GM Alexey Sarana was your winner in Titled Tuesday on May 19, scoring 9.5 points and coming out ahead of GM Christopher Yoo in tiebreaks. GM Hikaru Nakamura finished third for a second straight week, while GM Arjun Erigaisi took fourth place, havi…
24-year-old Indian star GM Vaishali Rameshbabu will play Chinese GM Ju Wenjun for the women’s world championship title after clinching the 2026 FIDE Women’s Candidates with a final-round win over GM Kateryna Lagno. GM Bibisara Assaubayeva could ha…
GMs Fabiano Caruana and Javokhir Sindarov lead the 2026 FIDE Candidates Tournament with 2.5 points after three rounds. Caruana won a miniature after a blunder by GM Wei Yi, and Sindarov bravely sacrificed a piece to win with the black pieces again…
GM Sina Movahed, the 15-year-old Iranian grandmaster coming off of victory in the Under-16 ChessKid Youth Championship, became the first player to score 10.5 points in a Titled Tuesday in 2026 on March 10, going to wire-to-wire to win the tourname…