With excellent play in the final rounds the world number 35 Vidit Gujrathi managed to pull away to win the 2019 Biel Chess Festival. This eight-player elite round robin featured a unique format, with a mix of classical, rapid, and...
After five days of play Sam Shankland and Vidit Gujrathi lead the Biel Chess Festival at the approximate halfway point of the event. This year's edition of the annual super-tournament features an eight-player round-robin playing a mix of classi...
The new world number-10 Leinier Dominguez Perez managed to maintain his narrow lead to win first place in the 47th Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting with 4.5/7. Just a half-point behind Dominguez were four players, all at 4/7:...
The current U.S. number-three, Leinier Dominguez Perez, has a narrow lead with a 3/4 score after four rounds in the 47th Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting. He is closely followed by three players with 2.5/4: Teimour Radjabov, R...
Despite yesterday's slip, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov successfully defended his title in the 2017 Vugar Gashimov Memorial today after a last round draw with Veselin Topalov; a draw by his only other rival, Wesley So, clinched first place for the to...
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov played with fire and lost today to an excellently prepared Radoslaw Wojtaszek in Round 8 of the Vugar Gashimov Memorial in Shamkir, Azerbaijan. This cut his full point lead to just half a point, as both Wesley So and Veselin ...
Viswanathan Anand maintained his excellent form to hold on to his lead and clinch first place in the 2016 Champions Showdown, ending with a score of 15.0/24. Today's blitz portion featured 12 games of game in three minutes with a tw...
The most consistent player in Saint Louis by far today was five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand, who now leads the 2016 Champions Showdown with a total of 8.0/12. After the classical portion ended yesterday, the players played a double ...
After three days, the two "veterans," Viswanathan Anand and Veselin Topalov are currently leading the 2016 Champions Showdown with 3.5/6 as the classical portion of the event came to a close. Hikaru Nakamura is close behind with 3.0/6 wh...
The second day of the 2016 Champions Showdown saw plenty of fireworks with two more classical rounds in the unusual time control of game in 60 minutes with a five-second delay. All photos courtesy of the Saint Louis Chess Club. Round...
IM Ruifeng Li of Texas and GM Daniel Fridman of Germany tied for first with 5.0/6 at the 2016 National Open in Las Vegas. The 15-year-old, Li, won the Edmondson Cup on tiebreak. The National Open took place as part of the Int...
After the rest day on Wednesday Rounds 7 and 8 were filled with decisive victories on the top boards at the 17th Individual European Championship in Gjakova, Kosovo. Emerging through the fire was GM Ernesto Inarkiev, who managed to score back-to-...
As we reach the conclusion of the first half of the 2016 FIDE Candidates, Sergey Karjakin and Levon Aronian kept their narrow edge over the field, drawing an interesting game today to reach 4.5/7. The bulk of the standings did not...
Now in its 13th edition, the extremely competitive Aeroflot Open is currently taking place in Moscow, Russia. This event, sponsored by the Russian airline Aeroflot, is famous for having three groups: A (Open to 2549+ [!] with a few excep...
In my recent blog I mentioned that I'd be playing four (!) consecutive open tournaments in Europe, starting with the ultra-strong Gibraltar Chess Festival toward the end of January. After a week's rest in Paris, my next tournament was the 32n...
Upon sitting down to discuss his victory over Anish Giri with official commentator GM Yasser Seirawan, Wesley So immediately gave props to the American legend, proclaiming "I read your book, and you beat Mikhail Tal with the English, very ins...
Once again the chess year starts off with one of the most interesting events year-round: the 78th Tata Steel Chess Tournament, held January 15-31 in Wijk aan Zee, Utrecht and Amsterdam. This historical event offers great excitement as it pair...
For those looking for 24/7 live chess action this week, on the opposite side of the Qatar Masters was the 25th North American Open, held at Bally's Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada from December 26-30. This yearly event, organized b...
While most of the chess world's attention is firmly fixed on the ongoing action in Norway, another elite tournament is currently taking place in Havana, Cuba: The 50th Capablanca Memorial, a six-player double round robin with an average ratin...
The tension is indeed rising in Khanty-Mansiysk, as just one round remains in the 2014-2015 FIDE Grand Prix Cycle. The highly-anticipated matchup between two of the leaders, Fabiano Caruana and Hikaru Nakamura was drawn despite Hikaru's daring cho...
Following the final rest day Round 9 saw some exciting action but ultimately no change to the leaderboard, as Fabiano Caruana and Hikaru Nakamura drew against Sergey Karjakin and Alexander Grischuk, respectively, inching one step cl...
Friday produced one of the most exciting rounds of the event thus far with four decisive games, most notable being Fabiano Caruana's loss to Dmitry Jakovenko after blundering and effectively losing the game in one move. This op...
Easter Sunday at the 2015 U.S. Chess Championships saw some powerful attacks and incredible swings as GM Hikaru Nakamura, GM Wesley So, GM Gata Kamsky and GM Irina Krush all won their games in style. Nakamura continued his fearlessness with the b...
GM Hikaru Nakamura blundered but escaped against GM Wesley So in round 4 of the 2015 U.S. Championship in Saint Louis. Nakamura leads with GM Ray Robson who drew with GM Varuzhan Akobian. On a beautiful Saturday afternoon in Saint Louis, all eyes...
One of the most interesting events of the year is currently taking place in beautiful Hawaii, where organizers have launched the 2015 Hawaii Chess Festival. The festival includes a strong open tournament, many chess related activities and side e...
