GM Hikaru Nakamura won his third consecutive Titled Tuesday in the early tournament on February 21. GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave followed up with a win in the late tournament. Both won with 9.5 points out of 11. GM Fabiano Caruana was another top player of the day, finishing in the top five both times while coming …
GM Hikaru Nakamura won his third straight Titled Tuesday on October 4 with the rare score of 10.5/11, then nearly swept the event for the second straight week with a second-place finish in the late event. Instead, it was won by GM Matthias Bluebaum on tiebreaks. GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda also had a successful day, finishing …
Also on the fourth day of play at the FTX Crypto Cup in Miami, GMs Magnus Carlsen and Praggnanandhaa R. won their matches without needing a tiebreak. The duo is now four points ahead of GM Alireza Firouzja, who is on eight points, followed by GM Levon Aronian on five points. GM Hans Niemann is …
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The FIDE Chess.com 2022 Women’s Speed Chess Championship resumed on Tuesday with a clash between two of the tournament’s powerhouses, with GM Valentina Gunina overcoming GM Tan Zhongyi with a resounding score of 19.5-9.5. After a shaky 0-2 start, Gunina hit her groove and punched her way to a four-point lead after the 5+1 segment. …
With the top four players in the tournament standings playing each other in round five, the situation at the top of the leaderboard is sharpening further at the 2022 Norway Chess in Stavanger. The current world champion, GM Magnus Carlsen, said ahead of round five that he would be playing for a win against the …
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GM Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa is again the sole leader of the event after day five. After him comes GM Magnus Carlsen with nine points, closely followed by GMs Jan-Krzysztof Duda, Le Quang Liem and Jorden van Foreest with eight points. Both GMs Anish Giri and Shakhriyar Mamedyarov follow in the standings with six points and GM …
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