GM Ray Robson won the 2022 Puzzle Battle World Championship that concluded on Sunday. The 27-year-old grandmaster from St. Louis again defended his title, which he has been holding since the 2020 Championship, and clinched a prize of $4,500 for bo...
The last quarterfinal match of this year's Speed Chess Championship Main Event was between GMs Wesley So and Fabiano Caruana. The former, who just became the 2021 U.S. Champion (you can read more about that here) went on to win the match 17.5-9.5 ...
Two quarterfinal matches in the 2021 Speed Chess Championship Main Event occurred on December 6. In the first match, GM Ding Liren defeated GM Levon Aronian by a 15-11 score. You can read the full report for the Ding-Aronian match here. This rep...
After four previous days of Blitzcoin Invitational, it was time for the final match. The top-seed GM Daniel Naroditsky faced another very dangerous and fast player, GM Awonder Liang, and went on to convincingly beat him to win the tournament and...
The fourth day of Blitzcoin Invitational saw two semifinals matches, with the four fastest and stubbornest players competing for the spots in the final match. The top-seed GM Daniel Naroditsky went on to defeat the fastest bullet player, GM Andr...
On Friday, the third day of the Blitzcoin Invitational tournament, players entered the quarterfinals stage. As a result, four players were eliminated, as GM Daniel Naroditsky outplayed GM Brandon Jacobson, GM Andrew Tang beat IM Atulya Shetty, I...
The 28th of October brought us the second day of the Blitzcoin Invitational, a bullet and blitz knockout event hosted by the Charlotte Chess Center, where 16 top US players U-25 compete in blitz matches for a prize of one Bitcoin. This was the l...
On Wednesday, October 27, chess fans got treated to the first day of the Blitzcoin Invitational, a bullet and blitz knockout event hosted by the Charlotte Chess Center, where 16 top US players U-25 compete in blitz matches for a prize of one Bitco...
GM Wesley So won the playoff tiebreaks and is the 2021 U.S. Chess Champion. After 11 rounds of play in the 2021 U.S. Chess Championship, three GMs shared first place: So, Fabiano Caruana, and Sam Sevian. These three played a rapid playoff to ...
In round 11 of the 2021 U.S. Chess Championship, all three leaders drew their games which resulted in a three-way tie for first place among GMs Fabiano Caruana, Wesley So, and Sam Sevian. They all finished with 6.5/11 and will play a rapid playoff...
Round 10 of the 2021 U.S. Chess Championship reshaped the tournament standings before the decisive day. GM Fabiano Caruana won with Black against GM Aleksandr Lenderman and is now sharing first with GMs Wesley So and Sam Sevian with 6/10 (who...
In round nine of the 2021 U.S. Chess Championship, which took place after a rest day, all leaders drew their games. Meanwhile, GM Fabiano Caruana beat GM Dariusz Swiercz. As a result, GMs Aleksandr Lenderman, Wesley So, and Sam Sevian are sharing ...
Round eight of the 2021 U.S. Chess Championship was very peaceful, as all six games ended in a draw. GM Aleksandr Lenderman saved a lost position versus GM Dariusz Swiercz, which enabled him to stay in lead alongside GMs Wesley So and Sam Sevian. ...
In round seven of the 2021 U.S. Chess Championship, two players joined GM Aleksandr Lenderman atop the standings: GM Sam Sevian scored another win, this time as Black versus GM Lazaro Bruzon Batista, while GM Wesley So beat GM John M.Burke, also w...
In round six of the 2021 U.S. Chess Championship, the two leaders, GM Aleksandr Lenderman and GM Ray Robson played each other and drew—they maintain their shared first place with 4/6. GM Sam Sevian defeated GM Fabiano Caruana and now shares ...
In round five of the 2021 U.S. Chess Championship, GM Aleksandr Lenderman defeated GM Sam Sevian while the top seed GM Fabiano Caruana unexpectedly lost to GM Daniel Naroditsky. As a result, Lenderman and GM Ray Robson are leading the tournament w...
In round four of the 2021 U.S. Chess Championship, GM Ray Robson became the tournament's sole leader with 3/4 by beating GM Jeffery Xiong. Second place is shared by GMs Fabiano Caruana and Wesley So, who split a point, as well as by GMs Leinier Do...
The top seed GM Fabiano Caruana beat GM John M.Burke in the third round of the 2021 U.S. Chess Championship and joined the tournament leaders. GM Sam Sevian, who outplayed GM Jeffery Xiong, also joined the top group with 2/3. In the U.S. Women's...
GM Wesley So joined the leaders in the 2021 U.S. Chess Championship after beating GM Dariusz Swiercz with an impressive positional style in round two. GM Daniel Naroditsky bounced back from his first-round loss with a victory over GM Jeffery Xiong...
One of the most anticipated tournaments in America, the U.S. Chess Championships, had its first round on Wednesday, October 6. This event is, as usual, being hosted by the Saint Louis Chess Club. Twelve players compete for the prizes fund of $194,...
GM Teimour Radjabov won the battle for second place and $60,000 on the last day of the 2021 Meltwater Champions Chess Tour Finals, having scored the most points in the last leg of the Tour. GM Magnus Carlsen, who had secured overall victory with t...
In Sunday's round eight of the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour Finals GM Teimour Radjabov moved up to second place after beating his countryman, GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov. GM Magnus Carlsen failed to recover from yesterday's loss and lost 1-3 to GM ...
In round seven of the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour Finals, the two leaders, GM Magnus Carlsen and GM Teimour Radjabov, faced each other. The Azeri star won the match, but... this day still turned out amazing for the world champion, who won ...
In round six of the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour Finals, GM Magnus Carlsen reinforced his lead as he beat GM Anish Giri in the blitz tiebreaks, but GM Teimour Radjabov kept the chase alive, having won 3-1 against GM Wesley So. Besides those ma...
In round five of the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour Finals GM Magnus Carlsen recovered from yesterday's loss and remains the sole leader, while GMs Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Wesley So, and Teimour Radjabov keep chasing him. Today was very entertaini...
