GM Nihal Sarin won the Menorca Open Masters, scoring two wins against World Champion Gukesh Dommaraju along the way. Nihal’s 6/10 score was enough for clear first place, half a point ahead of GMs Ruslan Ponomariov and Richard Rapport. Gukesh had t…
It was a dream day for the Dutch as GM Jorden van Foreest brilliantly defeated GM Bogdan-Daniel Deac, while a slip on move 68 by GM Alireza Firouzja saw GM Anish Giri join his compatriot in the lead. The five-way tie for first in the Super Chess C…
GM Alireza Firouzja followed in the footsteps (not literally) of GM Tony Miles as an ankle injury forced him to play round five of the Super Chess Classic Romania 2026 from a hotel bed. GM Javokhir Sindarov almost won that clash, but it was a…