Super Grandmaster Chess
Wenjun Ju vs. Aleksandra Goryachkina in the Women's Grand Prix
The World Women's Championship (January 4-26) officially begins on January 5th… Read More »
Ian Nepomniachtchi is through to the 2020 Candidates Tournament with his victory at the FIDE Jerusalem Grand Prix… Read More »
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… Read More »
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 not 11.… Read More »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
So with FIDE officials at the awards ceremony. Photo by Maria Emelianova.
At the Henie Onstad Kunstsenter art museum located close to Oslo, Norway… Read More »
After a thrilling final round, Fabiano Caruana and Wang Hao are the deserved victors of the 2019 FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss, ending the tournament… Read More »