Vanessa West is a National Master, a chess teacher, and a writer for Chess.com. In 2017, they won the Chess Journalist of the Year award.
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The Chess.com Global Chess Championship commenced on Wednesday with the first batch of round of 64 matches. Former World Champion Vladimir Kramnik and GM Sam Sevian swept their matches with perfect 3-0 scores. GM Eric Hansen upset world number 21 ...
On Monday, GM Magnus Carlsen surprised the chess world by announcing that he was withdrawing from the 2022 Sinquefield Cup, tweeting his decision at the beginning of round four. I've withdrawn from the tournament. I've always enjoyed playing i...
GM Kateryna Lagno defeated defending champion, GM Hou Yifan, in the final of the FIDE Chess.com 2022 Women's Speed Chess Championship on Friday. The determination and attacking styles of these two grandmasters made this match a riveting duel of mi...
GM Matthias Bluebaum overcame GM David Navara in the Qualifier 2 final of the 2022 Fischer Random World Championship on Wednesday. Navara displayed a high understanding of the opening stages of Fischer Random, often gaining an advantage with ...
GMs Matthias Bluebaum and David Navara advanced to the Qualifier 2 final of the 2022 Fischer Random World Championship on Tuesday. Practically every matchup featured wild games—from four queens roaming the board, to compelling rook sacrifice...
IM V Pranav won the Qualifier 2 Swiss stage of the 2022 Fischer Random World Championship on Monday, making him the only non-GM to advance to the knockout in either qualifier. GMs Alexey Sarana, Vladislav Kovalev, Vincent Keymer, David Navara, a...
GM Vladimir Fedoseev defeated GM Eric Hansen in the Qualifier 1 final of the 2022 Fischer Random World Championship on Wednesday. These two imaginative and tenacious players fought to an armageddon playoff in this captivating chess variant. The ...
GMs Eric Hansen and Vladimir Fedoseev advanced to the Qualifier 1 final of the 2022 Fischer Random World Championship on Tuesday. Though they achieved the same result, the two players had vastly different journeys. Hansen literally danced to ...
GM Sam Sevian won the Qualifier 1 Swiss stage of the 2022 Fischer Random World Championship on Monday, refusing a draw in the last round to go for more. GMs Aleksandr Shimanov and Vladimir Fedoseev finished in second and third with seven points ea...
GM Hou Yifan defeated GM Valentina Gunina in the semifinals of the FIDE Chess.com 2022 Women's Speed Chess Championship on Monday. Gunina kicked off the match with a shocking six-game winning streak, but Hou made an equally astounding comeback in ...
GM Ian Nepomniachtchi proved to be invincible, clinching the Grand Final of the 2022 Rapid Chess Championship presented by Coinbase on Sunday. He defeated GM Dmitry Andreikin, who had an incredible run, overcoming GMs Hikaru Nakamura and...
GM Ian Nepomniachtchi won the Winners Final of the 2022 Rapid Chess Championship presented by Coinbase on Saturday, defeating GM Hikaru Nakamura in an armageddon playoff. But it's not over yet! Nakamura will get a second chance in the Losers ...
GM Kateryna Lagno defeated IM Vaishali R in the semifinals of the FIDE Chess.com 2022 Women's Speed Chess Championship on Wednesday. Lagno's experience faced off against Vaishali's fighting spirit to produce a match of many dynamic battles. ...
GM Wesley So won week 25 of the 2022 Rapid Chess Championship presented by Coinbase, defeating GM Ian Nepomniachtchi in a hard-fought final that culminated in an armageddon playoff. GMs Hikaru Nakamura and Oleksandr Bortnyk made ...
This is our quick summary report. Check out our full report after Sunday's knockout tournament. GM Ian Nepomniachtchi won the week 25 Swiss of the Rapid Chess Championship presented by Coinbase. Participating in the event were 48 competit...
GM Hans Niemann, ranked sixth in the world for juniors in live ratings, won week 24 of the 2022 Rapid Chess Championship presented by Coinbase, accomplishing the rare feat of winning both the knockout and Swiss in the same week. GM Je...
GM Le Quang Liem and GM-elect Tuan Minh Le won the final two Chess.com Global Championship Play-Ins. GMs Vladislav Kovalev and Maxim Matlakov finished second. These are the last four players who have qualified to join the incredible field of playe...
This is our quick summary report. Check out our full report after Sunday's knockout tournament. GM Hans Niemann won the week 24 Swiss of the Rapid Chess Championship presented by Coinbase. Participating in the event were 39 competitors&md...
The final week to qualify for the Chess.com Global Championship Knockout Phase began with GMs Maksim Chigaev and Andrey Esipenko winning the 13th and 14th Play-ins. GMs Pavel Ponkratov and Ray Robson also qualified by each winning second place res...
GM Alexey Sarana won week 23 of the 2022 Rapid Chess Championship presented by Coinbase, defeating GM Jeffery Xiong in one of the most exciting finals of the season. GMs Hans Niemann and Vladimir Fedoseev made it to the semifinals. GMs Sam ...
This is our quick summary report. Check out our full report after Sunday's knockout tournament. GM Jeffery Xiong won the week 23 Swiss of the Rapid Chess Championship presented by Coinbase. Participating in the event were 47 competitors—...
GMs Eduardo Iturrizaga and Hans Niemann were the winners of the eleventh and twelfth Play-ins of the Chess.com Global Championship. GMs Kirill Alekseenko and Martyn Kravtsiv each won second place respectively, joining the winners in advancing to t...
With tactics exploding on the board at every turn, GM Hou Yifan defeated GM Alexandra Kosteniuk in the quarterfinals of the FIDE Chess.com 2022 Women's Speed Chess Championship on Thursday. Hou gained an early lead, but Kosteniuk fought back valia...
GMs Vladimir Fedoseev and Benjamin Bok were the winners of the seventh and eighth Play-ins of the Chess.com Global Championship. GMs Raunak Sadhwani and Rauf Mamedov each won second place respectively, joining the winners in advancing to the knock...
