John Hartmann
In her first tournament back after a two year layoff, Humpy Koneru won the 2019 Skolkovo Women’s Grand Prix with a score of 8/11, half a point ahead… Read More »
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and Yu Yangyi won in Wednesday’s quarterfinal playoffs, joining Ding Liren and Teimour Radjabov in the semi-finals of the 2019… Read More »
Jeffery Xiong’s Cinderella run has come to an end in Khanty-Mansiysk.
Xiong lost Tuesday to Teimour Radjabov in the second leg of their… Read More »
It has been 13 days since the first moves were played at the 2019 FIDE World Cup. 120 of the 128 competitors have been eliminated, and the eight… Read More »
UPDATED - all three games annotated by IM John Watson!
After yesterday’s Rest Day, the only one on the 2019 FIDE World Cup schedule,… Read More »
Humpy Koneru is alone in first place at the 2019 FIDE Grand Prix in Skolkovo, Russia, with two rounds to play. She defeated Valentina Gunina in… Read More »
Texas Tech!
GM Alex Onischuk asked us to pass along this job description. Interested US Chess members (and non-members) can apply at the… Read More »
Four Americans are through to the second round of the 2019 FIDE World Cup, while two have work to do in Thursday’s rapid playoffs.
After… Read More »
The 2019 FIDE World Cup kicked off today at the Ugra Chess Academy in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia, with 128 players from around the world vying for two… Read More »
He may look cute and innocent, but don’t be fooled.
Abhimanyu “Abhi” Mishra is an absolute killer at the chessboard.
Mishra… Read More »