As the only two players still on a perfect 5/5 score in the Grenke Chess Freestyle Open, GMs Hans Niemann and Vincent Keymer will be playing each other on top board in Sunday morning’s sixth round. Behind them is a group of five players on 4.5/5: …
GM Alireza Firouzja is through to the Grand Final of the 2026 Bullet Chess Championship after winning an exhilarating Winners Final against GM Arjun Erigaisi 13-11, including tiebreaks, this Friday. In the Losers Bracket, three players remai…
Three co-leaders, none of them playing each other, all made draws in the final round, but someone still had to win the Titled Tuesday tournament out of GMs Jan-Krzysztof Duda, Hans Niemann, and Parham Maghsoodloo. And that is the order tiebreaks p…
GM Wesley So won his maiden title in The American Cup 2026 on Wednesday. After winning the first game against GM Levon Aronian, he held the necessary draw in game two to secure the match. He makes $75,000 plus another $15,000 bonus for winning the…
Chief Chess Officer IM Danny Rensch hosted this year’s first State of Chess on Tuesday. Joined by three special guests during the four-hour broadcast, Danny discussed a wide array of topics, from the Queen of Chess documentary, to trust and s…