Super Grandmaster Chess
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Wesley So leads the A Group at Tata Steel after Tuesday’s fourth round. So is at 3/4, a half-point ahead of fellow Americans Fabiano Caruana and… Read More »
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Wenjun Ju vs. Aleksandra Goryachkina in the Women's Grand Prix
The World Women's Championship (January 4-26) officially begins on January… Read More »
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Ian Nepomniachtchi is through to the 2020 Candidates Tournament with his victory at the FIDE Jerusalem Grand Prix.
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Ding Liren capped off a tremendous 2019 with a win Sunday at the Grand Chess Tour Finals, one of many important titles decided at the 2019 London… Read More »
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In the end, the only thing that could stop Magnus Carlsen was a tummy bug.
courtesy STLCC; note that Nakamura scored 12 in the Blitz and… Read More »
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There are countless chess variants, some enjoying more popularity than others, but none have gotten as much recent attention as the brainchild of… Read More »
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Alexander Grischuk added another medal to his collection on Sunday, winning the 2019 Hamburg FIDE Grand Prix with a 3.5-2.5 victory in tiebreaks over… Read More »
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Levon Aronian is the winner of the 2019 Grand Chess Tour Superbet Rapid and Blitz (Bucharest, Romania; November 6-10), taking the title after a… Read More »
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The 2019 FIDE Grand Prix continues this week with a stop in Hamburg, Germany. From November 5th through 17th, 16 of the world’s elite will compete in… Read More »
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So with FIDE officials at the awards ceremony. Photo by Maria Emelianova.
At the Henie Onstad Kunstsenter art museum located close to… Read More »