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Both semifinal games—Ian Nepomniachtchi vs. Radoslaw Wojtaszek and Hikaru Nakamura vs. Alexander Grischuk—ended in draws rather abruptly today at the ...

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Hikaru Nakamura, Alexander Grischuk and Ian Nepomniachtchi all made short work of their tiebreaks against Daniil Dubov, Wesley So and Wei Yi to r...

YEREVAN (RFE/RL) — The long-serving rector of Yerevan State University (YSU), Aram Simonyan, stepped down on Thursday after months of pressure from ...

Alexander Grischuk, Ian Nepomniachtchi and Hikaru Nakamura won their tiebreaks today and qualified for the third round of the FIDE Grand Prix in Moscow.

Alexander Grischuk, Ian Nepomniachtchi and Hikaru Nakamura won their tiebreaks today and qualified for the third round of the FIDE Grand Prix in Moscow.

Only two rapid games in each of the three quarter-finals matches were enough to complete the draw for the semi-finals at the first leg of the Grand Prix in ...

GRENKE Chess Classic 2019. Karlsruhe/Baden Baden April 18-29, 2019. Final Standings. 1. Grandmaster (GM) Magnus Carlsen NOR 2845, 7.5/9. 2.

Peter Svidler was the first player to be eliminated from the Moscow Grand Prix quarter-finals, after Radoslaw Wojtaszek defeated him with the white pieces on ...

After kicking out Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Radoslaw Wojtaszek also eliminated Peter Svidler from the FIDE Grand Prix in Moscow. The other three quarterfinal ...

Daniil Dubov reeling off 26 moves of home preparation against Hikaru Nakamura was perhaps the highlight of Day 1 of the Moscow FIDE Grand Prix qu...

The 75 selected annotated games include a number of real gems, and the game Carlsen-Karjakin from the World Championship match 2016 in New York, which ...

The quarter-finals of the Moscow Grand Prix kicked off on Monday with draws on all four boards. Alexander Grischuk and Wesley So were the last ones to leave ...

After the thrilling season opener Van Foreest-Tari, the Junior Speed Chess Championship continues tomorrow with the Iranian rising star Alireza Firouzja ...

The 75 selected annotated games include a number of real gems, and the game Carlsen-Karjakin from the World Championship match 2016 in New York, which ...

Round two (the quarter finals) of the Moscow Grand Prix begins today, at 14:00 CEST (15:00 local time, 12:00 UTC, 8:00 EDT). Eight players remain in the ...

World champion Magnus Carlsen plays in Scotland this weekend.