Super Grandmaster Chess
![Taimanov versus Sveshnikov, Wijk aan Zee 1981](/sites/default/files/styles/350x200_scale_and_smart_crop/public/media/images/nl-hana_2.24.01.05_0_931-2740.tjp_.jpg.webp?itok=dOkPnB6O)
Grandmaster Evgeny Sveshnikov died on Wednesday, August 18, 2021.
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![GM Leinier Dominguez-Perez](/sites/default/files/styles/350x200_scale_and_smart_crop/public/media/images/dominguezsinqcup21.jpg.webp?itok=Lk0YZCBQ)
GMs Sam Shankland and Dariusz Swiercz scored their first wins in St. Louis on Friday, while Leinier Dominguez uncorked a novelty in the Sicilian… Read More »
![Wesley So](/sites/default/files/styles/350x200_scale_and_smart_crop/public/media/images/so-rd3-2021-sinq-slcc-ootes.jpg.webp?itok=sjxnz0NZ)
It turns out that ratings might be worth something after all.
While there’s good evidence that amateur ratings might be volatile after a… Read More »
![GM Wesley So // photo Bryan Adams, Grand Chess Tour](/sites/default/files/styles/350x200_scale_and_smart_crop/public/media/images/wesleysosinqcup21b.jpg.webp?itok=qNjbKAEs)
The Grand Chess Tour's overall leader scored the only win of Round 2 to join the leaders in front of the 2021 Sinquefield Cup in St. Louis.Read More »
![GM Fabiano Caruana](/sites/default/files/styles/350x200_scale_and_smart_crop/public/media/images/caruanasinqcup.jpg.webp?itok=fxXL5Kke)
Caruana delivered a crushing attack out of a quiet London, while Dominguez went deep in a Petroff to kick off the prestigious $325,000 event with a… Read More »
![2021 Sinquefield Cup](/sites/default/files/styles/350x200_scale_and_smart_crop/public/media/images/sinqcup.jpg.webp?itok=3HupGNWy)
The Sinquefield Cup, the last event of the 2021 Grand Chess Tour, will decide this year's overall tour champion and award nearly half a million… Read More »
![GM Hikaru Nakamura](/sites/default/files/styles/350x200_scale_and_smart_crop/public/media/images/nakamurasaintlouisrbtrophy.jpg.webp?itok=BRGZ6C44)
The American speed specialist lived up to his reputation with an undefeated performance, stealing the top prize as a Grand Chess Tour wildcard.Read… Read More »
![GM Hikaru Nakamura](/sites/default/files/styles/350x200_scale_and_smart_crop/public/media/images/nakamurasaintlouisrb.jpg.webp?itok=mIx7tjYI)
GM Hikaru Nakamura is the only player left without a loss halfway through a decisive Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz event, part of the Grand Chess… Read More »
![2021 Saint Louis Rapid and Blitz](/sites/default/files/styles/350x200_scale_and_smart_crop/public/media/images/saintlouisrapidblitzcup.jpg.webp?itok=29OeYx4Y)
US Chess' top-six Grandmasters are featured as part of the international tour's 2021 finale, which began in St. Louis on Wednesday.Read More »
![GMs Sergey Karjakin and Sam Shankland at the 2021 FIDE World Cup](/sites/default/files/styles/350x200_scale_and_smart_crop/public/media/images/shanklandkarjakinworldcup.jpg.webp?itok=-suT8w3a)
The California GM came tantalizingly close, but finishes his stellar run at the 2021 FIDE World Cup with a tiebreaker loss to GM Sergey Karjakin.Read… Read More »