GM Pranav Venkatesh won his first Freestyle Friday of the new Freestyle Friday Championship on March 13, taking it outright with 9.5/11, as four different players have now won the first four tournaments of the new stakes (qualification for the 202…
Millions of viewers of Jeopardy!—one of America’s most popular TV shows—saw a dramatic shakeup on Monday when IM Greg Shahade dethroned one of its most dominant contestants ever. Jamie Ding had become a popular personality duri…
GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda will have a rematch with GM Magnus Carlsen in the Grand Final of the 2026 Chess.com Open Playoffs. Sabate, the Polish star won the Losers Final 1.5-0.5 with the black pieces in a sharp Nimzo-Indian Defense against GM Den…
GMs Wesley So and Hans Niemann lead 2026 Super Rapid &ero; Blitz Poland after six rounds, with GM Vladimir Fedoseev just one point behind in sole second. Lagging two points behind him are GMs Fabiano Caruana, Gukesh Dommaraju (who will be celebrat…