Easter Sunday was another good day on home soil for GM Vincent Keymer, who beat GM Hans Niemann and drew with GM Magnus Carlsen to emerge as the sole leader of the Grenke Chess Freestyle Open with two rounds to go. Three players are trailing …
France announced its Open and Women’s teams for the 46th FIDE Chess Olympiad 2026 on Tuesday and notably addressed the absence of French number-one and world number-nine GM Alireza Firouzja. The Iranian-born grandmaster, who moved to France in 201…