Goryachkina and Carlsen won the Women's Candidates and the Altibox Super GM, respectively, with a round to spare, with both losing their last game
The Diagram, White to play (White: Sasikiran Vs Black: Artemiev, Karpov Poikovsky 2019) is a classic attack
Regardless of what happens, this event introduces decent prize money to the women's title cycle, with Euro 200,000 as the prize fund
Aravindh Chithambaram achieved the distinction of holding all senior national titles
The French Top 12 Club championship holds some special interest for India since a lot of Indians play for the French clubs
Carlsen ended with a record score of 26.5 despite two losses to Maxime Vachier Lagrave
Magnus Carlsen heads the 10-player field, with a prize fund of $150,000
Magnus Carlsen won his fourth classical super GM tournament in a row with a round to spare
The Grenke Chess Classic is interestingly poised
The Shenzhen GM has just got underway and the Grenke Chess Classic starts this weekend
Magnus Carlsen won the Gashimov Memorial at Shamkir with an amazing 2988 performance
In the women's championship, Jennifer Yu scored an amazing 10/11 dropping just two draws for a 2678 performance
The European Championships are nicely poised after nine rounds
The individual European Championships have started in Skopje, Macedonia
The World Team's Championship ended on a sad note for India
Ten national teams fight it out in Astana Kazakhstan at the World Team Championships
Review of 'Game Changer: AlphaZero's Groundbreaking Chess Strategies and the Promise of AI'
The Aeroflot Open saw Kulaots Kaido pull off a stunning victory with 7 points from 9 rounds
The Aeroflot Open restarted a day late due to a bomb scare that led to a Moscow shutdown
The first edition offers $150,000 prize money to a field of 10 strong GMs in a round-robin