19 players are still on a perfect score after three rounds in the Grenke Chess Freestyle Open, including big names such as GMs Magnus Carlsen, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Hans Niemann, and Vincent Keymer. In round 3, Carlsen seemed to be close to dropping…
GM Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu is the Norway Chess 2026 champion after grinding out a win over GM Vincent Keymer to complete an amazing run of four classical wins to end the tournament. GM Wesley So beat GM Alireza Firouzja in armageddon, and he wou…
GM Haik Martirosyan scored 10/11 to win his first-ever Titled Tuesday on April 14, starting out 9/9 and (after playing 267 moves to split his last two games) carrying that to his first ever win in the event. Last week’s victor GM Sina Movahed scor…
GMs Fabiano Caruana and Javokhir Sindarov lead the 2026 FIDE Candidates Tournament with 2.5 points after three rounds. Caruana won a miniature after a blunder by GM Wei Yi, and Sindarov bravely sacrificed a piece to win with the black pieces again…