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Wesley in 3-man tiebreak

by Edgar De Castro - October 20, 2021 - 12:00am

Defending champion Wesley So gained a crack at a third US Chess Championships title after ending up in a three-way tie at first place with Fabiano Caruana and Samuel Sevian, and forcing a three-man playoff tieb...

Grand Swiss in Latvia

by Edgar De Castro - October 10, 2021 - 12:00am

The FIDE Grand Swiss, a selection tournament leading to the next World Chess Championship cycle, will take place Oct.26-Nov. 7 in Latvia’s capital city of Riga.

Carlsen still ahead

by Edgar De Castro - October 3, 2021 - 12:00am

Norway’s Magnus Carlsen edged Dutch No. 1 Anish Giri, 1.5-0.5, in the sixth-round tie-break to retain the overall lead at the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour grand finals, putting himself in position to win...

Meltwater grand finals underway

by Edgar De Castro - September 26, 2021 - 12:00am

A selection of the world’s elite players will see action as the prestigious Meltwater Champions Chess Tour grand finals gets underway.

Carlsen shines in Norway

by Edgar De Castro - September 19, 2021 - 12:00am

Sunny Norway (Land of the Midnight Sun), which makes for sunny chess and Scandinavian interest in the royal game, is once more at its zenith.

Rapport shows way in Norway

by Edgar De Castro - September 12, 2021 - 12:00am

Richard Rapport of Hungary executed his endgame strategy without trouble, beat Frenchman Alireza Firouzja and took an impressive 2.5-point lead after four rounds of the 9th Norway Chess Classic in Stavanger, No...

Carlsen in AimChess finals

by Edgar De Castro - September 5, 2021 - 12:00am

Following a tight semifinal first set, No. 1 seed Magnus Carlsen pulled away from 38-year-old Armenian Levon Aronian, 5.0-3-0, to reach the finals of the $100,000 online AimChess US Rapid, the final leg of the Meltwater...

MVL rules Sinquefield Cup

by Edgar De Castro - August 29, 2021 - 12:00am

The 8th Sinquefield Cup (Cat. 20), a super GM joust held Aug. 17-26 in St. Louis (Missouri), was extremely successful.

Caruana, So draw

by Edgar De Castro - August 23, 2021 - 12:00am

No. 1 seed Fabiano Caruana drew with Wesley So and wound up tied for the lead, along with Leinier Dominguez Perez, after four rounds of the $325,000 Sinquefield Cup in St. Louis, Missouri.

Nakamura paces Grand Tour

by Edgar De Castro - August 15, 2021 - 12:00am

American Hikaru Nakamura outplayed top-seeded Fabiano Caruana to move into the lead after the ninth round of the $150,000 Grand Chess Tour Rapid and Blitz in St. Louis (MO), USA.

Duda rules World Cup

by Edgar De Castro - August 9, 2021 - 12:00am

In Sochi (Russia), the imperturbable Polish world contender Jan-Krzysztof Duda ran away with top prize at the $1.9 million FIDE World Cup, beating Russian Sergey Karjakin, 1.5-.5, in the finals.

Carlsen-Karjakin duel up

by Edgar De Castro - August 2, 2021 - 12:00am

World champion Magnus Carlsen and his 2016 challenger Sergey Karjakin have reached the semifinals of the $1.9 million FIDE World Cup and remained on a collision course for the final.

FIDE World Cup heats up

by Edgar De Castro - July 25, 2021 - 12:00am

Maxime Vachier-Lagrave continued to impress in the $1.9 million FIDE World Cup as he beat 15-year-old Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa of India, 1.5-0.5, to advance to the round-of-16 in Sochi, Russia.

Carlsen marches on

by Edgar De Castro - July 18, 2021 - 12:00am

Not unexpectedly, the favorites are safely through the third round of the $1.9 million FIDE World Cup after another day of action in Sochi, Russia.

FIDE World Cup unfolds

by Edgar De Castro - July 11, 2021 - 12:00am

The $1.9 million FIDE World Cup, which chooses qualifiers for next year’s Candidates Tournament, gets underway July 12-Aug. 6 in Russia’s largest resort city of Sochi.

Grand Chess Tour resumes

by Edgar De Castro - July 4, 2021 - 12:00am

The Grand Chess Tour third leg (Croatia rapid and blitz) will take place July 5-12 in Croatia’s capital city of Zagreb.

Wesley towers in Paris

by Edgar De Castro - June 27, 2021 - 12:00am

The Grand Chess Tour second leg (Rapid and Blitz) was held June 18-22 in Paris, France.

15-year-old GM shines

by Edgar De Castro - June 20, 2021 - 12:00am

Dommaraju Gukesh, the youngest Indian Grandmaster at 15, emerged on top in the second Julius Baer online Challengers Tour, one of those major youth tournaments which have become traditional in the international chess...

Grand Chess Tour heats up

by Edgar De Castro - June 13, 2021 - 12:00am

Shakhriyar Mamedyarov of Azerbaijan exploited Levon Aronian’s endgame woes en route to a 40-move victory that gave him a share of the lead with Russian Alexander Grischuk at the 2021 Grand Chess Tour in Bucharest,...

Superbet Chess Classic underway

by Edgar De Castro - June 7, 2021 - 12:00am

The Grand Chess Tour, put off last year due to the pandemic, returns to action as the Superbet Chess Classic gets underway in the Romanian capital of Bucharest.

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