GM Levon Aronian kept his tournament dreams alive in Saint Louis on Tuesday after defeating GM Fabiano Caruana in a monumental clash at The 2023 American Cup. Following six decisive results in their rapid and blitz encounters, an armageddon tiebreaker was needed to split the players and Aronian came out on top after some resourceful …
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The third day of the Champions Chess Tour Airthings Masters 2023 presented the matchup of the ages, the duel for which the online chess sphere holds its breath: triple-crowned World Champion Magnus Carlsen vs. five-time Speed Chess Champion Hikaru Nakamura. After four draws, Carlsen successfully defended with Black in the armageddon tiebreaker. He will play …
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GM Magnus Carlsen won his fifth match in a row at the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour Finals but lost his perfect score as GM Le Quang Liem only went down in the armageddon game of their tiebreak. The Vietnamese GM thereby took one match point away from the world champion, who can still clinch tournament …
This is a flash report. The full report will be added shortly. GMs Wesley So and Nihal Sarin confirmed their progression to the Chess.com Global Championship final on Saturday after winning arduous semifinal matches. The players will compete for the top prize of $200,000 USD and the winner will be crowned the inaugural champion. The …
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WGM Jennifer Yu was crowned the winner of the 2022 U.S. Women’s Chess Championship on Thursday after a thrilling tiebreaker that had to be decided by an armageddon game. After winning the opening game of the match against GM Irina Krush, Yu very nearly put the match away during the second game. However, the eight-time …
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GM Ian Nepomniachtchi won the Winners Final of the 2022 Rapid Chess Championship presented by Coinbase on Saturday, defeating GM Hikaru Nakamura in an armageddon playoff. But it’s not over yet! Nakamura will get a second chance in the Losers Final while Nepomniachtchi will face the Losers Bracket victor in the Grand Final. GMs Dmitry Andreikin …
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GMs Magnus Carlsen and GM Praggnanandhaa R. continue to lead the FTX Crypto Cup in Miami, now with the maximum score of nine points after three days of play. In second place, four points behind, are GM Levon Aronian and GM Alireza Firouzja. The latter defeated GM Anish Giri in the armageddon game of their tiebreak. …
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GMs Eduardo Iturrizaga and Hans Niemann were the winners of the eleventh and twelfth Play-ins of the Chess.com Global Championship. GMs Kirill Alekseenko and Martyn Kravtsiv each won second place respectively, joining the winners in advancing to the knockout phase. The next rounds of the Play-in Phase continue on Monday, August 1, starting at 5 …
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Chess.com’s very own IM Danny Rensch was the winner by the slightest of margins in the 2022 IM Not A GM Speed Chess Championship on Monday, needing tiebreaks and an armageddon game to claim a 13.5-12.5 victory over IM Justus Williams in their round of 16 match. Unsplittable in the 5+1 section, a Rensch revival …
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A “disgusted” GM Fabiano Caruana won his match on the second day of The American Cup from a hopeless position as GM Jeffery Xiong lost on time. GM Sam Sevian indeed reached a 2700+ live rating by drawing his second game with GM Wesley So, who got relegated to the Elimination Bracket. GM Ray Robson used a pretty …
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