GM Alireza Firouzja gained his very first classical victory vs. a world champion in round five of the Superbet Classic Romania 2023. The youngest player to break 2800 defeated GM Ding Liren in a back-and-forth duel for the initiative, scoring his second win in a row. The 19-year-old grandmaster joins GM Richard Rapport and GM …
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GMs Ian Nepomniachtchi and Richard Rapport were the two winners in the second round of the Superbet Classic Romania 2023 in Bucharest on Sunday. The round featured two contrasting decisive results as well as three draws that were all decided by threefold repetition. Nepomniachtchi put on a masterclass against local hope GM Bogdan-Daniel Deac with the …
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NASA literally took chess out of this world in April as the International Space Station (ISS), situated in space, played against the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) Mission Control, on Earth. The first game occurred concurrently with the FIDE World Chess Championship 2023, where GM Ding Liren beat GM Ian Nepomniachtchi to become the …
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The 2023 American Cup continued in St. Louis on Monday with championship bracket semifinals that were won by GMs Hikaru Nakamura and Wesley So respectively. Nakamura was in fine form with the black pieces and outplayed GM Lenier Dominguez in the middlegame to take his match 1.5-0.5, while So required rapid playoffs to overcome the …
Nakamura Defeats Dominguez With Black, So Knocks Caruana Read More »
GM Magnus Carlsen won the Champions Chess Tour Airthings Masters 2023 Division I after defeating GM Hikaru Nakamura in the Grand Final. He won the first game, and despite a major scare in game three, managed to draw the rest to consolidate his victory. GM Fabiano Caruana won Division II on Friday as well. After trading …
Carlsen Defeats Nakamura, Wins Airthings Masters, Caruana, Sevian Win Divisions 2-3 Read More »
GMs Wesley So and Leinier Dominguez won their round of 32 matches in the Chess.com Global Chess Championship on Thursday, defeating the legendary GM Vasyl Ivanchuk and the popular streamer GM Eric Hansen respectively. The round of 32 continues on Friday, September 21, starting at 9 a.m. PT / 18:00 CET. How to watch? Although So …
GM Kateryna Lagno defeated IM Vaishali R in the semifinals of the FIDE Chess.com 2022 Women’s Speed Chess Championship on Wednesday. Lagno’s experience faced off against Vaishali’s fighting spirit to produce a match of many dynamic battles. Blitz 5|1: Lagno 6-3 Vaishali Lagno won the first game convincingly, gaining powerful pressure on the queenside and …
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Continuing their remarkable run in the 44th FIDE Chess Olympiad, the 12th-seeded Armenia defeated second-seeded India 2.5-1.5 and maintained their sole lead with 15 match points at the end of the eighth round. The 11th-seeded India 2 defeated the top-seeded U.S. by a 3-1 score. India 2 is tied for the second-third positions on 14 …
Armenia In Open, India In Women’s Maintain Lead; Gukesh Defeats Caruana To Score 8/8 Read More »
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. …
GM Harika Dronavalli defeated WGM Deysi Cori in their round of 16 match of the FIDE Chess.com 2022 Women’s Speed Chess Championship on Thursday. The players’ complementing tactical styles led to many explosive duels. Especially in the 3+1 blitz section, Dronavalli pulled away with the lead, increasing it as the games raged on. The next …
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