The Freestyle Friday of April 10, 2026 was a curious affair where GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda led the field with a 100% score and two full points after the ninth round, only to lose to GMs Pranav Venkatesh and Parham Maghsoodloo in the last two rounds. …
History was made when IM Faustino Oro sealed his final grandmaster norm with a round to spare at the Sardinia World Chess Festival in Italy on Saturday. The Argentinian “Messi of Chess” becomes the second-youngest player ever to earn the title.
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GM Vincent Keymer won Freestyle Friday on May 8 by a full point, scoring 9.5/11 ahead of IM Marco Materia and GM Pranav Venkatesh. Keymer only scored 0.5/2 against Materia and Pranav individually, but won every other game to become the first playe…