Posts categorized "Super grandmaster chess"
No Co-Champions this year. The 2025 FIDE World Rapid & Blitz Championships were held December 26 through 30 in Doha, Qatar. GM Magnus Carlsen won…
Uzbekistan’s GM Javokhir Sindarov is the 2025 FIDE World Cup champion. Sindarov defeated Chinese GM Wei Yi 2½–1½, winning the second game of the… Read More »
The upsets kept coming in the quarterfinals of the 2025 FIDE World Cup. With Chinese GM Wei Yi’s elimination of second-seeded Indian GM Arjun… Read More »
GM Sam Shankland is the only American to reach the 2025 FIDE World Cup "elite eight" after defeating Russian GM Daniil Dubov 3–1 in the first rapid...
Three Americans — GMs Levon Aronian, Samuel Sevian, and Sam Shankland — have made it to the “Sweet 16” in the upset-laden 2025 FIDE World Cup. Only...
This week's puzzles come from the final day of the Clutch Chess: Champions Showdown, which concluded last month at the newly renovated Saint Louis...
This week's puzzles come from the Clutch Chess: Champions Showdown, which concluded two weeks ago at the newly renovated Saint Louis Chess Club.… Read More »
Four Americans are through to the fourth round of the 2025 FIDE World Cup in Goa, India. GM Sam Shankland’s upset over 19th-seeded Indian GM Vidit...
GM Hikaru Nakamura’s recent quest for a ratings-based spot in the Candidates Tournament has taken him to some places you wouldn’t think a super...
After six days, two rounds, and countless upsets at the 2025 FIDE World Cup (read our preview, which describes the format, here), only five Americans…