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GM Anish Giri
GM Fabiano Caruana didn’t lose ground after his Round 11 draw with leader GM Ian Nepomniachtchi, but today’s result may have shut the door on his… Read More »
Ian Nepomniachtchi
GM Ian Nepomniachtchi took a big step towards winning the 2020-2021 FIDE Candidates Tournament with the only victory of Round 10, defeating GM Kirill… Read More »
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The Confederation of Chess for Americas (CCA) is organizing an American Continent Tournament to qualify 8 players for this year’s World Cup to be… Read More »
GM Anish Giri in Round 9 of the FIDE Candidates Tournament
The Dutch super-GM scored the only full point of the day and rejoins a pack of players chasing leader GM Ian Nepomniatchtchi in Yekaterinburg, Russia… Read More »
Fabiano Caruana in the eighth round of the FIDE Candidates Tournament
World No. 2 Fabiano Caruana turned 13 months of preparation into one of the best games of the year, taking down co-leader Maxime Vachier Lagrave in… Read More »
Ben Johnson, host of the Perpetual Chess Podcast
The Perpetual Chess Podcast host handicaps the Candidates Tournament and gives the players' odds as the next challenger to World Champion Magnus… Read More »
Challengers Chess Tour - Kramnik vs. Polgar
The American junior stars were solid in the Polgar Challenge, the first event of the $100,000 series showcasing the world's next generation of talent… Read More »
World University Online Chess Championships
The two Missouri schools each earned a gold and silver medal in the collegiate Blitz and Rapid Championships. UT-RGV won bronze in both events.Read… Read More »
Wesley So Magnus Carlsen Invitational
The US Chess Champion stumbled in the semifinals against eventual winner Giri, then dropped the third-place match to the World Champion.Read More »
FIDE UT-RGV
GM Mikhail Antipov earned bronze in the Open and IM Olga Badelka brought home silver in the Women's Championship. WIM Alicja Sliwicka from UT-RGV… Read More »
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