first ever loss to Alice Lee in Saturday’s classical game, but she hit back to win the playoff 1.5:0.5, defend her American Women's Cup title, and pick up a combined $30,000. The battle for the $50,000 top p...
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