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14-Year-Old Erdogmus Missed Winning Chance Against World Champion Gukesh
SAMARKAND, Uzbekistan – Fourteen-year-old Yagiz Khan Erdogmus held world champion D. Gukesh to a draw in the second round of...
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Witty Alien Retires, Leaving Behind the Legacy of the Alien Gambit
On September 5, Bulgarian Candidate Master Volen Dyulgerov – better known online as Witty Alien – announced he would step...
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Suleymanli’s Stunning Queen Sacrifice Shocks Grand Swiss Round 1
In the opening round of the FIDE Grand Swiss 2025 in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijani grandmaster Aydin Suleymanli produced the kind...
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14-Year-Old CM Artem Lebedev Shocks Hikaru Nakamura in Titled Tuesday
Candidate Master Artem S. Lebedev, a 14-year-old from Russia, stunned the chess world by defeating Super Grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura in...
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Hikaru Nakamura Sweeps Louisiana State Championship, Sparks Debate Over Candidates Path
Grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura was untouchable in New Orleans. The world number three entered the 2025 Louisiana State Championship at the...
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Hikaru Nakamura Accused of “Farming” Ratings at Small Louisiana Tournament
The Labor Day weekend tournament in New Orleans was supposed to be a quiet, regional affair. Ninety players, most rated...
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September 2025 FIDE Ratings: A New Top 10 player Appeared
The latest FIDE Classical rating list (September 2025) has brought major shifts at the top. Meanwhile, Anish Giri narrowly slipped...
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Hikaru Nakamura Headlines 2025 Louisiana State Chess Championship
Labor Day weekend in New Orleans has taken on an unexpected spotlight in the chess world. The 2025 Louisiana State...
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Fourth Grandmaster in History to Fall: FIDE Punishes Shevchenko for Cheating
The International Chess Federation (FIDE) has delivered one of the harshest sanctions in modern chess history, stripping Romanian-Ukrainian player Kirill...
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147th New York State Championship: A Complete Guide
The 147th Annual New York State Championship, America’s oldest continuously running chess tournament, will take place this Labor Day weekend...