This is a flash report. Full report coming soon. GM Wesley So clinched the inaugural Chess.com Global Championship, defeating GM Nihal Sarin in the final with two games to spare. So takes home the $200,000 grand prize―the largest prize of his career so far―while Nihal earns the sizeable $100,000 second prize. In game six, So …
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The Chess.com Global Championship Finals start on November 2, 2022! As our biggest tournament of the year reaches its thrilling conclusion, the live finals will now occur in two locations: Toronto, Canada, and Belgrade, Serbia. Check out the details below for more information about the event, the players, and its $500,000 prize fund! How To …
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Kicking off Sept. 14, the Chess.com Global Chess Championship will see legendary chess players such as GM Viswanathan Anand, GM Vasyl Ivanchuk, GM Vladimir Kramnik, and GM Veselin Topalov compete against today’s best (online) players, including GM Hikaru Nakamura, GM Ding Liren, GM Levon Aronian, and GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda. The full bracket of 64 players …
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GMs David Paravyan and Nikolas Theodorou were the winners of the seventh and eighth Play-ins of the Chess.com Global Championship. Paravyan and Theodorou advance to the main event along with GMs Gata Kamsky and Jose Martinez, victors of the two-game matches between second and third places in each Play-in. The next rounds of the Play-in …
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GMs Aram Hakobyan and Mahammad Muradli were the winners of the fifth and sixth Play-ins of the Chess.com Global Championship. Hakobyan and Muradli advance to the main event along with GMs Hrant Melkumyan and Sam Sevian, victors of the two-game matches between second and third places in each Play-in. The next rounds of the Play-in …
GM Rodrigo Vasquez and IM Denis Lazavik were the winners of the third and fourth Play-ins of the Chess.com Global Championship. The two first-finishing players advanced to the knockout phase where they will be joined by GM Eric Hansen and GM Jeffery Xiong, who won their respective playoffs. The next rounds of the Play-in phase …
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GM Vidit Gujrathi and GM Alexey Sarana won the first and second Play-ins of the Chess.com Global Championship. Vidit and Sarana advance to the main event along with GMs Rasmus Svane and Oleksandr Bortnyk, victors of the two-game matches between second and third places in each Play-in. The next events of the Play-in phase continue …
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Throughout chess history, there have always been great players who we admire and look up to. But every now and then, we get to witness true chess legends—those who push the game to new heights. And now, for the first time, anyone in the world will have a chance to play against them! Legends like …
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