GMs Jorden van Foreest and Nodirbek Abdusattorov advance to the Winners Final of the Champions Chess Tour ChessKid Cup 2023 Division I after defeating Dmitrij Kollars and Fabiano Caruana respectively. In the Losers Bracket, GMs Alireza Firouzja and Jules Moussard respectively eliminated GMs Hikaru Nakamura and Aleksandr Shimanov. Firouzja and Moussard will play in the Losers …
Fan-favorite GMs Hikaru Nakamura and Magnus Carlsen produced yet another epic match, this time in the Losers Final of the Champions Chess Tour Chessable Masters 2023. Following two draws, Nakamura won the armageddon game after tenaciously defending a difficult position for a long time; in the final seconds of the game, the world champion dropped …
Nakamura Eliminates Carlsen After Dramatic Mouse Slip, Advances To Grand Final Read More »
GM Aleksandra Goryachkina eliminated GM Alexandra Kosteniuk from the 2022-23 FIDE Women’s Candidates Tournament by securing a draw in the fourth game from a better position. After four draws, the match between GM Tan Zhongyi and GM Kateryna Lagno will be decided in a tiebreak starting at 2 a.m. Pacific / 11:00 CET on Sunday, …
The 2022 IM Not A GM Speed Chess Championship resumed on Wednesday with a gripping round of 16 match between IM Polina Shuvalova and IM David Pruess, in which Shuvalova won with a convincing 16.5-6.5 score. The match was a tactical slugfest that was decided in the bullet portion after a remarkable eight-point winning streak …
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IM Christopher Yoo was victorious in his round of 16 match today against GM Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa in the 2022 Junior Speed Chess Championship presented by SIG. Few points separated the players for the majority of the match, but it was the American IM, who already earned and is awaiting confirmation of his brand new GM title, who …
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