[ad_1] The December 13 edition of Titled Tuesday ended with two familiar winners, GMs Daniil Dubov and Hikaru Nakamura. Both won their tournaments outright. Early Tournament Dubov outlasted the early field of 418 players, including Nakamura, to win the tournament with 10/11, which end up being the day’s best score in either event. His result […]
Read More[ad_1] GM Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa was crowned the winner of the 2022 Julius Baer Challenger Championship on Tuesday after overcoming rising star GM Pranav Venkatesh, requiring only three of their four scheduled mini-matches to do so. Praggnanandhaa was unstoppable in both the rapid and blitz time controls, scoring 6.5 to Pranav’s 1.5 over eight games in […]
Read More[ad_1] GM Magnus Carlsen bested GM Fabiano Caruana with an undefeated 18-point lead in the 2022 Speed Chess Championship on Tuesday. Carlsen achieved this unprecedented feat by excelling at every facet of the game, including his trademark skill of capitalizing in slightly better positions, vast tactical awareness, resourcefulness under pressure, and excellent time management. GMs […]
Read More[ad_1] The annual Chess.com Daily Chess Championship is back for 2023. Over 12,000 players have already signed up for the event, and that number continues to climb! Do you want to join the largest tournament of the year? Then the Chess.com Daily Chess Championship is for you! Sign up now to play daily games for […]
Read More[ad_1] GM Arjun Erigaisi has signed a five-year sponsorship deal with Singapore-based quantitative trading firm Quantbox. This marked Erigaisi’s first-ever sponsorship deal in his chess career as a professional player of the sport. GM Arjun Erigaisi signs a huge deal. Photo: Rakesh Kulkarni/Chess.com. “I am so happy that Quantbox has decided to sponsor me and […]
Read More[ad_1] Following a controversial ruling at the Mogul Chessboxing Championship, which took place on Sunday, the organizer’s Twitter account “Mogul Moves” announced an updated result on Tuesday regarding the match between WGM Dina Belenkaya and Andrea Botez. While the former won the encounter on Sunday, the Canadian streamer-celebrity was awarded a TKO (Technical Knockout) and […]
Read More[ad_1] What a year this has been for chess! We have not one, but two world championship challengers as the World Champion Magnus Carlsen stepped away from the competition. A new wave of talent from Uzbekistan, India, and other countries took the world by storm in the Olympiad. GM Hikaru Nakamura became the second Fischer Random […]
Read More[ad_1] The 2022 Speed Chess Championship continued on Monday with an electric quarterfinal performance from GM Hikaru Nakamura as he overcame GM Levon Aronian with a 15.5-8.5 score. Nakamura gained a two-point lead early, which he never let go, and was dominant in time scrambles throughout the match. The defending champion will progress to play […]
Read More[ad_1] The 2022 ChessKid All-Star Finals will take place on December 17, with more than 20 talented young chess players from around the world competing against each other in the culmination of a year-long series of qualification tournaments. Follow the action on twitch.tv/chesskid or Chess.com/TV starting at 9 a.m. PT/ 6 p.m. CET. This six-round […]
Read More[ad_1] We’re about to see the final games of one of the most exciting World Cups unfold. Whether you’re rooting for the soccer giants France and Argentina, waiting to see Croatian veteran Modric take the cup home, or hoping Morocco makes history as the first African champions, you can show your support by playing chess! […]
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