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Chess News: By From Our Chess Correspondent Shamkir (Azerbaijan), Apr 8 () India's Viswanathan Anand played out an easy draw with Alexander Grischuk of ...

Hikaru Nakamura defeated Oleksandr Bortnyk to win the 2019 Bullet Chess Championship on Sunday. Earlier, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave came third after ...

Hikaru Nakamura defeated Oleksandr Bortnyk to win the 2019 Bullet Chess Championship on Sunday. Earlier, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave came third after ...

Magnus Carlsen is the sole leader of the 2019 Gashimov Memorial after scoring a brilliant win over Anish Giri in Round 7. In what seemed a quiet ...

Sergey Karjakin blitzed out 37 moves of preparation then outplayed Vishy Anand in an endgame to catch Magnus Carlsen in the Shamkir Chess lead wi...

Two important tournaments finished recently. Hikaru Nakamura won the US Championship, scoring eight points in 11 games. In the European Championship, ...

The sixth Vugar Gashimov Memorial (Cat. 22), the world's strongest all-play-all event, is in full swing in Shamkir, Azerbaijan. Defending champion Magnus ...

The sixth Vugar Gashimov Memorial (Cat. 22), the world's strongest all-play-all event, is in full swing in Shamkir, Azerbaijan. Defending champion Magnus ...

The sixth Vugar Gashimov Memorial (Cat. 22), the world's strongest all-play-all event, is in full swing in Shamkir, Azerbaijan. Defending champion Magnus ...

Folks who have been holding out for an English release of Hikaru Nakamura's Saint Young Men manga can now breathe a sigh of relief. The series about ...

He wasn't considered a favorite but GM Olexandr Bortnyk ended up winning the bullet round robin qualifier on Friday. The 22-year-old Ukrainian grandmaster ...

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The Shamkir Chess 2019 in the memory of GM Vugar Gashimov has a rest day, and so we remember the tournament's namesake. 27-year-old Vugar Gashimov ...

by Erica Friedman. American manga aficionados have long prayed for a license of Hikaru Nakamura's slice-of-life comedy Saint Young Men, starring young ...

The world No 1 is facing a crunch match against China's Ding Liren, who is a point behind him and has favourable white pieces.

The world No 1 is facing a crunch match against China's Ding Liren, who is a point behind him and has favourable white pieces.

Kodansha Comics announces digital release of Hikaru Nakamura's highly anticipated manga series Saint Young Men Volume 1 of legendary manga about two ...

There were three wins in Round 5. Vishy Anand won against Anish Giri with the help of his strong pawn centre, David Navara benefited from a tactical ...