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Wins for Sabino Brunello and 17-year-old Luca Moroni saw 22nd seeds Italy pull off a shock victory over 2nd seeds Azerbaijan in Round 1 of the Euro...

Maxime Vachier-Lagrave is in the sole lead after Day One of the World Blitz Championship. An incredible nine wins in ten games meant even a loss ...

As chess tournaments go, Tata Steel Chess has run pretty much forever—it has been held annually since 1938 with just one missed year. In that time, it became one of the strongest chess competitions in the world. How to watch the 2022 Tata Steel Chess Tournament You can watch the 2022 Tata Steel Chess...

He may still be just 17, but Vincent Keymer is already Germany's best chess player and finished second at the 2021 European Chess Championship. Bigger and better things promise to be in store for the young star in 2022.

Teimour Radjabov said “this is the only day I don’t enjoy my win” after he defeated countryman Shakhriyar Mamedyarov to overtake Wesley So in the r...

World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen has won the $1.6 million Meltwater Champions Chess Tour with two rounds of the Finals to spare, following up on...

Awonder Liang and Nodirbek Abdusattorov leapfrogged Vincent Keymer on day 2 of the Kramnik Challenge to take the lead with seven rounds to go in the online tournament. Liang kicked off the day with three consecutive wins and temporarily grabbed the sole lead, but a loss against Polina Shuvalova in round 8 allowed Abdusattorov to catch up with him on a 6/8 score. | Photo: Eric Rosen / FIDE World Cup

Wesley So and Magnus Carlsen traded blows in the first set of the FTX Crypto Cup Finals which will be decided in Monday’s second mini-match — and potential blitz tiebreaker. A draw was also seen in the match for third place, except that Teimour Radjabov and Ian Nepomniachtchi decided to give themselves a rest day, as they signed four quick draws on Sunday. | Photo: Nick Barton

General May 22, 2021 | 1:33 PMby Colin McGourty Gibraltar hosts final Women’s FIDE Grand Prix The FIDE Women’s Grand Prix was supposed to end in Sardinia in May 2020, but then the pandemic intervened. It was rescheduled for Gibraltar, then postponed from January, but it finally begins Saturday May 22nd, with the players competing for two places in this year’s Women’s Candidates Tournament. Aleksandra Goryachkina is uncatchable in first place, but already has a sp...

Ian Nepomniachtchi: “The strategy was not to lose” The winner of the FIDE Candidates Tournament answered Eteri Kublashvili’s questions in great detail. We publish this interview, courtesy of the official website of the Chess Federation of Russia, with some minor edits. The video version is available here. - Ian, you won one of the most important events in every chess player’s career and qualified for the World Championship Match. It’s a great achievement, congratulations! So, how do y...