GM Nodirbek Yakubboev won the 2024 Abu Dhabi Chess Festival's Masters tournament and the $30,000 check that belonged to it. The Uzbek grandmaster edged out GMs David Paravyan, Shamsiddin Vokhidov, Amin Tabatabaei, Leon Luke Mendonca, and IM Daniel...
GM Hikaru Nakamura successfully returned to the Bullet Brawl arena after a two-week hiatus, winning his 27th title and the $400 first prize with a commanding score of 69.5/77. GMs Andrew Tang and Jose Martinez rounded out the podium which was...
IM Alina Kashlinskaya beat GM Mariya Muzychuk in the final round to clinch sole first place in the 2024 Tbilisi FIDE Women's Grand Prix. Her win earned her €18,000 (~$20,000), 130 Grand Prix points, and a second GM norm. IM Bibisara Assaubaye...
GM Alireza Firouzja is once again the sole leader of the 2024 Sinquefield Cup after beating GM Anish Giri in round five on Friday. The Dutchman is no longer in the world's top 20 for the first time in more than a decade. With all other games end...
IM Alina Kashlinskaya goes into the final round of the 2024 Tbilisi FIDE Women's Grand Prix level with IM Bibisara Assaubayeva in the lead after a long but convincing win over IM Lela Javakhishvili. Three players are just half a point behind after...
GMs Awonder Liang and Jeffery Xiong have been crowned as the 2024 Chess.com Bughouse Champions after the pair won each of their knockout matches and collected the $2,000 first prize on Friday. Following a Quarterfinal drubbing of GMs Arjun Erigi...
IM Polina Shuvalova and GM Kateryna Lagno scored crucial wins in the 1+1 bullet segments to stage a comeback and win their respective matches to advance to the Quarterfinals of the 2024 Julius Baer Women's Speed Chess Championship. Shuvalova rec...
GM Wesley So defeated GM Ian Nepomniachtchi at the 2024 Sinquefield Cup on Thursday, joining GM Alireza Firouzja in a tie for first. Firouzja himself narrowly survived GM Gukesh Dommaraju's sparkling tactical play in our Game of the Day. The Sin...
GMs Arjun Erigaisi and Nihal Sarin finally booked their spot in the 2024 Chess.com Bughouse Championship knockouts on their fourth attempt after scoring 68/78 on Thursday. The Indian superstars, alongside FM Richard Zheng and NM Vincent Baker, sec...
20-year-old IM Bibisara Assaubayeva found a brilliant endgame sequence to defeat GM Alexandra Kosteniuk and take the sole lead with just two rounds of the 2024 Tbilisi FIDE Women's Grand Prix to go. The remaining four games were drawn, though GM M...
Women's World Champion Ju Wenjun of China scored a dominating 13-3 win over IM Anna Sargsyan of Armenia in the first of the round of 16 matches of the 2024 Julius Baer Women's Speed Chess Championship. Though Sargsyan had her chances in the match,...
GM Vladimir Kramnik defeated GM Jose Martinez 19-17 on Wednesday in their 36-game Clash of Blames blitz match in London. The event was a follow-up to the Clash of Claims match held in June of this year in Madrid. Martinez (25), the Peruvian blit...
It was just a matter of time, but now it's finally official: GM Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus has had his title confirmed, officially making him the world's youngest grandmaster. Several other rising stars also saw their titles approved. It's been almost ...
There are two leaders, GM Ian Nepomniachtchi and GM Alireza Firouzja, at the 2024 Sinquefield Cup after three rounds. Five decisive results were possible on this tempestuous day, but we saw two. Nepomniachtchi's risky opening paid off against GM...
GM Andrew Tang became the latest GM to book his spot in the 2024 Chess.com Bughouse Championship knockouts after he and his partner "BughouseKnight" won the sixth qualifier on Wednesday. Scoring an unassailable 255 points, the pair will look to to...
IM Alina Kashlinskaya said she was "in a good mood to play a fighting game" and ended up as the only winner in Wednesday's sixth round at the 2024 Tbilisi FIDE Women's Grand Prix. Kashlinskaya defeated GM Vaishali Rameshbabu and with the other fou...
Two weeks after a perfect 11/11 score and one week after finishing in second place twice, GM Magnus Carlsen was back in the Titled Tuesday win column on August 20, taking the late event with 9.5 points. Winning early was GM Jaime Santos, also on 9...
The 2024 Chess.com Bughouse Championship continued on Tuesday with the third and fourth qualifiers and IM Mark Plotkin, NM Jalen Wang, GM Guillermo Vasquez, and Grace "Helmsknight" Ferguson qualified for the Knockout ahead of 240 other teams. Fo...
In an all-draw day, GM Alireza Firouzja kept his half-point lead on the field at the 2024 Sinquefield Cup in round two. GM Gukesh Dommaraju generated the most winning chances as he clashed vs. GM Ian Nepomniachtchi in our Game of the Day.&nbs...
GM Alireza Firouzja gained the sole lead at the 2024 Sinquefield Cup by defeating GM Fabiano Caruana in round one. GM Ding Liren hinted at attacking intentions vs. GM Gukesh Dommaraju. Yet, when the 18-year-old challenger created counterpl...
The Community Championship Series returned on Monday with the 2024 Chess.com Bughouse Championship and two teams: GM Lars Oskar Hauge and NM Isaac Chiu along with GMs Jeffery Xiong and Awonder Liang, rose above 400 participating teams to book thei...
GMs Nana Dzagnidze and Mariya Muzychuk have joined the leaders of the 2024 Tbilisi FIDE Women's Grand Prix after scoring dramatic first wins to beat GMs Alexandra Kosteniuk and Vaishali Rameshbabu in round five. There was also a first win for IM S...
Round one of the 2024 Sinquefield Cup will offer a sneak peek of the upcoming world championship match: GM Ding Liren and GM Gukesh Dommaraju will meet for the first time since Gukesh became the challenger. As the finale of the Grand Chess Tour,...
GM Alexandra Kosteniuk has joined IMs Bibisara Assaubayeva and Stavroula Tsolakidou in the lead of the 2024 Tbilisi FIDE Women's Grand Prix after pouncing on a mistake by the luckless IM Sara Khadem in round four. GM Anna Muzychuk could have joine...
