Tata Steel Chess Masters 2026 and the Challengers, which started in mid-January and ended at the start of February, were responsible for most of the rating changes for the world’s top players. GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov followed up his 19-point gain…
GM Awonder Liang beat GM Hikaru Nakamura 6-4 in the Hikaru vs. Awonder Candidates Training Match held in the Saint Louis Chess Club on March 13-15, 2026. The players made two draws in classical chess, then Liang won 3-1 in rapid, before the final …
Andrey Volgin defeated Henry Michael through the Final Reset route to win the eight-player final of the Chess.com Atomic Chess Championship 2026. Michael defeated Volgin in a fight between the two untitled players in the Winners Final of the doubl…
It’s the tournament GM Magnus Carlsen won with 9/9 last year and on Thursday evening he started the new edition with another win: the Grenke Chess Freestyle Open. It is part of the Grenke Chess Festival that boasts over 3,500 participants in Karls…