So Gets His Revenge Vs. Firouzja, Takes Clear Lead

[ad_1] GM Wesley So scored the first victory at the Superbet Classic Romania 2023, defeating the 2022 Grand Chess Tour champion, GM Alireza Firouzja, in round one on Saturday. The…

Nguyễn Ngọc Trường Sơn giành suất dự Olympic Esports Series

[ad_1] Kỳ thủ Trường Sơn vượt qua vòng loại Olympic Esports Series môn cờ vua, để dự vòng chung kết diễn ra tại Singapore. Tại trận cuối vòng loại diễn…

8 Grandmasters Qualify For Olympic Esports Finals In Singapore

[ad_1] Eight players qualified for the Olympic Esports Series 2023 Finals after accumulating three match wins in the Preliminaries on Thursday and Friday: GMs Shant Sargsyan, Samvel Ter-Sahakyan, Oleksandr Bortnyk,…

Gukesh Heads Record $50,000 Junior Speed Chess Championship Line-up

[ad_1] Chess.com’s premier online event showcasing the world’s top young talent, the Junior Speed Chess Championship, is back for 2023—and now with a record $50,000 prize fund.  The fourth edition…

NASA Takes Chess To Outer Space; ISS Defeats Mission Control In 1st Game

[ad_1] 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…

ChessKid Stars vs Streamers: Rematch Set For May 14

[ad_1] The second edition of ChessKid Stars vs. Streamers is set for Sunday, May 14 at 1 p.m. Pacific/ 4 p.m. Eastern. Some of the world’s top young chess talents…

Play Chess Against NBA All-Star Gordon Hayward

[ad_1] Have you ever dreamed of playing one-on-one with an NBA All-Star? It’s game time! We’ve added Charlotte Hornets forward Gordon Hayward to our starting line-up of chess bots for…

Duda Outlasts Nakamura, Caruana In Titled Tuesday

[ad_1] GMs Jan-Krzysztof Duda and Aram Hakobyan took home the victories in Titled Tuesday on May 2, both of them scoring 9.5 points out of the possible 11. Duda won…

Carlsen On Lack Of Motivation, Classical Chess, New WC Formats, & Family Life

[ad_1] Sunday marked the end of the era of GM Magnus Carlsen’s reign as world champion after nine years, five months, and eight days. GM Ding Liren wrote history as…

Nakamura Wins Bullet Brawl In Final 10 Seconds

[ad_1] GM Hikaru Nakamura picked up first place and $1,000 in the April edition of Bullet Brawl on Saturday after leapfrogging March’s winner, GM Jose Martinez, with 10 seconds remaining…