“At the end I made it far too exciting!” said GM Vincent Keymer after almost letting GM David Anton escape in round seven of the 2026 Prague Chess Festival Masters. GM Aravindh Chithambaram did spoil a win against GM Nodirbek Yakubboev, while the …
The organizers of the Esports Nations Cup (ENC), the Esports Foundation (EF), have revealed new details about the event’s qualification and wildcard systems. The announcement includes details about how chess players can qualify for the event and h…
It took GM Axel Smith more than 29 hours to complete a 49-board blindfold simul this weekend. The Swedish grandmaster scored a dominant 41-8—but said afterward that raising awareness for a climate cause mattered more than the result or any r…