Anish Giri emerged as the sole winner in Reggio Emilia on Friday. At the 54th Torneo di Capodanno he drew with Fabiano Caruana and saw his two main rivals Alexander Morozevich and Hikaru Nakamura lose against Nikita Vitiugov and Vassily Ivanchuk resp
(FULL REPORT) Peter Svidler immediately took the lead in his World Cup final against Alexander Grischuk. In a Kan Sicilian, Svidler's opening set-up looked suspicious but Grischuk's time management even more: in heavy timetrouble he let a nice positi
(FULL REPORT) Peter Svidler immediately took the lead in his World Cup final against Alexander Grischuk. In a Kan Sicilian, Svidler's opening set-up looked suspicious but Grischuk's time management even more: in heavy timetrouble he let a nice positi
After winning the first Women Grand Prix last month, Hou Yifan has good chances to win the second as well. The Women's World Champion is leading the standings in Shenzhen, China after eight rounds, with six points - half a point more than her compatr
(FULL REPORT) Alexander Grischuk is Peter Svidler's opponent in the final of the FIDE World Cup which starts on Friday in Khanty-Mansiysk. Today, in a thrllling tie-break semi-final, Grischuk defeated Vassily Ivanchuk, who will play against his compa
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Romain Edouard won the Inventi GM Tournament in Antwerp, Belgium on Sunday. The French grandmaster finished on 7/9, half a point more than the legendary Jan Timman who was the only player to stay undefeated.
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After yesterday’s domination by the Kings, the ladies came to today’s matches ready for revenge. If the men thought that every day would be a rout, then after the chess960 round there was a definite ‘uh oh’ feeling setting on them. Initially,
The European Youth Championship started last Saturday, September 10th in Albena, Bulgaria, with the opening ceremony. Each federation can register one player in each of the under 8, 10, 12, 14, 16 and 18 (boys and girls) categories.
On Sunday the fir
Tornike Sanikidze is the winner of the 8th LGA Premium Cup in Nürnberg, Germany. In the last round the 22-year-old Georgian beat opponent Roman Vidonyak and caught Arik Braun in the standings. Braun had earlier drawn with David Baramidze and was edg
Vishy Anand is leading the Botvinnik Memorial in Moscow, Russia after the first day of play. The World Champion scored the only win during the first three rounds. In this new type of rapid event, where Magnus Carlsen, Levon Aronian and Vladimir Kramn