Kazakh-based investment and technology company Freedom Holding has acquired ChessBase, perhaps the most influential company in chess software and professional training tools over the past three decades. The deal was confirmed in a press release …
Easter Sunday was another good day on home soil for GM Vincent Keymer, who beat GM Hans Niemann and drew with GM Magnus Carlsen to emerge as the sole leader of the Grenke Chess Freestyle Open with two rounds to go. Three players are trailing …
GMs Ian Nepomniachtchi and Nodirbek Abdusattorov qualified for the 2026 Chess.com Open Playoffs through Play-in 1 on Monday. Nepomniachtchi won the tournament outright, while Abdusattorov finished second and secured his spot by defeating third-pla…
GM Wesley So, trailing by a point against GM Fabiano Caruana in the The American Cup 2026 Champions Final, needed to win on demand just to stay alive. He did just that, in an opposite-color bishop endgame, and then won the blitz playoffs to …