Posts categorized "Super grandmaster chess"
The first third of the 2024 Sinquefield Cup is in the books in St. Louis, with Russian GM Ian Nepomniachtchi and French GM Alireza Firouzja atop the…
The penultimate event of the 2024 Grand Chess Tour (GCT) has concluded in St. Louis, with French GM Alireza Firouzja victorious in the 2024 Saint...
The 2024 Grand Chess Tour (GCT) is in the middle of its penultimate leg, with three days of rapid chess concluding Wednesday, August 14 at the Saint…
GM Hans Niemann won a Super Grandmaster Match, with a prize fund of $50,000, against GM Vidit Gujrathi on June 22, 2024. The Universal Chess Tour (… Read More »
We often are told of ways the chess of today's great players differs from their predecessors. With superior defensive technique, opening knowledge...
For the better part of Sunday's last-round games in Toronto, at least one of the 2024 FIDE Candidates events appeared headed to a playoff match...
The penultimate round of the 2024 FIDE Candidates’ Tournament and Women’s Candidate Tournament took two divergent paths on Saturday in Toronto. In… Read More »
“Only” half of the eight games played during Thursday’s 12th round of the 2024 FIDE Candidates and Women’s Candidates tournaments ended in decisive...
Action is heating up in Toronto as we are reaching the final stretch of the tournament. The 11th round featured three decisive games (out of four) in…
OPEN It was a great day for American chess fans as both GM Hikaru Nakamura and GM Fabiano Caruana won their games. Nakamura obtained a comfortable...