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A particularly exciting round saw four players winning with the white pieces at the Sinquefield Cup in Saint Louis. Fabiano Caruana, Wesley So and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave are leading the standings on 2½/3, with Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (pictured) and Leinier Dominguez currently a half point behind. | Photo: Crystal Fuller

GM Wesley So joined the leaders by handing GM Dariusz Swiercz his second loss with the white pieces. The rest of the games were drawn, as the contestants are gathering their strength. GMs Fabiano Caruana, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Leinier Dominguez, and So are leading with 1.5/2. How to watch?The games...

Yet another action-packed day at the Saint Louis Rapid and Blitz Tournament saw Hikaru Nakamura grabbing the sole lead before entering the blitz section of the event. Nakamura beat Fabiano Caruana in their all-important direct encounter to leapfrog him in the standings table. The top scorer on Friday was Richard Rapport, who is now sharing second place with Caruana. | Photo: Crystal Fuller

The Grand Chess Tour is back - and the tour begins on Thursday, 3 June 2021 with an over-the-board classical tournament in Bukarest. Ten top players take part, the top seeds are Fabiano Caruana, Levon Aronian, Anish Giri, Alexander Grischuk, and Wesley So. After the end of the tournament on 15 June, the players travel to Paris to take part in a Rapid & Blitz tournament.

€29.90 Undefeated Now that we know that Ian Nepomniachtchi will be Magnus Carlsen’s next challenger for the world title, much has been talked about who might pose the biggest threat to the Norwegian in a match for the world crown. Carlsen himself was asked that question and, as he has mentioned multiple times in the past, he admitted that Fabiano Caruana might be the biggest threat, although he also considers Nepo, Ding Liren, Anish Giri and an in-form Wesley So to be stron...

Wesley So now an official US citizen, Ogie Diaz and netizens react LionhearTV 3/6/2021 Philippines have lost a prodigy. Chess champion and Super GrandMaster Wesley So recently denounced his Filipino citizenship to become an official US citizen. This means that So cannot represent the Philippines in Chess tournaments anymore. © Provided by LionhearTV And with the country losing the three-time Philippine and currently ranked no. 9 in global, he now revealed his reason why. According to So, it...

Levon Aronian To Play For United States GM Levon Aronian will switch federations from Armenia to the United States and will relocate to St. Louis. Earlier today, Aronian announced the news via a statement on social media. "I am sincerely proud to have had the honor of making a significant contribution to the greatest achievements of Armenian chess," Aronian is quoted in a press release by the Saint Louis Chess Club. "Clearly, it is impossible to reach world heights in chess without the huge am...

€29.90 Mind-boggling A year before transferring back to the United States, Fabiano Caruana achieved what has been the strongest performance in his career and one of the most incredible feats in the history of competitive chess. At 22, he obtained a stratospheric 3103 Tournament Rating Performance by scoring 8½/10 points in the second edition of the Sinquefield Cup. Moreover, he did it by winning his first seven games consecutively. The achievement reached mainstream media, wi...

Carlsen & Firouzja back for Norway Chess in May Magnus Carlsen will be out to defend his Altibox Norway Chess title just 7 months after the 2020 tournament ended, with the organisers planning to return to a 10-player global event in May with the likes of Ding Liren and Wesley So back in Stavanger. There are more World Champions in action, with Anatoly Karpov set to play in the Tepe Sigeman & Co. Chess tournament in April, Vishy Anand and Vladimir Kramnik to play in Dortmund in July, and we can ...

Carlsen & Nakamura missing in 2021 Grand Chess Tour field The Grand Chess Tour will return in 2021, but chess fans will be missing two of the biggest names as both Magnus Carlsen and Hikaru Nakamura declined invitations. The organisers have announced the ten participants and the tour schedule, which includes two classical events and three rapid/blitz events during three months this summer. Magnus Carlsen and Hikaru Nakamura turned down invitations to join the 2021 Grand Chess Tour as full parti...