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On the first round of tiebreaks at the FIDE Grand Prix in Riga, Jan-Krzysztof Duda, Alexander Grischuk, Wesley So and Veselin Topalov needed merely two rapid ...

On the first round of tiebreaks at the FIDE Grand Prix in Riga, Jan-Krzysztof Duda, Alexander Grischuk, Wesley So and Veselin Topalov needed merely two rapid ...

It's that time again: From July 13th to 21st, the traditional Sparkassen Chess Meeting takes place in Dortmund. Always one of the strongest tournaments in the ...

The tiebreaks of the first set of matches start at 12:00 UTC (14:00 CEST / 8:00 AM EDT) with live commentary by GM Evgeny Miroshnichenko & GM Arturs ...

Maxime Vachier-Lagrave won his first classical game in 22 attempts as he beat David Navara to grab the only win of Day 1 of the Riga FIDE Grand P...

The second leg of the FIDE Grand Prix kicked off with plenty of fighting chess. Only Maxime Vachier-Lagrave managed to score a full point, however, as he took ...

The second leg of the FIDE Grand Prix kicked off with plenty of fighting chess. Only Maxime Vachier-Lagrave managed to score a full point, however, as he took ...

Every once in a while we hear a story of a chess player who surpasses the established norms and achieves truly something special. At that point a thought does ...

Read more about CHESS #1359 on Business Standard. The world champion won his eighth successive tournament, taking the Zagreb leg of the Grand Chess ...

Arithmetic seems against the world champion as he sets his sights on a record rating and he may have to wait until 2020 to achieve that goal.

From the diagram position it's still quite a way to go for White until he finally hunts down Black's king in the centre. Enjoy the motifs!

Gary Neville once wrote in this paper that football takes place on two different levels: all the hype and noise and controversy on one hand, as opposed to the ...

Gary Neville once wrote in this paper that football takes place on two different levels: all the hype and noise and controversy on one hand, as opposed to the ...

Two-time French Champion and Magnus Carlsen coach Laurent Fressinet shows us his Top 5 novelties from the recently finished Croatia Grand Chess T...

Magnus Carlsen continued his domination of the Grand Chess Tour and the chess world overall with yet another win. This time, the world champion clinched.

Magnus Carlsen continued his domination of the Grand Chess Tour and the chess world overall with yet another win. This time, the world champion clinched.

Magnus Carlsen continued his domination of the Grand Chess Tour and the chess world overall with yet another win. This time, the world champion clinched.

Magnus Carlsen continued his domination of the Grand Chess Tour and the chess world overall with yet another win. This time, the world champion clinched.