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Artemiev wins eight straight games to claim first Freestyle Friday victory

GM Vladislav Artemiev won his first Freestyle Friday with 10 points from 11 rounds, defeating GM Sam Sevian in the final round to complete an eight-game winning streak. GM Aleksei Sarana finished sec…

Carlsen beats Sarin 3-1 in Esports World Cup 2025 quarterfinals

Carlsen beats Sarin 3-1 in Esports World Cup 2025 quarterfinals

Magnus Carlsen defeated Nihal Sarin 3-1 in the Esports World Cup 2025 quarterfinals to advance to the semifinals. Nihal Sarin is well known for his outstanding results in speed chess

Nakamura beats Aronian 3-2 in Esports World Cup 2025 quarterfinals

Nakamura beats Aronian 3-2 in Esports World Cup 2025 quarterfinals

Hikaru Nakamura defeated Levon Aronian 3-2 in the Esports World Cup 2025 quarterfinals after a five-game battle. The match remained tied at 2-2 after four games before Nakamura secured victory in the…

Firouzja defeats Abdusattorov 3-1 in Esports World Cup 2025 quarterfinals

Firouzja defeats Abdusattorov 3-1 in Esports World Cup 2025 quarterfinals

Alireza Firouzja eliminated Nodirbek Abdusattorov from the Esports World Cup 2025 quarterfinals with a 3-1 victory.

Arjun beats Nepomniachtchi 2-1 in Esports World Cup 2025 quarterfinals

Arjun beats Nepomniachtchi 2-1 in Esports World Cup 2025 quarterfinals

Gen.G.Arjun Erigaisi defeated Aurora.Ian Nepomniachtchi 2-1 in the Esports World Cup 2025 quarterfinals to advance to the semifinals. Arjun will face Alireza Firouzja in the next round after the Team…

Nepomniachtchi, Sarin, Nakamura and Abdusattorov survive elimination to reach EWC 2025 quarterfinals

Nepomniachtchi, Sarin, Nakamura and Abdusattorov survive elimination to reach EWC 2025 quarterfinals

Ian Nepomniachtchi, Nihal Sarin, Hikaru Nakamura and Nodirbek Abdusattorov survived elimination matches to secure the final four quarterfinal spots at Esports World Cup 2025. Andrey Esipenko, Maxime …

"I was even sponsored by chess.com at some point when I was 10" - Andrey Esipenko on early online chess days

"I was even sponsored by chess.com at some point when I was 10" - Andrey Esipenko on early online chess days

Andrey Esipenko revealed his connection to Chess.com dates back to when he was 10 years old and possibly among the platform's earliest sponsored players. The Russian GM reflected on his online chess …

GM Maksim Chigaev and GM Saleh Salem claim Title Tuesday victories

GM Maksim Chigaev dominated the early Title Tuesday tournament with 10 points from 11 games, while GM Saleh Salem secured the late session victory with 9.5 points. Both grandmasters earned $1,000 fir…

Esports World Cup 2025 chess day 1 results: Aronian, Firouzja, Erigaisi and Carlsen advance

Esports World Cup 2025 chess day 1 results: Aronian, Firouzja, Erigaisi and Carlsen advance

The first day of Esports World Cup 2025 chess group stage concluded with Levon Aronian, Alireza Firouzja, Arjun Erigaisi and Magnus Carlsen winning their upper bracket winners matches to secure the f…

Magnus won Abdusattorov, Duda defeated Caruana in EWC Group D

Magnus won Abdusattorov, Duda defeated Caruana in EWC Group D

Magnus Carlsen defeated Nodirbek Abdusattorov 1.5-0.5 and Jan-Krzysztof Duda beat Fabiano Caruana 1.5-0.5 in the Esports World Cup 2025 Group D upper bracket initial matches. Both winners advance to …

Hikaru beat Sindarov and Firouzja won against Wei Yi in EWC 2025 Group C

Hikaru beat Sindarov and Firouzja won against Wei Yi in EWC 2025 Group C

Hikaru Nakamura defeated Javokhir Sindarov 2-0 and Alireza Firouzja beat Wei Yi 2-0 in the Esports World Cup 2025 Group C upper bracket initial matches. Both winners advance to the Group C upper brac…

Giri and Sarin lose upper bracket matches in EWC 2025 Group B

Giri and Sarin lose upper bracket matches in EWC 2025 Group B

Arjun Erigaisi and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave won their initial matches in Group B upper bracket. Winners match scheduled for July 29. Anish Giri 0.5 - 1.5 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Nihal Sarin 0 - 2 Arj…

Aronian and Esipenko advance to Esports World Cup 2025 Group A winners match

Aronian and Esipenko advance to Esports World Cup 2025 Group A winners match

Levon Aronian defeated Vladislav Artemiev 2-1 and Andrey Esipenko beat Ian Nepomniachtchi 1-0 in the Esports World Cup 2025 Group A upper bracket initial matches. Both winners advance to the Group A …

EWC Chess 2025 Upper Bracket Initial Matches Begin Today

EWC Chess 2025 Upper Bracket Initial Matches Begin Today

Esports World Cup 2025 Chess competition starts today with eight upper bracket initial matches featuring the world's top 16 players competing for the $1.5 million prize pool. The opening matches begi…

Nepomniachtchi claims first Freestyle Friday, 25.07

GM Ian Nepomniachtchi won his first Freestyle Friday with 9 points from 11 rounds, finishing ahead of GM Jeffery Xiong and GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda on tiebreaks. GM Magnus Carlsen finished fourth with 8…

Lei Tingjie couldn't win agaist Deshmukh Divyat

Lei Tingjie couldn't win agaist Deshmukh Divyat

All drew in in Game 1 of the semifinals of the FIDE Women’s World Cup 2025.

"It has nothing to do with Magnus" - FIDE CEO responds to Hikaru on Candidates rating spot

"It has nothing to do with Magnus" - FIDE CEO responds to Hikaru on Candidates rating spot

Emil Sutovsky, FIDE CEO, responded to Hikaru Nakamura's criticism of the Candidates rating spot system, rejecting claims that the qualification method exists for Magnus Carlsen's potential return. Na…

"I'm alive and I am fighting" - Levon Aronian on Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Las Vegas victory

"I'm alive and I am fighting" - Levon Aronian on Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Las Vegas victory

Levon Aronian won the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Las Vegas title after defeating Hans Niemann in the finals. The Armenian GM overcame world number one Magnus Carlsen in a tiebreaker before beating Hi…

FIDE Women’s World Cup 2025 Quarterfinals game 1 results are in

FIDE Women’s World Cup 2025 Quarterfinals game 1 results are in

Tingjie Lei 🇨🇳 won against Nana Dzagnidze 🇬🇪 in quarterfinals Game-1 of the FIDE Women’s World Cup 2025 with Black.

"This really big person from Chess.com is contacting me. I was a nobody." - Anna Cramling on becoming chess streamer

"This really big person from Chess.com is contacting me. I was a nobody." - Anna Cramling on becoming chess streamer

Anna and Pia Cramling joined the C-Squared podcast in St. Louis to discuss chess careers, streaming, and women's participation in competitive chess. Anna explained how her streaming career began with…

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