GMs Hikaru Nakamura and Anish Giri took revenge for first-half losses to shake up the 2026 FIDE Candidates Tournament standings. Nakamura’s first win of the event came against GM Fabiano Caruana, who was caught in second place after Giri outplayed…
GMs Ray Robson and Abhimanyu Mishra were the first to leave The American Cup 2026 after matches in the Elimination Bracket didn’t go their way. The quadragenarian GMs Levon Aronian and Leinier Dominguez won respectively and advanced, while GM…
World number-one Magnus Carlsen beat World Champion Gukesh Dommaraju in the only classical win of round four of Norway Chess 2026, exorcising the ghost of their infamous table-slam game from the 2025 event. GM Alireza Firouzja continues to lead th…
IM Renato Terry won a 3 0 Thursday tournament for the third week in a row, setting a new record with nine victories in the event. GM Oleksandr Bortnyk joined him, winning his third title, as did GM Benjamin Bok, winning for the first time. The wom…