chess.comadded August 2026
Chess.com Newsby Colin McGourty9d ago
馃悙 Magnus Carlsen Retains Chess Esports World Cup Title In Paris GM Magnus Carlsen has retained his Esports World Cup title after a dominant victory over GM Denis Lazavik.
Chess.com Newsby Jack Rodgers9d ago
Xiong Defends Bullet Brawl Title With 4-Point Margin GM Jeffery Xiong mounted a successful title defense and won the $400 first prize in the Bullet Brawl arena on Saturday after winning a tight...
Chess.com Newsby Anthony Levin9d ago
Caruana, Keymer Win As Vachier-Lagrave Misses; Tan Survives Vs. Lee GM Wesley So leads the 2026 Sinquefield Cup after round five on Friday, after making a quick draw with GM Praggnanandhaa...
Chess.com Newsby Colin McGourty9d ago
Carlsen, Lazavik To Battle It Out In Esports World Cup Final GM Magnus Carlsen scored a 2.5-0.5 victory over GM Nihal Sarin and then won a 4-1 thriller against GM Alireza Firouzja to reach the...
Chess.com Newsby Jeremy Kane9d ago
Pranesh Top 3 0 Thursday Scorer For Second Week Running For the second week in a row, GM Pranesh M posted the best result of any player in 3 0 Thursday.
Chess.com Newsby Anthony Levin10d ago
Praggnanandhaa Beats Van Foreest; Tan Leads By Full Point GM Wesley So continues to lead after round four of the 2026 Sinquefield Cup on Thursday.
Chess.com Newsby Colin McGourty11d ago
Lazavik Ousts Nepomniachtchi, Joins Arjun, Nihal, Niemann In Quarterfinals 19-year-old GM Denis Lazavik pulled off the day's biggest upset to defeat GM Ian Nepomniachtchi and book a 2026 Esports...
Chess.com Newsby Anthony Levin11d ago
So Leads Sinquefield Cup; Divya Deals Kosteniuk 3rd Loss GM Wesley So broke out to the sole lead of the 2026 Sinquefield Cup with a win, with the black pieces, over GM Fabiano Caruana.
Chess.com Newsby Colin McGourty12d ago
Carlsen, Nakamura, Firouzja, Abdusattorov Reach Esports World Cup Playoffs Defending Champion GM Magnus Carlsen said he was "in no shape to play chess," but he still beat GMs Andrey Esipenko and...
Chess.com Newsby Tarjei J Svensen12d ago
Kenyan Chess Star Hawi Kaloki Dies At 19 Ahead Of Olympiad Debut The Kenyan chess community is mourning the loss of Hawi Kaloki, one of the country's leading chess players and a former national...
Chess.com Newsby Anthony Levin12d ago
Aronian Wins From Lost Position; Lee, Tan On 2/2 Round two of the 2026 Sinquefield Cup featured wins on four out of five boards, with the white pieces scoring every point.
Chess.com Newsby Tarjei J Svensen12d ago
Shreyas Royal, Bodhana Sivanandan Make History As Youngest-Ever British Champions GM Shreyas Royal became the youngest British Champion in history at 17, while 11-year-old FM Bodhana Sivanandan...
Chess.com Newsby Nathaniel Green12d ago
Titled Tuesday Vet Wins First Ever As the main chess event at the Esports World Cup began in Paris on August 11, Titled Tuesday continued apace.
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