■ The man from Merced leads the Summer Classic Open Tournament with 4.5 points, closely followed by Jorge Gioscio and Francisco Viola. The definition of the contest will take place next Sunday 8 March.
GM Wesley So continues to lead Norway Chess 2026 after round nine, but that lead has thinned to a half-point over GM Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu. So drew GM Magnus Carlsen and then won the critical extra half-point in armageddon, while Praggnanandha…
GM Hans Niemann decisively beat fellow American 2700 GM Awonder Liang in a 12-game match in Paris, France. Niemann went undefeated throughout the fast-classical match, winning three games and securing a final 7.5-4.5 victory. The players competed …
GMs Hikaru Nakamura, Dmitry Andreikin, and Aravindh Chithambaram emerged with the best tiebreaks to win the 3 0 Thursday tournaments on June 11. It was a day of tiebreakers, as both the first and third events finished with five-way ties atop …