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15-Year-Old American Ryo Chen Shocks Hikaru Nakamura in Titled Tuesday
On September 16, a 15-year-old rising star delivered one of the biggest surprises of the week in online chess. International...
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Who’s In the 2026 Candidates? Giri and Bluebaum Join Caruana After Grand Swiss
The 2026 Candidates Tournament lineup is starting to take shape. After Fabiano Caruana qualified earlier through the FIDE Circuit, two...
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Gukesh Loses Third Straight as 16-Year-Old Ediz Gurel Makes History at Grand Swiss
World chess champion Dommaraju Gukesh’s poor run continued at the FIDE Grand Swiss, where the 19-year-old Indian suffered his third...
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Why Did Hikaru Nakamura Not Participate in the 2025 U.S. Chess Championships?
When the fields for the 2025 U.S. Chess Championship and U.S. Women’s Championship were announced, one name stood out for...
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Carlsen Calls Hikaru Nakamura’s Rating Strategy “Absolutely Shameless, But Pragmatic”
Magnus Carlsen has weighed in on the controversy surrounding Hikaru Nakamura’s participation in small state-level tournaments to secure eligibility for...
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Chess King Gukesh Loses TWICE In a Row
World champion Gukesh Dommaraju continued his poor run at the Grand Swiss 2025 with back-to-back defeats against lower-rated opponents, including...
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Abhimanyu Mishra Stuns World Champion Gukesh at the 2025 Grand Swiss
In Samarkand, Uzbekistan, history was made in Round 5 of the FIDE Grand Swiss. 16-year-old American grandmaster Abhimanyu Mishra, the...
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The Controversies Around Candidates Qualification in Recent Years (2018–2026)
The Candidates Tournament decides who plays for the world chess title, so every seat is precious—and sometimes disputed. Over the...
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Hikaru Nakamura Crushes the Field at the 70th Iowa Open Championship
Grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura has done it again. Just a week after sweeping the Louisiana State Championship, the American star claimed...
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How the Candidates Tournament Works (Step by Step)
The Candidates Tournament is one of the most important events in chess. Every two years, it determines who will challenge...
