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7h ago
Round 11 of the 2024 FIDE Candidates Tournament featured three decisive games out of a possible four. GM Ian Nepomniachtchi won the longest game of the round with Black against GM Vidit Gujrathi, again taking the sole lead. A half-point behin ..read more
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15h ago
If you had doubts about how big an event Titled Tuesday has become, you can look at just how many players from the ongoing Candidates Tournament played the April 16 edition anyway (during a rest day in the Candidates). One of them, GM Hikaru Nakam ..read more
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22h ago
GM Maurice Ashley draws on his extensive chess experience to impart life lessons in his latest literary offering. His new book has already hit number one on Amazon. On April 2, Ashley released his new book Move by Move: Life Lessons on and off t ..read more
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1d ago
Three-time Polish Women's Champion IM Joanna Dworakowska, among the nation's strongest women for more than two decades, has passed away at the age of 45. Dworakowska is one of Poland's strongest women players ever, with a peak rating of 2445, a ..read more
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3d ago
This is a flash report. The full report, including game analysis, photographs, interview quotes, clips, and more will be added to this page soon. GMs Hikaru Nakamura and Fabiano Caruana won their games in round 10 of the 2024 FIDE Candidates Tou ..read more
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3d ago
GMs Ian Nepomniachtchi and Gukesh Dommaraju continue to lead the 2024 FIDE Candidates Tournament after round nine. GM Vidit Gujrathi is the only player to win on Sunday, and he defeated GM Hikaru Nakamura for the second time. GM Alireza Firouzja ..read more
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5d ago
GM Oleksandr Bortnyk won the latest iteration of Bullet Brawl after posting a 28-game winning streak and overtaking GM Jose Martinez in the dying minutes of the two-hour arena. Finishing on 247 points with 68 wins, five draws, and 11 losses, Bortn ..read more
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6d ago
GM Fabiano Caruana trails leader GM Ian Nepomniachtchi by half a point at the midway stage of the 2024 Candidates Tournament, just as he did in 2022. Back then he crashed and burned as he fought for first place, only for it turn out that second pl ..read more
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1w ago
This is a flash report. The full report, including game analysis, photographs, interview quotes, clips, and more will be added to this page soon. At the halfway mark of the 2024 FIDE Candidates Tournament, GM Ian Nepomniachtchi is back in the so ..read more
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1w ago
Former Women's World Champion Tan Zhongyi capped off a tremendous attack against GM Anna Muzychuk to gain her third victory in the 2024 FIDE Women's Candidates and maintain the lead. All four games were decisive in round six, leaving GM Aleksandra ..read more