It was a dream day for the Dutch as GM Jorden van Foreest brilliantly defeated GM Bogdan-Daniel Deac, while a slip on move 68 by GM Alireza Firouzja saw GM Anish Giri join his compatriot in the lead. The five-way tie for first in the Super Chess C…
IM Roman Shogdzhiev has become the youngest player in chess history to score a grandmaster norm, breaking a record that had stood since 2008. The 11-year-old Russian remained undefeated against the six grandmasters he faced and scored an impressi…
GM Pranav Venkatesh overcame losses in the second and fourth rounds in Freestyle Friday on June 12 to win all his other games, take first place outright, and pass GM Oleksandr Bortnyk in the 2026 Freestyle Friday Championship (FFC) standings….
Titled Tuesday on March 17 was decided on the clock, as GM Nihal Sarin took home the victory with a final-round win over GM Nils Grandelius, with just 0.7 seconds remaining when Grandelius’ time expired in a drawn rook ending. Nihal started 8/8 an…