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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 spot in the Candidates. The leaders in the race are Humpy Koneru and Alexandra Kosteniuk, but neither ...

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 you feel now?  - Thank you. I feel really exhausted because it was an incredible tournament in many,...