Chess News and Event Coverage

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GM Alireza Firouzja defeated GM Ding Liren at the 2024 Sinquefield Cup on Monday, stretching his lead to a full point with two rounds to go. GM Fabiano Caruana is the only player in striking range from clear second. 
GM Nodirbek Abdusattoro…

FIDE has announced a significant change to the schedule of the 2024 World Rapid & Blitz Championships, taking place in New York in the last week of December, adding a rest day so that the event ends on New Year’s Eve.
FIDE announced in June …

Women’s world number one Hou Yifan is through to the Quarterfinals of the 2024 Julius Baer Women’s Speed Chess Championship after defeating qualifier IM Anastasia Bodnaruk 7.5-5.5. The final scoreline looks close after Bodnaruk won the last four g…

GM Fabiano Caruana gained ground on GM Alireza Firouzja after GM Ian Nepomniachtchi made a shocking blunder at the 2024 Sinquefield Cup on Sunday. Caruana is now tied for second with GM Wesley So while Firouzja continues to have a half-point lead …

GM Vincent Keymer won the 2024 Rubinstein Memorial’s ALREH GM tournament on Sunday despite finishing with two losses. After starting with the superb score of six points out of seven games, the 19-year-old German grandmaster had already secured the…

GM Hans Niemann has surged to number 16 in the world on the live rating list after a series of matches he’s organized entitled “Hans Niemann Against The World.” He’s won all of the matches so far, starting with an exhibition blitz match against GM…

GM Nodirbek Yakubboev won the 2024 Abu Dhabi Chess Festival’s Masters tournament and the $30,000 check that belonged to it. The Uzbek grandmaster edged out GMs David Paravyan, Shamsiddin Vokhidov, Amin Tabatabaei, Leon Luke Mendonca, and IM Daniel…

GM Hikaru Nakamura successfully returned to the Bullet Brawl arena after a two-week hiatus, winning his 27th title and the $400 first prize with a commanding score of 69.5/77. GMs Andrew Tang and Jose Martinez rounded out the podium which was…

IM Alina Kashlinskaya beat GM Mariya Muzychuk in the final round to clinch sole first place in the 2024 Tbilisi FIDE Women’s Grand Prix. Her win earned her €18,000 (~$20,000), 130 Grand Prix points, and a second GM norm. IM Bibisara Assaubaye…

GM Alireza Firouzja is once again the sole leader of the 2024 Sinquefield Cup after beating GM Anish Giri in round five on Friday. The Dutchman is no longer in the world’s top 20 for the first time in more than a decade.
With all other games end…

IM Alina Kashlinskaya goes into the final round of the 2024 Tbilisi FIDE Women’s Grand Prix level with IM Bibisara Assaubayeva in the lead after a long but convincing win over IM Lela Javakhishvili. Three players are just half a point behind after…

GMs Awonder Liang and Jeffery Xiong have been crowned as the 2024 Chess.com Bughouse Champions after the pair won each of their knockout matches and collected the $2,000 first prize on Friday.
Following a Quarterfinal drubbing of GMs Arjun Erigi…

IM Polina Shuvalova and GM Kateryna Lagno scored crucial wins in the 1+1 bullet segments to stage a comeback and win their respective matches to advance to the Quarterfinals of the 2024 Julius Baer Women’s Speed Chess Championship.
Shuvalova rec…

GM Wesley So defeated GM Ian Nepomniachtchi at the 2024 Sinquefield Cup on Thursday, joining GM Alireza Firouzja in a tie for first. Firouzja himself narrowly survived GM Gukesh Dommaraju’s sparkling tactical play in our Game of the Day.
The Sin…

GMs Arjun Erigaisi and Nihal Sarin finally booked their spot in the 2024 Chess.com Bughouse Championship knockouts on their fourth attempt after scoring 68/78 on Thursday. The Indian superstars, alongside FM Richard Zheng and NM Vincent Baker, sec…

20-year-old IM Bibisara Assaubayeva found a brilliant endgame sequence to defeat GM Alexandra Kosteniuk and take the sole lead with just two rounds of the 2024 Tbilisi FIDE Women’s Grand Prix to go. The remaining four games were drawn, though GM M…

Women’s World Champion Ju Wenjun of China scored a dominating 13-3 win over IM Anna Sargsyan of Armenia in the first of the round of 16 matches of the 2024 Julius Baer Women’s Speed Chess Championship. Though Sargsyan had her chances in the match,…

GM Vladimir Kramnik defeated GM Jose Martinez 19-17 on Wednesday in their 36-game Clash of Blames blitz match in London. The event was a follow-up to the Clash of Claims match held in June of this year in Madrid.
Martinez (25), the Peruvian blit…

It was just a matter of time, but now it’s finally official: GM Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus has had his title confirmed, officially making him the world’s youngest grandmaster. Several other rising stars also saw their titles approved.
It’s been almost …

There are two leaders, GM Ian Nepomniachtchi and GM Alireza Firouzja, at the 2024 Sinquefield Cup after three rounds. Five decisive results were possible on this tempestuous day, but we saw two.
Nepomniachtchi’s risky opening paid off against GM…

GM Andrew Tang became the latest GM to book his spot in the 2024 Chess.com Bughouse Championship knockouts after he and his partner “BughouseKnight” won the sixth qualifier on Wednesday. Scoring an unassailable 255 points, the pair will look to to…

IM Alina Kashlinskaya said she was “in a good mood to play a fighting game” and ended up as the only winner in Wednesday’s sixth round at the 2024 Tbilisi FIDE Women’s Grand Prix. Kashlinskaya defeated GM Vaishali Rameshbabu and with the other fou…

Two weeks after a perfect 11/11 score and one week after finishing in second place twice, GM Magnus Carlsen was back in the Titled Tuesday win column on August 20, taking the late event with 9.5 points. Winning early was GM Jaime Santos, also on 9…