John Hartmann
When we last checked in with the Croatia stop of the 2019 Grand Chess Tour, it looked like Ian Nepomniachtchi was off to the races, his full point… Read More »
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 »