Bibisara Assaubayeva secured the Norway Chess Women title with a round to spare after drawing her classical game against defending champion Anna Muzychuk. The Kazakh grandmaster, unbeaten on a plus-three classical score, has gained 15.2 rating points in Oslo and climbed to fifth place in the women’s live rankings. Zhu Jiner climbed to second place […]
Monthly Archives: June 2026
Three players will enter the final round of Norway Chess with chances of taking the title after an etnertaining penultimate round in Oslo. Wesley So remains the sole leader, but only half a point ahead of Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu, who scored a third consecutive classical win by beating Gukesh Dommaraju. Alireza Firouzja stayed in contention by […]
At the Stepan Avagyan Memorial in Jermuk, Nihal Sarin, Ray Robson and Vladislav Artemiev share the lead on 3½ points after six rounds. Nihal and Artemiev are still unbeaten, while Robson has reached the same score with two wins and one loss. Four players, including defending champion Aravindh Chithambaram and 2023 winner Sam Sevian, are […]
Sabrina Vega (pictured) and Anastasiia Hnatyshyn share the lead on 7½/9 with two rounds remaining at the European Women’s Chess Championship in Batumi. Vega drew with Black against Eline Roebers in round nine, while Hnatyshyn defeated Ulviyya Fataliyeva to rejoin her in first place. Five players stand half a point behind, with key pairings scheduled […]
Looking for an interesting over-the-board chess tournament to play, attend, or simply watch? There are plenty being staged all over the world, and we will bring you regular overviews of the most interesting of them. We do this in cooperation with MyChess.events, a global platform that helps players discover upcoming events, check dates, venues, formats, […]
Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu and Alireza Firouzja narrowed the gap to Wesley So with classical wins in round eight of Norway Chess. Pragg defeated Magnus Carlsen for a second time in the event, while Firouzja beat world champion Gukesh Dommaraju to move within 1 point of the leader. So stayed in first place by drawing Vincent Keymer […]
A match between Hans Niemann and Ian Nepomniachtchi was held in Belgrade from 29 May to 1 June. The confrontation ended in a 4–4 draw. The Russian GM took the lead in the first encounter, and after six drawn games, Niemann levelled the score in the final contest. | Photo: Ljubomir Ljubojevic playing the honorary […]
On the top board in round seven of the 2026 European Women’s Championship in Batumi, 2023 European Champion Meri Arabidze (pictured left) defeated 15-year-old Anastasiia Hnatyshyn, bringing the Ukrainian youngster’s winning streak to an end. With the victory, Arabidze caught up with Hnatyshyn in the standings. The third co-leader is Sabrina Vega Gutierrez, who defeated […]
There has been some movement at the top of the world rankings. Hikaru Nakamura and Fabiano Caruana both lost rating points at the Candidates Tournament. As Nakamura’s losses were more significant, both players dropped below the 2800 mark. In May, however, Caruana gained four rating points and caught up with Nakamura. As a result, Caruana […]
Wesley So is still the sole leader at Norway Chess, despite losing the Armageddon decider to Gukesh Dommaraju after saving a draw in the classical game. He now leads by 2½ points, as Alireza Firouzja, his closest pursuer, suffered a second consecutive classical loss, this time against Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu. Magnus Carlsen, meanwhile, gained ground by […]