Fabiano Caruana, Alireza Firouzja, Anish Giri and Jorden van Foreest all won to lead the 2021 Tata Steel Chess Masters in Wijk aan Zee after an explosive 7th round that also saw 18-year-old Andrey Esipenko beat Radek Wojtaszek with the black pieces. The only game where the balance was never upset saw Harikrishna vary from his Chessable course on move 7 to frustrate Magnus Carlsen again. The leader before the round, Nils Grandelius, followed recommendations from his opponent Anish Giri’s Najdorf Chessable repertoire for an astonishing 25 moves only to lose a tricky ending.
Chess chiefs in Iran have denied all knowledge of the Islamic republic’s boycott of Israel ahead of a key vote that could see its players banned from international competition.
World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen and blitz world no. 1 Hikaru Nakamura remain on course to meet in the Speed Chess final after winning their quarterfinals. The way they did it couldn’t have been more different, however, with M...
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave beat Levon Aronian in bullet chess to set up a Speed Chess semi-final against the winner of today’s Magnus Carlsen vs. Vladislav Artemiev match (live from 14:00 CET with Jan Gustafsson and Peter Svidler com...
"I have to apologize to Magnus for semi-ruining his birthday!" said Wesley So after winning a blitz playoff to clinch 1st place and the $30,000 top prize in the Skilling Open, the first event on the $1.5 million Champions Chess T...
Magnus Carlsen and Wesley So tied the first day of the Skilling Open final 2:2 after an incredible exchange of blows. Magnus ground out an advantage and then finished off the first game in sparkling style. It looked to be his day...
Wesley So spoilt two completely winning positions in a row against Hikaru Nakamura but still held on to draw all four games on Day 2 of their semi-final and reach the final of the $100,000 Skilling Open. His opponent will be Worl...
Magnus Carlsen and Wesley So need only draw on Saturday to reach the final of the Skilling Open after winning the first day of their semi-final matches against Ian Nepomniachtchi and Hikaru Nakamura. Magnus took advantage of Nepo...
It’s Carlsen vs. Nepomniachtchi and Nakamura vs. So in the Skilling Open semi-finals after a day of incredible comebacks. Only Magnus Carlsen managed to convert his lead from the previous day into victory, holding Anish Giri to f...
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Hikaru Nakamura, Anish Giri, Ian Nepomniachtchi & Wesley So must all win on Thursday or they’re out of the Skilling Open after they lost on Day 1 of the quarterfinals. Magnus Carlsen described his victory over Giri as a case of “...
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