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…
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…
GM Alireza Firouzja scored the day’s only classical win, over GM Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu, to open up a 3.5-point lead in Norway Chess 2026 with a perfect 6/6. GM Magnus Carlsen beat GM Vincent Keymer in armageddon, but that was little compensati…
Una delegación de la Escuela Municipal de Ajedrez, a cargo del profesor Mario Orlando, formó parte de la Segunda Fecha del Gran Prix del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires, que se disputó ayer en …
GM Zhamsaran Tsydypov scored 9.5/11 to win his first Titled Tuesday ever on March 24, despite taking a draw in a dead-winning position the final round. GM Vladimir Fedoseev, the only player who could have caught him, blundered into checkmate again…