John Hartmann
Registration for the 2019 World Youth Championships, to be held in Mumbai, India, has been extended to July 8, 2019 to accommodate parties who may… Read More »
The 2019 Summer Classic came to an end Friday in Saint Louis, with all three sections featuring clear winners and solid, fighting chess.
A GROUP… Read More »
Turns out the death of classical chess may have been "greatly exaggerated" after all. The Zagreb stop of the 2019 Grand Chess Tour got underway… Read More »
The 18 players contesting the three Summer Chess Classic groups are on their rest day today in Saint Louis. With five more rounds to be played in the… Read More »
The 2019 Summer Chess Classic kicked off yesterday in Saint Louis. Hosted by the Saint Louis Chess Club, the Summer Classic is part of a quarterly… Read More »
Aleksandra Goryachkina, Winner of the 2019 Women's Candidates (photo FIDE)
Aleksandra Goryachkina is the clear winner of the 2019 Women’s… Read More »
Life in the Internet age is both a blessing and a curse for chess fans. On the plus side, there is an utter avalanche of top-level tournaments taking… Read More »
Two rest days. Two tournament leaders. Two very different stories.
Standings after Rd 6 (courtesy Mark Crowther / TWIC)
Magnus Carlsen leads the… Read More »
Call it chance or call it kismet, but it is immensely useful to this writer that both the Altibox Norway Chess and Women’s Candidates Tournaments… Read More »
Aleksandra Goryachkina leads the 2019 Women’s Candidate Tournament after five rounds with a score of 4/5, a half-point ahead of Nana Dzagnidze.… Read More »