GMs Hikaru Nakamura and Anish Giri took revenge for first-half losses to shake up the 2026 FIDE Candidates Tournament standings. Nakamura’s first win of the event came against GM Fabiano Caruana, who was caught in second place after Giri outplayed…
GM Javokhir Sindarov beat GM Viswanathan Anand and made a draw against GM Alireza Firouzja as the FYERS American Gambits won both matches on day one of the 2026 Tech Mahindra Global Chess League. There were also wins for GM Magnus Carlsen’s Alpine…
On June 5, GM Oleksandr Bortnyk became the first player to win nine Freestyle Fridays and to win three in the 2026 Freestyle Friday Championship. A fast 9/9 start was enough to hang on to outright victory through an 0.5/2 finish as Bortnyk returns…
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…