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Faustino Oro, the Messi of Chess, won the 7th Open Puigpelat Rapid Chess Tournament that was held on 8th September at the Casal Puigpelatenc in Puigpelat, near Tarragona, Spain. The …

The Knights of Éanna chess club organized “The City of Dublin 2024” chess tournament from 6-8th September at the Coláiste Éanna in Ballyroan, Rathfarnham, Dublin, Ireland. The event consisted of …

The 2024 South West Chess Festival is coming up soon on 14-15th September at the Community Centre, 33 Tunbridge Street, Margaret River, Western Australia. The 2024 South West Chess Festival …

Magnus Carlsen convincingly defeated Alireza Firouzja in the Speed Chess Championship Final, claiming his second consecutive and fourth overall SCC title. The first 5 min + 1 sec segment Carlsen …

The Speed Chess Championship Finals are taking place from 6-8th September in Paris, France. The action starts with the match between five-time SCC champion Hikaru Nakamura and the Grand Chess …

Hikaru Nakamura convincingly defeated Hans Niemann in the Speed Chess Championship Consolation Match. After a tight 5+1 segment, where Nakamura held a 5-4 lead, he completely dominated the 3+1 segment, …

After announcing the initial schedule for the World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships, set from Dec 26-31, FIDE faced strong backlash for forcing players to stay an additional day in …

Magnus Carlsen confidently defeated Hans Niemann in the Speed Chess Championship Semifinal, setting up a match against Alireza Firouzja for the title on Sunday. Despite the much hype ahead of …

The new major release of Stockfish is announced today by the Stockfish team. In tests against Stockfish 16, this release brings an Elo gain of up to 46 points and …

Alireza Firouzja qualified for the Speed Chess Championship Final after eliminating the event’s five-time champion Hikaru Nakamura in the Semifinal that was played tonight. Firouzja took an early lead 5.5-3.5 …