GM Hikaru Nakamura was the convincing winner of the second edition of Chess.com’s newest titled arena, Bullet Brawl, after scoring 65 wins, four draws, and 12 losses en route to claiming the $1,000 prize for first. Familiar faces in GMs Daniel Naroditsky and Jose Martinez Alcantara round out the podium of the two-hour, 1+0 event …
GM Levon Aronian defeated GM Dmitry Andreikin in the 2022 Speed Chess Championship in an electrifying duel on Wednesday. The match between these two exceptional grandmasters was loaded with imaginative play and rivalrous chess to culminate in a sensational finale. GM Magnus Carlsen will face GM Gukesh D in the next round of 16 match on …
GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave convincingly won his round of 16 match against GM Ian Nepomniachtchi by the greatest margin yet in Chess.com’s 2022 Speed Chess Championship on Monday after an exceptional run in the bullet portion. MVL’s play was electric en route to a 19.5-11.5 drubbing and his form signaled that he will be a serious contender …
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The Collegiate Chess League is excited to announce the 2022 summer season featuring the bullet and bughouse college championships! This summer season will span the four weeks of August and starts with the bullet championship on August 6 with the finals on August 13. Bughouse will start the following week on August 20 with the …
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GM Wesley So won week 21 of the 2022 Rapid Chess Championship presented by Coinbase, defeating GM Sam Sevian in the closely-fought finals match that culminated in a bullet playoff. GMs Dmitry Andreikin and Maxim Matlakov made it to the semifinals. GM David Paravyan, Alexander Grischuk, Parham Maghsoodloo, and Andrey Esipenko finished in the quarterfinals. Participating …
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GM Hikaru Nakamura won week 20 of the 2022 Rapid Chess Championship presented by Coinbase, defeating GM Wesley So in the final in a bullet tiebreaker. GMs Vladimir Fedoseev and David Paravyan made it to the semifinals. GM Oleksandr Bortnyk won the Swiss tournament and finished in the quarterfinals along with GMs Daniil Dubov, Benjamin Bok, …
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GM Humpy Koneru edged out GM Nana Dzagnidze in their round of 16 match of the FIDE Chess.com 2022 Women’s Speed Chess Championship on Wednesday. The match was so close that the score was still tied with just five minutes on the match clock. In the end, Koneru’s superior focus and speed in the bullet …
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All good things must come to an end, and Chess.com Chief Chess Officer IM Danny Rensch saw his amazing run into the semifinals of the 2022 IM Not A GM Speed Chess Championship conclude on Wednesday, as IM Eric Rosen became the first finalist of the tournament. It was a close match for the first …
The reigning Women’s World Blitz Champion, IM Bibisara Assaubayeva, defeated IM Irene Sukandar in the 2022 IM Not A GM Speed Chess Championship on Monday. Though the players scored evenly in the first blitz segment, as the time controls grew shorter, Assaubayeva’s advantage grew. In the bullet portion, Assaubayeva was stunningly quick and accurate―even when she had …
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The 2022 Junior Speed Chess Championship by SIG returned today with a high-octane quarterfinal between GMs Brandon Jacobson and GM Awonder Liang where viewers were graced with yet another stellar comeback in the championship. Liang was the beneficiary of a collapse in the bullet section of the tournament and managed to overcome a four-point deficit and …
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