Super Grandmaster Chess
Postponed since March 2020, the event that determines the next challenger to World Champion Magnus Carlsen will resume Monday in Yekaterinburg,… Read More »
The upsets kept coming in the quarterfinals of the 2025 FIDE World Cup.… 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… Read More »
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… Read More »
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… Read More »
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… Read More »
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-… Read More »
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… Read More »
This week's puzzles come from the second day of the Clutch Chess: Champions Showdown, which concluded last week at the newly renovated Saint Louis… Read More »