Posts categorized "Super grandmaster chess"
GM Ian Nepomniachtchi’s second turn with the white pieces ended peacefully in the third game of the 2023 FIDE World Championship, but, in hindsight...
GM Hikaru Nakamura became the first player to book his ticket to join GM Magnus Carlsen in the Champions Chess Tour (CCT) 2023 finals, winning the...
Editor's Note: You can download the bulletin version of this article, with annotations by GM Elshan Moradiabadi, here. The opening act of the 2023...
After a week of play, it was finally time for the American Cup to come to an end. But first, in each section, the winner of the elimination bracket...
A defining characteristic of the American Cup that distinguishes it from a normal knockout tournament is its double elimination format, where players…
The pressure is increasing at the American Cup as the rounds progress, and the players are handling this very impressively. In the champion’s bracket…
As the American Cup progresses, it is becoming clear who is in their best form. The semifinals of the champion's bracket saw GMs Hikaru Nakamura and…
We all know that, after the Ides of March, that’s when the madness happens. But the NCAA won’t have the only brackets worth looking at, because this…
Editor's Note: Streamer Lula Roberts reported on her trip to Sitges for the ninth Sunway Sitges International Chess Festival for our March edition of…
The second annual American Cup kicks off Friday, March 17, at the Saint Louis Chess Club. The tournament features 16 of the top US players competing…