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GM Arjun Erigaisi bested the two-time Junior Speed Chess Champion, GM Nihal Sarin, in the final of the 2022 Junior Speed Chess Championship on Monday. Down two points after the 3|1 blitz, Erigaisi clinched the title with a five-game winning stre...
The reigning Women's World Blitz Champion, IM Bibisara Assaubayeva, defeated IM Irene Sukandar in the 2022 IM Not A GM Speed Chess Championship on Monday. Though the players scored evenly in the first blitz segment, as the time controls ...
GM Dmitry Andreikin won week 17 of the 2022 Rapid Chess Championship presented by Coinbase, overcoming GM Jules Moussard, who made it to the final in his first-ever knockout. GMs Vladimir Fedoseev and Nodirbek Abdusattorov made it to the se...
This is our quick summary report. Check out our full report after Sunday's knockout tournament. GM Vladimir Fedoseev won week 17 of the Rapid Chess Championship, presented by Coinbase, tying with and edging out GM Levon Aronian by tiebreaks.&nbs...
IM Lawrence Trent overcame the match favorite and fifth seed, IM Alina Kashlinskaya, in the 2022 IM Not A GM Speed Chess Championship on Friday. The players traded victories for much of the match until the finish of the bullet segment wh...
Former Women's World Champion and GM Antoaneta Stefanova won the second qualifier of the FIDE Chess.com 2022 Women's Speed Chess Championship. She defeated WIM Mobina Alinasab in an incredibly hard-fought final match. IM Karina Ambartsumova w...
WGM Vantika Agrawal won the first qualifier of the FIDE Chess.com 2022 Women's Speed Chess Championship. She defeated WGM Annamaria Marjanovic in a thrilling final bullet tiebreaker. IM Gulnar Mammadova won the Swiss tournament on the previo...
GM Hikaru Nakamura won week 15 of the 2022 Rapid Chess Championship presented by Coinbase. He gained a victory from a losing position against GM Dmitry Andreikin, winner of the Swiss in the knockout final. GMs David Paravyan and Jose Martin...
GM Hikaru Nakamura won week 14 of the 2022 Rapid Chess Championship presented by Coinbase, defeating GM Dmitry Andreikin in a hard-fought knockout final. GM Jeffery Xiong won the Swiss tournament and finished in the semifinals along wi...
GM Ian Nepomniachtchi won week 12 of the 2022 Rapid Chess Championship presented by Coinbase, defeating GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov in the knockout final, after also finishing first in the Saturday Swiss. GM Hikaru Nakamura finished ...
GM Alexey Sarana won week 11 of the 2022 Rapid Chess Championship presented by Coinbase, defeating GM Andrey Esipenko in the knockout final. GM Hikaru Nakamura won the Swiss tournament and made it to the semifinals along wit...
GM Levon Aronian won week 10 of the 2022 Rapid Chess Championship presented by Coinbase, besting GM Alexander Grischuk in the knockout final. GM Hikaru Nakamura won the Swiss tournament and made it to the semifinals along wi...
GM Kirill Shevchenko advanced today at the 2022 Junior Speed Chess Championship presented by SIG with a hard-fought match victory over GM Shamsiddin Vokhidov. Though Shevchenko led throughout, the match reached its climax when he had to ...
GM Hikaru Nakamura won week nine of the 2022 Rapid Chess Championship presented by Coinbase, defeating longtime rival GM Levon Aronian in the knockout final. GM Vladimir Fedoseev won the Swiss tournament and made it to ...
GM Dmitry Andreikin won week seven of the 2022 Rapid Chess Championship presented by Coinbase, defeating GM Le Quang Liem in a hard-fought final blitz playoff. GM Fabiano Caruana won the Swiss tournament and made it to the semifinal...
GM Maxim Matlakov won the knockout phase of week six of the 2022 Rapid Chess Championship presented by Coinbase. GM Dmitry Andreikin finished second in both the knockout and the Swiss tournament. GMs Daniil Dubov and Vladimir Fedoseev ma...
GM Levon Aronian won the fourth week of the 2022 Rapid Chess Championship tournament presented by Coinbase. Last week's winner, GM Fabiano Caruana, finished second. GM Hikaru Nakamura finished first in the preliminary Swiss tournament but fel...
